Raspberry is a color that resembles the color of raspberries.

Color coordinates
Hex triplet #E30B5C
RGB (r, g, b) (227, 11, 92)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 95, 60, 11)
HSV (h, s, v) (337°, 95%, 89%)

The first recorded use of raspberry as a color name in English was in 1892.

The name raspberry color, used in the field of fashion and decoration, designates shades of red or pink, drawing on the purple, which recall the natural color of the bay (botany) raspberry matured ( which may vary somewhat), or that of the artificial coloring used to reinforce that of raspberry syrup.

The color names diverge frequently in French and English, especially in the chromatic field of purple and purple.

In the trade color charts, in painting for decoratio raspberry sorbet, raspberry in color for graphic arts raspberry; in embroidery thread raspberry, raspberry ice cream. Raspberry is also one of the color names used to describe the appearance of Provence rosé wines.

Azorubine is sold as a red raspberry food coloring.

History
The expression raspberry red is attested in 1828 in a medical description. It is then frequently in this area.

In 1863, the raspberry red loses its acute accent in favor of a rhyme with Gauloise, but doctors, pharmacists and chemists mostly stick to the previous use for a good ten years. Around 1877, the raspberry red appeared in a satirical chronicle of the daily press, to comically amplify the blush of a character.

In 1896, raspberry red appeared in a list of fashionable colors for the winter.

The Color Directory of the Society of Chrysanthemists, published in 1905, gives four shades of the color Raspberry Red, specifying, for the dark tone, “Color of the raspberry fruit (Rubus Idæus), apart from the whitish villi which are observe on its surface.

Variations of raspberry

French raspberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C72C48
RGB (r, g, b) (199, 44, 72)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 78, 64, 22)
HSV (h, s, v) (351°, 78%, 78%)

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. This is a color from the pourpre.com color list.

Raspberry rose
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #B3446C
RGB (r, g, b) (179, 68, 108)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 62, 40, 30)
HSV (h, s, v) (338°, 62%, 70%)

The color raspberry rose is a deep tone of raspberry.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color Sample of Raspberry Rose (color sample #255).

Raspberry glace
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #915F6D
RGB (r, g, b) (145, 95, 109)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 35, 25, 43)
HSV (h, s, v) (333°, 35%, 57%)

The color raspberry gloss is a medium grayish shade of raspberry that is used in interior design.

The first recorded use of raspberry gloss as a color name in English was in 1926.

The source of this color is the Plochere Color pallet, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Dark raspberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #872657
RGB (r, g, b) (135, 38, 87)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 72, 36, 47)
HSV (h, s, v) (330°, 72%, 53%)

The dark tone of raspberry that is called “raspberry” on the Xona.com Color List.

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

“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.

Raspberry in human culture

Cooking
A two-layer dark chocolate cake (usually made with dark chocolate icing on top) that has raspberry sauce filling (which is colored dark raspberry) between the two layers of cake is called a Chocolate Decadence cake.

Music
Perhaps the most famous mention of the color raspberry was by Prince, in his popular song, “Raspberry Beret”.

Vexillology
The color raspberry has been used in Cossack ethnic flags and uniforms.

Source From Wikipedia