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salmon

salmon

11 1.0
A pale pinkish orange color like the fish meat
  • noun
  • /ˈsælmən/
translation icon : 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?

  • It's more of a salmon nude skin colour.

  • This is a salmon-colored cardigan.

  • 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

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

Compounds

13 1.9

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

1 3.0

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

chum salmon
  • Specialized
1 6.3

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

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

1 3.5

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

1 5.1

Salmon that people salt and smoke to keep and add flavor

1 8.1

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

1 2.6

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

1 2.8

A light pink color with a little orange in it

1 3.4

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

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

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

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

Dawson River salmon
  • Australian
8.2

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

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

3.4

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

landlocked salmon
  • Specialized
6.3

A salmon that lives and breeds only in fresh water lakes

3.8

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

9.5

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

5.1

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

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

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

3.0

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

2.8

The fatty red flesh of a sockeye salmon used for food

8.1

A wild bush that grows small orange berries like raspberries

salmon oil
  • Specialized
3.0

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

salmon oil
  • Specialized
3.0

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

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

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

4.1

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

3.1

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

The fatty red flesh of a Pacific salmon eaten as food

How Pink

coral
59 2.9
salmon
11 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.