Color Names

Pale Marigold

Softened marigold petals, still warm from the garden.

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Pale Marigold is a rich orange, close to yellow.

It can be described as rich, golden, warm and bright.

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Pale Marigold

Marigold (color)

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name.

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Colorfulness

Colorfulness, chroma and saturation are attributes of perceived color relating to chromatic intensity. As defined formally by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) they respectively describe three different aspects of chromatic intensity, but the terms are often used loosely and interchangeably in contexts where these aspects are not clearly distinguished. The precise meanings of the terms vary by what other functions they are dependent on.

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pale

Adjective

  1. Light in color.
  2. Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

Verb

  1. To turn pale; to lose colour.
  2. To become insignificant.
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marigold

Noun

  1. Any of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
  2. Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

Adjective

  1. Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
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