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'{{About|the color||Amaranth (disambiguation)}} {{color swatch|#E52B50|Amaranth <tt>#E52B50</tt>|right}} [[Image:Amaranthus tricolor0.jpg|left|thumb|200 px|The flower of the [[amaranth]] plant]] '''Amaranth''' is a [[red]]dish-[[Rose (colour)|rose]] [[colour]] that is a representation of the colour of the [[flower]] of the [[amaranth]] plant. The colour shown is the colour of the red amaranth flower (the colour normally considered amaranth), but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colours of amaranth flowers; these colours are also shown below. The colour '''amaranth''' is similar to printer's [[magenta]] (pigment magenta) (but redder). It is the colour of the flower of those [[amaranth]] plants that have ''amaranth red'' coloured flowers. The first recorded use of ''amaranth'' as a colour name in [[English language|English]] was in 1690.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Colour Sample of Amaranth: Page 127 Plate 53 Colour Sample L3 (Note: The colour sample called Amaranth in ''A Dictionary of Color'' is not the Amaranth Red colour shown above that is normally considered Amaranth today, but is the colour shown above as Amaranth Deep Purple.)</ref> {{-}} ==Amaranth== The colour '''amaranth''' is also called ''amaranth red'' to distinguish it from the varying colours of other varieties of the amaranth flower. This colour is similar to printer's [[magenta]] (pigment magenta) (Hex Code #FF0090) (but a lot more reddish). It is the colour of the flower of those [[amaranth]] plants that have ''amaranth red'' coloured flowers. The first recorded use of ''amaranth'' as a colour name in [[English language|English]] was in 1690.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Colour Sample of Amaranth: Page 127 Plate 53 Colour Sample L3 (Note: The colour sample called Amaranth in ''A Dictionary of Color'' is not the Amaranth Red colour shown above that is normally considered Amaranth today, but is the colour shown above as Amaranth Deep Purple.)</ref> {{-}} == Etymology == The name ''amaranth'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''a'' (not) + ''marainean'' (to waste away), i.e., a flower believed to grow on Mount Olympus which never died. == Variations of amaranth == === Amaranth pink === The first recorded use of ''amaranth pink'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1905.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amaranth Pink: Page 121 Plate 49 Color Sample D8</ref> The [[Hex Triplet|Web colors]] code for Amaranth Pink is #F19CBB. {{-}} === Radical red (bright amaranth pink)=== {{infobox color| title= Radical Red| hex= FF355E| r=255|g= 53|b= 94| c= |m= |y= |k= | h=345|s= 84|v= 84 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]}} The [[Crayola]] [[crayon]] color '''radical red''' is displayed at right. The color ''radical red'', which may also be called '''bright amaranth pink'''{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}, was formulated by Crayola in 1990. {{-}} === Amaranth purple === The first recorded use of ''amaranth purple'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1912.<ref>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</ref> {{-}} ==In popular culture== {{unreferenced section|date=November 2011}} === Horticulture === * Amaranth flowers in their various colors are popular [[garden]] plants. === Literature === * ''Amaranth'' is the name of the otherworldly pantheon that amuses itself by toying with individuals' luck in [[Tim Lebbon]]'s novella "The Unfortunate". * In [[Garth Nix]]'s novel ''[[Abhorsen]],'' the third chapter is entitled "Amaranth, Rosemary and Tears". * ''Love-Lies-Bleeding'' (a [[Poetry|poetic]] name for the amaranth flower) is the title of a 2005 play by [[Don DeLillo]]. * In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s novel ''[[Speaker for the Dead]]'', amaranth is the only grass in the limited ecosystem of the planet Lusitania. * In the novel ''To Live Forever'' by [[Jack Vance]], the members of the Amaranth Society have achieved immortality. === Music === * ''Amaranth'' is the title of a music CD by composer [[Robert Agis]]. * In the [[AFI (band)|AFI]] song, "The Great Disappointment", [[Davey Havok]] sings: "I can remember. I searched for the amaranth. I'd shut my eyes to see." * The Swedish gothic/doom metal band [[Draconian (band)|Draconian]] has written a song titled "The Amaranth". * ''[[Amarantine (album)|Amarantine]]'' is the name of a 2005 album and single by Irish vocal artist [[Enya]], and is mentioned in her song ''Flora's Secret'' wherein she sings: "Looking up through eyes of amaranthine." * It is a song by Finnish symphonic/power metal band [[Nightwish]], for their 2007 album [[Dark Passion Play]]. * In the [[Animal Collective]] song, "Cuckoo Cuckoo," [[Avey Tare]] sings: "I can't see the landscape. Please describe its amaranthine haze." === Mythology === * In [[Greek mythology]], ''Amaranthus'' was a hunter of the island of [[Euboea]], a son of King [[Abas]]. He was loved by the goddess [[Artemis]] and joined her in the hunt. But he insulted [[Poseidon]] as worthless, claiming the bounty of the hunt was superior to that of the sea. For this the god sent a giant wave which washed him into the sea and drowned him. Artemis then turned him into an amaranth-flower, her sacred plant. === Poetry and literary symbolism === * The color ''amaranth'' represents [[immortality]] in [[Western culture]] because the name is derived from the name in [[Greek mythology]] of a flower that was believed to never die that grew in the abode of the [[Greek gods]] on [[Mount Olympus]]. Something that is perceived as ''everlasting'' may be described by the adjective ''amaranthine''. (The color [[Peach (color)|peach]] represents immortality in [[Chinese culture]], because in [[Daoism]] the Goddess of the West is believed to guard the peach trees of immortality in the [[Tian Shan]] mountains.) * ''Amaranth'' is the name of a long [[Sapphic]] poem by the imagiste poet [[H.D.]], and is based on [[Sappho]]'s fragment 131. === Sports === * Italian football teams [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]] and [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]] have amaranth as their traditional home kit color. *Noted British motorcycle designer, [[Edward Turner]] chose ''Amaranth red'' as the color for his revolutionary 1938 [[Triumph Speed Twin]] in memory of his late first wife's appreciation of its bloom. The model kept this color throughout its model run and initially upon re-design in 1959. === Video Games === * In the video game [[Final Fantasy IX]], [[Amarant Coral]] is a character with red hair; he is also known as "Flaming Amarant", "Scarlet Hair", and "Red". ==See also== * [[Amaranth (dye)]] * [[Cerise (color)]] * [[Crimson (color)]] * [[List of colors]] * [[Rose (color)]] * [[Ruby (color)]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== * [http://www.driedflowersdirect.com/dried-flowers/gomphrena.htm Web page showing the various colors of amaranth flowers:] *[http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/speciesphoto/AMACRU.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/Searchcolors.asp%3Fcolor%3DB%26LIM%3D0%26sortop%3DTaxa&h=102&w=102&sz=3&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=Gzu8akV9TW2sQM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Amaranth%2BPurple%2522%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG] Picture of purple amaranth flower * [http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=AMACRU Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: Amaranthus cruentus L.:] * [http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/50618/ Picture of a deep purple amaranth flower:] {{shades of pink}} {{shades of red}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Amaranth (Color)}} [[Category:Shades of pink]] [[Category:Shades of red]] [[ca:Amarant (color)]] [[da:Amarant (farve)]] [[de:Amarant (Farbe)]] [[fr:Amarante (couleur)]] [[hi:ऐमारैंथ (रंग)]] [[it:Amaranto (colore)]] [[no:Amarant (farge)]] [[ru:Амарантовый (цвет)]] [[simple:Amaranth (color)]]'