Coral (color)
The various tones of the color coral are representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.The web color coral is a shade of orange. It is displayed at the upper right.
The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.Variations of coral
The color coral pink is displayed at right, a pinkish color.
The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892. Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, Hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish.
Still today, some people call Coral Red as Coral Pink due to this old attribution.Light coral
The web color light coral is displayed at right.
