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Color:
Salmon


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Colors with the same hue:
Root beer
Rosewood
Prune
Carmine
Cranberry
Bordeaux
Firebrick
Metallic red
Lava
Cadmium red
Spanish red
Sweet Brown
Cognac
Madder Lake
Clove
Redwood
Muddy Red
Faded Red
Hemp
Burnished brown
Bittersweet
Similar colors:
Terra cotta
Bittersweet
Burnt sienna
Tulip
Faded Red
Cedar
Fire opal
Indian red
Nectarine
Middle red
Coral
Grapefruit
Light Orange
Dark salmon
Mandarin
Muddy Red
Taffy
Dull Red
Deep chestnut
Pale copper
Tomato
Fiery rose
Cantaloupe
Faded Orange
Poppy
Brick red
Char
Clay
Jasper
Sanguine
Words evoked by this color:
filet,  spawning,  sashimi,  prawn,  salman,  coho,  sal,  lox,  roe,  chinook,  kipper,  curing,  cured,  chum,  fillet,  jowl,  sushi,  coral,  luau,  moresby,  fijian,  juicy,  treat,  roche,  shellfish,  geraldine,  corral,  bittersweet,  eosin,  crustacea,  geranium,  lob,  crustacean,  shelly,  choral,  procreate,  starfish,  corneum,  cheeky,  precocious,  pert,  corso,  corum,  corba,  corinne,  corcoran,  corregidor,  1957-58,  1955-56,  samoan
Literary analysis:
In literary descriptions, the color salmon is often employed to evoke warmth, vibrancy, and a sense of refined beauty. Writers use phrases like "bright salmon colour" to imbue structures with a joyful, eye-catching appeal, suggesting both energy and elegance in the built environment [1]. Similarly, garments described as "rich salmon-colored" serve to underline a unique style and an air of distinction, while natural imagery such as "flowers small, salmon-red" highlights delicate beauty and subtle warmth in nature [2, 3]. This versatile hue thereby enhances both the physical and emotional landscapes within the narrative.
  1. The edifice wherein he has established himself, his vehicle and horses, is of a bright salmon colour, rejoiceful to the eyes of the natives.
    — from Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard Henry Becker
  2. This one in the rich salmon-colored robe has all our national propensity for travelling.
    — from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
  3. Flowers small, salmon-red.
    — from The Subtropical Garden; or, beauty of form in the flower garden. by W. (William) Robinson


Colors associated with the word:
Salmon pink
Dark salmon
Coral
Peach 
Apricot
Melon 
Dusty Rose
Blush
Terra cotta
Copper
Burnt sienna
Persimmon
Tangerine
Sunset
Words with similar colors:
salomon,  gill,  rise,  appeal,  shell,  touch,  tongue,  woman,  crush,  gesture,  dawn,  engender,  impeach,  mix,  fillet,  corral,  fond,  pinch,  whim,  diem
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