Coquelicot ( /ˈkklɪk/ KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term is originally the French name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color and orange tint.[2] It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795.[3]

Coquelicot
 
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Hex triplet#FF3800
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 56, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(13°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(56, 164, 15°)
SourceColorHexa[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

Coquelicots by Robert Vonnoh, 1890
Les Coquelicots by Claude Monet, 1873.

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  1. ^ "Coquelicot / #ff3800 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. ^ Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
  3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coquelicot: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample C10
  • Cecil, David (1978). A Portrait of Jane Austen. Constable.