Cerise

Cerise is a rose-red color.

At right is displayed the color **cerise**. The _cerise_ name comes from the French word meaning cherry.  The word "cherry" itself comes from the Norman _cherise_.

According to Maerz and Paul in their _Dictionary of Color_, the first recorded use of _cerise_ as a color name in English was in 1858.  However, it was used at least as early as 1846 in a book of crochet patterns.

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called _Hollywood cerise_. Before being renamed "Hollywood cerise" in the 1940s, the color had before that, since 1922, been known simply as _Hollywood_.

## Meaning of cerise

- The color cerise represents partying and glamor, especially the color _Hollywood cerise_, shown below, which represents the glamor of Hollywood.
- Cerise is a vivid, happy, fun color that is popular for women’s lipstick, women’s clothing in general, and men’s casual shirts.

## Tones of cerise color comparison chart

|style = "background-color: #ffc1e8;"|Pale Electric Hollywood Cerise (Hex: #FFc1E8) (RGB: 255, 193, 232)|
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|style = "background-color: #ffb7c5;"|Cherry Blossom Pink (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #FFB7C5) (RGB: 255, 183, 197)|
|style = "background-color: #ff9eda;"|Light Electric Hollywood Cerise (Hex: #FF9EDA) (RGB: 255, 158, 218)|
|style = "background-color: #ff64c5;"|Brilliant Electric Hollywood Cerise (Hex: #FF64C5) (RGB: 255, 100, 197)|
|style = "background-color: #ff009f;"|Electric Hollywood Cerise (Hex: #FF009F) (RGB: 255, 0, 159)|
|style = "background-color: #f400a1;"|Hollywood Cerise (Fashion Fuchsia) (Venus C.P.) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)|
|style = "background-color: #ec3b83;"|Cerise Pink (Hex: #EC3B83) (RGB: 236, 59, 131)|
|style = "background-color: #ff0047;"|Cherry Red (Hex: #FF0047) (RGB: 255, 0, 71)|
|style = "background-color: #da2647;"|Deep Cherry Red (Cherry (Crayola Magic Scents)) (Hex: #DA2647) (RGB: 218, 6, 122)|
|style = "background-color: #da3163;"|Cerise Magenta (Magenta (Crayola Twistable colored pencils)) (Hex: #DA3163) (RGB: 218, 49, 99)|
|style = "background-color: #de3163;"|CERISE (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #DE3163) (RGB: 222, 49, 99)|
|style = "background-color: #da1d81;"|Vivid Cerise (basis for Fluorescent Cerise) (Hex: #DA1D81) (RGB: 218, 29, 129)|
|style="background-color: #da3287;"|Deep Cerise (Crayola: Cerise) (Hex: #DA3287) (RGB: 218, 50, 135)|
|style = "background-color: #cd2682;"|Amaranth Cerise (Hex: #CD2682) (RGB: 205, 38, 130)|
|style = "background-color: #be0032;"|Deep Cherry (Cherry (Plochere)) (Hex: #BE0032) (RGB: 190, 0, 50)|
|style = "background-color: #b3446c;"|Irresistible (Plochere) (Hex: #B3446C) (RGB: 179, 68, 108)|
|style = "background-color: #b11355; color: #ffffff"|Dove Cherry  (Hex: #B11355) (RGB: 177, 19, 85)|
|style = "background-color: #b0665c; color: #ffffff"|Light Cherrywood (Cherrywood Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #B0665C) (RGB: 176, 102, 92)|
|style = "background-color: #a23b3c; color: #ffffff"|Dark Cherry (Cherry (British Standards BS 381-538)) (Hex: #A23B3C) (RGB: 162, 59, 60)|
|style = "background-color: #9f1f4c; color: #ffffff"|Medium Cerise (Cerise (Pantone TPX 19-1955))  (Hex: #9F1F4C) (RGB: 159, 31, 76)|
|style = "background-color: #8b3f43; color: #ffffff"|Cha Cha (Resene color list) (Hex: #8B3F43) (RGB: 139, 63, 67)|
|style = "background-color: #892d52; color: #ffffff"|Rosebud Cherry (Resene color list) (Hex: #892D52) (RGB: 137, 45, 82)|
|style = "background-color: #713036; color: #ffffff"|Crimson Cherry (British Standards BS 381-025) (Hex: #713036) (RGB: 113, 48, 54)|
|style = "background-color: #651a14; color: #ffffff"|Cherrywood (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #651A14) (RGB: 101, 26, 20)|

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