THE ROSES
Rose colors
Roses are the soft red-pinks named for the flower. There are 47 named roses across ten shades, running widest at the rich end, and every one of them reads warm and takes black text. They also print unusually well: four in five come back from CMYK within what a press holds.
Of the 16.8 million colors in sRGB, 47 roses carry a name. The ones in the lists designers and developers reach for.
Bold roses5
| Geraldine | Geraldine | #FB8989 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Pink Salmon | Pink Salmon | #FF91A4 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Rose Pink | Rose Pink | #F7879A | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Sea Pink | Sea Pink | #ED989E | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Sweet Pink | Sweet Pink | #FD9FA2 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
Dark roses2
| Brownish Pink | Brownish Pink | #C27E79 | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Greyish Pink | Greyish Pink | #C88D94 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
Faint roses4
| Dawn Pink | Dawn Pink | #F3E9E5 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Ebb | Ebb | #E9E3E3 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Hint of Red | Hint of Red | #FBF9F9 | black text · AAA | lighter than the paper |
| Swiss Coffee | Swiss Coffee | #DDD6D5 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
Grayish roses4
| Martini | Martini | #AFA09E | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Nobel | Nobel | #B7B1B1 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Silk | Silk | #BDB1A8 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Silver Rust | Silver Rust | #C9C0BB | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
Light roses8
| Beauty Bush | Beauty Bush | #EEC1BE | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Cosmos | Cosmos | #FFD8D9 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Light Rose | Light Rose | #FFC5CB | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Misty Rose | Misty Rose | #FFE4E1 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Pale Rose | Pale Rose | #FDC1C5 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Pippin | Pippin | #FFE1DF | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Snow | Snow | #FFFAFA | black text · AAA | lighter than the paper |
| Your Pink | Your Pink | #FFC3C0 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
Medium roses5
| Cavern Pink | Cavern Pink | #E3BEBE | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Cornflower Lilac | Cornflower Lilac | #FFB0AC | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| Petite Orchid | Petite Orchid | #DB9690 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Shilo | Shilo | #E8B9B3 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Sundown | Sundown | #FFB1B3 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
Muted roses2
| Cold Turkey | Cold Turkey | #CEBABA | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Pinkish Grey | Pinkish Grey | #C8ACA9 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
Pale roses4
| Chablis | Chablis | #FFF4F3 | black text · AAA | lighter than the paper |
| Dust Storm | Dust Storm | #E5CCC9 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Oyster Pink | Oyster Pink | #E9CECD | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Rose White | Rose White | #FFF6F5 | black text · AAA | lighter than the paper |
Rich roses11
| Brink Pink | Brink Pink | #FB607F | black text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Dirty Pink | Dirty Pink | #CA7B80 | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Dusty Pink | Dusty Pink | #D58A94 | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Dusty Rose | Dusty Rose | #C0737A | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Froly | Froly | #F57584 | black text · AAA | ! within tolerance |
| New York Pink | New York Pink | #D7837F | black text · AAA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Old Pink | Old Pink | #C77986 | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Old Rose | Old Rose | #C87F89 | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Pinkish | Pinkish | #D46A7E | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Ugly Pink | Ugly Pink | #CD7584 | black text · AA | ✓ prints exactly |
| Wild Watermelon | Wild Watermelon | #FD5B78 | black text · AA | ✕ shifts on press |
Vivid roses2
| Blush Pink | Blush Pink | #FE828C | black text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |
| Carnation | Carnation | #FD798F | black text · AAA | ✕ shifts on press |