Pumpkin (color)

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Pumpkin
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF7518
B	(r, g, b)	(255, 117, 24)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(24°, 90%, 100%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins.

The first recorded use of Pumpkin as a color name in English was in 1922. ^[1]

[edit] Pumpkin in human culture

Holidays

• Pumpkin or orange is used with black for Halloween decorations.
• Color of "Cheddar Cheese Pringles"

[edit] References

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Pumpkin: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample H11

[edit] See also

• List of colors

v • d • e Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Carrot orange	Coral	Brown	Burnt orange	Dark salmon	ECE Amber / SAE Yellow	Gamboge	International orange
Mahogany	Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persimmon	Pink-orange
Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Tangerine	Tenné (Tawny)	Vermilion