🍣 Fish meat 🐟 A large fish 🟧 Pink-orange (adj) 🟧 A pink-orange color

salmon

1 1.0

A pale pinkish orange color like the fish meat

noun
/ˈsælmən/

: color salmón

He chose a salmon-pink tie to match his shirt for the wedding.
salmon pink

And then we've got Merlot, Red and salmon, rose and Black Knight.

Examples

It's more of a baby salmon pink, like a peachy sort of neutral colour.
DeSam looked at the cloud-curdled sky, the setting sun just beginning to tinge the cloud-bellies a salmon-pink.

Fiction book (1994)
Can I look at that salmon gown?

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
It's more of a salmon nude skin colour.
This is a salmon-colored cardigan.

Area 51 (2015)
We reached the salmon-colored Mercedes; she opened the driver's door.

Fiction book (1994)
Indeed, the tone, a subdued salmon pink, almost whitens Big Bo.

Academic text (2014)
But the gift that lasts even now she's dead is a salmon-colored dress of fine thin wool.

Fiction book (1993)
Her dress is a lovely shade of salmon, which complements her skin tone perfectly.
The walls were painted a soft salmon color, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

Synonyms

salmon pink

vssalmon

1 2.8

A light pink color with a little orange in it

is slightly more orange in tone than that pale pink shade

Antonyms

dull

30 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

Compounds

smoked salmon

15 1.9

Thin cold slices of salmon that are salted and cooked over wood

Atlantic salmon

2 3.2

A large fish that lives in the northern Atlantic and swims upriver to lay eggs

coho salmon

2 3.0

A small salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten for its tender flesh

king salmon

2 3.5

A very large Pacific salmon valued as food that dies after spawning

chinook salmon

1 4.6

A large Pacific fish eaten as food that dies after laying eggs

sockeye salmon

1 3.4

A salmon from north Pacific rivers with red flesh whose adults die after spawning

salmon pink

1 2.8

A light pink color with a little orange in it

salmon trout

1 3.1

A fish that looks like a salmon and lives in lakes and rivers

red salmon

1 2.8

The fatty red flesh of a sockeye salmon used for food

sockeye salmon

1 3.2

The fatty red flesh of a Pacific salmon eaten as food

salmon loaf

1 2.6

A baked mixture of salmon, breadcrumbs, and eggs shaped like a loaf

chum salmon

Specialized

1 6.3

A large Pacific fish with small spots on its back that people eat

lake salmon

1 3.8

A salmon that lives in lakes, often found in New England and eastern Canada

salmon oil

Specialized

1 3.0

An oil from salmon refined and sold in capsules or as a liquid for health

rock salmon

1 8.1

A small firm white fish like dogfish that is often sold in British fish and chip shops

red salmon

1 3.0

A small Pacific salmon with red flesh whose adults die after spawning

kippered salmon

1 5.1

Salmon that people salt and smoke to keep and add flavor

silver salmon

1 4.1

A small salmon with a shiny silver body that lives in the northern Pacific and the Great Lakes

salmon trout

1 3.2

The meat of a fish that moves from the sea into rivers and is eaten

Atlantic salmon

1 1.8

Pink, fatty fish meat that people eat, often cooked or smoked

king salmon

1 3.4

The pink or white flesh of a large Pacific fish used for food

landlocked salmon

Specialized

1 6.3

A salmon that lives and breeds only in fresh water lakes

salmon berry

1 8.1

A wild bush that grows small orange berries like raspberries

Nova salmon

1 5.1

Salmon cured with a small amount of salt and sometimes sugar for a mild taste

Nova Scotia salmon

1 3.4

A mild salmon kept in salt water and often a little sweet

silver salmon

1 3.1

Pink fatty meat from a small salmon often sold and eaten as food

chinook salmon

1 4.5

Pink or white flesh of a large Pacific fish that people eat

beaked salmon

Australian

8.9

A fish from sandy areas of the Pacific and Indian oceans with a pointed snout for digging into sand

blueback salmon

Specialized

7.1

A small salmon from the northern Pacific with bright red flesh that dies after spawning

Dawson River salmon

Australian

8.2

A large freshwater fish from Australian rivers with a pink spot on each scale

jack salmon

9.5

Small young salmon, often male Pacific salmon that return early to rivers

Nova style salmon

4.2

A type of salmon lightly cured in salt water, usually less salty and sometimes made with sugar

quinnat salmon

Archaic

8.4

A large Pacific fish eaten for its rich meat that lays eggs and then dies

salmon oil

Specialized

3.0

A fatty oil from salmon parts used to make soap and treat leather

How Pink

coral

6 2.9

salmon

1 1.0

pink-tinged

1 3.5

Surface Forms

salmon singular

salmon plural

Etymology

Salmon for the colour comes from the pale pink flesh of the fish salmon, and the fish name goes back to Latin salmo and the root salire 'to leap'. So the colour is named after the fish's pink meat.