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salmon

salmon

2.6
With a pale pinkish orange color like the fish meat
  • adjective
  • /ˈsælmən/
translation icon : salmón
  • The walls of her room were painted a soft salmon color that made the space feel warm and inviting.

Next up I'm using this orange slash salmon colored concealer from NYX or NYX however you say it.

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Examples

  • Next up I'm using this orange slash salmon colored concealer from NYX or NYX however you say it.

  • If you have really deep skin, then this kind of salmon orangey red is going to do a great job neutralizing that dark purple blue.

  • Get the rat life shorts in blue salmon and sand.

  • I want them to be nude, salmon pink, fussy.

  • These are kind of like nude, more salmon pinky kind of pinks.

  • She wore a beautiful dress in a light salmon hue that complemented her complexion perfectly.

  • For the wedding, they chose salmon as one of the main colors for the decorations, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

Synonyms

salmon pink
vssalmon
1 2.8

A light pink color with a little orange in it

has a clearer orange tint rather than just a slight tinge

Antonyms

1.0

With little or no light and not bright

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
2.6
pink-tinged
1 3.5

Surface Forms

salmon positive

Etymology

The adjective salmon means a pale pinkish-orange like the fish's flesh, and this use comes from the fish name salmon (Latin salmo) linked to salire 'to leap'. So calling something salmon means it has that soft pink-orange colour.