Amaranth is a reddish-

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that is a representation of the color of the

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of the

amaranth ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual plant, annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some names include "prostrate pigweed" an ...

plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower (the color normally considered amaranth), but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colors of amaranth flowers; these colors are also shown below.

Description

The color amaranth is displayed adjacent. This color is also called ''amaranth red'' to distinguish it from the varying colors of other varieties of the amaranth flower. The color ''amaranth'' is similar to printer's

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(pigment magenta), but redder. It is the color of the flower of those

plants that have ''amaranth red'' colored flowers. The first recorded use of ''amaranth'' as a color name in English was in 1690.

Etymology

The name ''amaranth'' comes from the

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''a'' (not) + ''marainean'' (to waste away), i.e., a flower believed to grow on

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which never died.

Variations

Pink

The color amaranth pink is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of pink

flowers. The first recorded use of ''amaranth pink'' as a color name in English was in 1905.

Bright

The

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color radical red is displayed at right. The color ''radical red'', which may also be called bright amaranth pink, was formulated by Crayola in 1990. This color is supposed to be

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, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen.

Purple

The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. The common name purple aramanth applies to two species: '' Amaranthus blitum'' and '' Amaranthus cruentus''. The first recorded use of ''amaranth purple'' as a color name in English was in 1912.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amaranth Purple: Page 129 Plate 53 Color Sample L3

Deep

Amaranth deep purple is the tone of amaranth that is called ''amaranth'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color''.

Alizarin

Alizarin is the tone of amaranth that is called ''alizarin'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color''.

References

External links

Picture of purple amaranth flower

Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: ''Amaranthus cruentus'' L.:
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