Coquelicot

For the of Montreal album, see Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse.

For the Sakura Wars character, see List of Sakura Wars characters.

Coquelicot ( /ˈkoʊklɪkoʊ/ 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
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF3800
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 56, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(13°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(56, 164, 15°)
Source	ColorHexa[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid 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.

See also

• List of colors