Raspberry (color)

"Raspberry red" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Raspberry red (RAL).

Raspberry is a color that resembles the color of raspberries.

Raspberry
Whole raspberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E30B5D
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(227, 11, 93)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 95%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(49, 134, 1°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

It is a bright, vivid shade of red.

The first recorded use of raspberry as a color name in English was in 1892.^[2] The colour is sourced by Maerz and Paul below.

Variations

French raspberry

French Raspberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C42C48
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(196, 44, 72)
HSV (h, s, v)	(349°, 78%, 77%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(44, 109, 6°)
Source	Pourpre.com[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.

Raspberry rose

Raspberry Rose
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B3446C
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(179, 68, 108)
HSV (h, s, v)	(338°, 62%, 70%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(45, 72, 354°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Raspberry glacé

Raspberry Glacé
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#915F6D
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(145, 95, 109)
HSV (h, s, v)	(343°, 34%, 57%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(46, 31, 354°)
Source	Plochere[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 rasberries.

The first recorded use of raspberry glacé as a color name in English was in 1926.^[8]

The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.^[9]

The normalized color coordinates for raspberry glacé are identical to mauve taupe, first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.^[10]

Dark raspberry

Dark Raspberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#872657
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(135, 38, 87)
HSV (h, s, v)	(330°, 72%, 53%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(32, 58, 345°)
Source	Xona.com Color List[11]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the dark tone of raspberry that is called "raspberry" on the Xona Games Color List.

Dark raspberry is a color that resembles the color of a black raspberry.

• 
  Black raspberries
• 
  Black raspberry ice cream

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".^[12]

Vexillology

• The colour raspberry has been used in Cossack ethnic flags and uniforms.^[13][14][15]

See also

• RAL 3027 Raspberry red
• List of colors