Apricot is a light yellowish-orangeish color that attempts to represent the color of apricots. Actually, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots and like the color peach it seems to have been invented in order to have at hand a pleasant pastel shade of orange for use in interior design. In the Crayola markers, apricot is known as sandstone.

Contents 1 Etymology of apricot 2 Apricot 3 Light apricot 4 References

[edit] Etymology of apricot

The etymology of the color apricot (and the fruit): the word comes from the Arabic Al-birquq, in turn derived from Latin armeniacus , i.e., the fruit from Armenia.^{[citation needed]} The ultimate origin of the apricot fruit was from China.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Apricot

Apricot
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FBCEB1
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(251, 206, 177)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 24%, 87%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color apricot.

Apricot in has been in use as a color name since 1851. ^[1]

[edit] Light apricot

Light apricot
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FDD5B1
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(253, 213, 177)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 22%, 89%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color light apricot. This is the color called apricot since 1949 in Crayola crayons.

[edit] References

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Page 189 for year of first recorded use of color name reference and Page 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot.

v • d • e Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Brown	Burnt orange	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Dark salmon	ECE/SAE Amber	Gamboge
International orange	Mahogany	Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persimmon
Pink-orange	Portland Orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Tangerine	Tenné (Tawny)	Tomato	Vermilion
The samples shown above are representative only.

v • d • e Shades of yellow
Amber	Apricot	Beige	Buff	Chartreuse yellow	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge
Golden	Goldenrod	Golden poppy	Golden yellow	Green-yellow	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon	Lemon chiffon	Lime
Maize	Metallic gold	Mustard	Navajo white	Old Gold	Olive	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron
School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Tangerine yellow	Yellow
The samples shown above are representative only.