Chromatlas

Unit 11 · Designer's vocabulary

Orchid

HEX

#DA70D6

RGB

218 112 214

HSL

302° 59% 65%

CMYK

0 49 2 15

Orchid or Magenta?

Softer than magenta.

Compare: Magenta

Language

Orchid comes from Greek orkhis, testicle, after the paired round tubers on many orchids' roots.

Design

Pantone made Radiant Orchid its Color of the Year for 2014.

Kin

• Emerald: Pantone's Color of the Year just before it, in 2013
• Lavender: Another purple named after a flower

Sources

• Etymonline, 'orchid'
• Pantone, Color of the Year 2014: Radiant Orchid 18-3224

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