Raspberry (color)

{{Short description|Color that resembles the color of raspberries}} {{redirect|Raspberry red|the RAL color|Raspberry red (RAL)}} {{pp-pc}} {{infobox color |title=Raspberry |image=250px |caption=Whole raspberry |hex=E30B5D |source=Maerz and Paul<ref>The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''raspberry'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''raspberry'' is displayed on page 35, Plate 6, Color Sample I5.</ref> |isccname=Vivid red}}

'''Raspberry''' is a color that resembles the color of raspberries.

It is a bright, vivid shade of red.

The first recorded use of ''raspberry'' as a color name in English was in 1892.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill p. 202; Color Sample of Raspberry: p. 35 Plate 6 Color Sample I5</ref> The colour is sourced by Maerz and Paul below.

==Variations== {{Clear}}

===French raspberry=== {{infobox color |title=French Raspberry |hex=C42C48 |source=Pourpre.com<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire/file/framboise |title=Pourpre.com |access-date=2019-05-27 |archive-date=2021-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802113041/https://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire/file/framboise |url-status=dead }}</ref> |isccname=Vivid red}}

At right is displayed the color '''French raspberry''', which is the deep rich tone of raspberry called ''framboise'' (French name of the raspberry) in the [http://pourpre.com/fr/ Pourpre.com color list], a color list widely popular in France.

===Raspberry rose=== {{infobox color |title=Raspberry Rose |hex=B3446C |source=ISCC-NBS<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121226050124/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm ISCC-NBS]}}</ref> |isccname=Moderate purplish red}}

At right is displayed the color '''raspberry rose'''.

The color ''raspberry rose'' is a deep tone of raspberry.

The first recorded use of raspberry rose as a color name in English was in 1950, in the ''Descriptive Color Names Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Circular of the Bureau of Standards no. 553: The ISCC-NBS method of designating colors and a dictionary of color names |publisher=National Bureau of Standards |location=Washington, D.C. |date=1955-11-01 |pages=14, 80 |quote=''(from p. 14)'' Taylor, H. D., Knoche, L., and Granville, W. C., Descriptive color names dictionary (Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 111., 1950). ''(from p. 80)'' Taylor, Knoche, Granville {{!}} Raspberry Rose gm ... 9 lc |url=https://archive.org/details/circularofbureau553unse/page/80/mode/2up?q=raspberry+rose |access-date=2022-10-26 |via=Internet Archive text collection}}</ref>

The normalized color coordinates for raspberry rose are identical to irresistible, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1948, in the ''Plochere Color System''.<ref name="Plochere Color System">{{cite web |title=Plochere Color System {{!}} Gold Pheasant – Mission White |website=colors.bravo9.com |url=http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/3/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005000815/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/3/ |archive-date=2011-10-05}}</ref>

===Raspberry glacé=== {{Infobox color |title=Raspberry Glacé |hex=915F6D |source=Plochere<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124316/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere]</ref> |isccname=Grayish purplish red}} The color '''raspberry glacé''' is displayed on the right. It is a medium shade of raspberry that is used in interior design, fashion, design and art. It also resembles the colour of luscious hue of ripe raspberries.

The first recorded use of ''raspberry glacé'' as a color name in English was in 1926.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 202; color sample of Raspberry Glacé: p. 31 Plate 4 Color Sample F4</ref>

The source of this color is the ''Plochere Color System'', a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124316/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere Color System:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004182626/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |date=2008-10-04 }}</ref>

The normalized color coordinates for raspberry glacé are identical to mauve taupe, first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 203; Color Sample of Mauve Taupe p. 37 Plate 7 Color Sample C8</ref> {{Clear}}

===Dark raspberry=== {{infobox color |title=Dark Raspberry |hex=872657 |source=Xona.com Color List<ref>[http://xona.com/colorlist/ Xona.com Color List]</ref> |isccname=Deep purplish red}}

At right is displayed the dark tone of raspberry that is called "raspberry" on the Xona Games [http://xona.com/colorlist/ Color List].

''Dark raspberry'' is a color that resembles the color of a black raspberry. <gallery widths="150px" heights="150px"> File:Black Raspberries.jpg|Black raspberries File:Colorful Black Raspberry Ice Cream Cone (2420648653).jpg|Black raspberry ice cream </gallery> ''Dark raspberry'' is also the color of regular raspberries that have been boiled down into raspberry jam or sauce with sugar to use for cake filling, filling for French pancakes, ice cream topping, etc.

==In culture==

=== Music ===

* Perhaps the most famous mention of the colour raspberry was by Prince, in his popular song, "Raspberry Beret".<ref>:File:Prince RaspBeret.jpg</ref>

=== Vexillology ===

* The colour raspberry has been used in Cossack ethnic flags and uniforms.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rxD9Z0k-I6sC&pg=PA20 The Cossacks 1799-1815 (Warrior)] by Laurence Spring and Philip Haythornthwaite, Osprey Publishing, 2003, {{ISBN|1-84176-464-7}} (page 20)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d2WcCIm6WaQC&pg=PA1035 Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations:Ethnic and National Groups Around the World Volume II D-K] by James Minahan, Greenwood, 202, {{ISBN|0-313-32110-8}} (page 1035)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=94xtSjHGhSsC&pg=PA36 The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2):Cavalry 1799-1814 (Men-At-Arms Series, 189)] by Philip Haythornthwaite and Bryan Fosten, Osprey Publishing, 2010, {{ISBN|0-85045-746-7}} (page 36)</ref>

==See also== * RAL 3027 Raspberry red * List of colors

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Shades of red