Citrine (colour) than it is today and could be "reddish or brownish yellow; or orange; or amber (distinguished from yellow)". In today's English citrine as a colour is mostly confined to the contexts of (1) gemstones, including quartz, and (2) some animal and plant names. E.g., the citrine wagtail ("Motacilla citreola"), an Asian bird species with golden-yellow plumage, or the citrine warbler, citrine canary-flycatcher, citrine forktail, etc. Citrine (colour) Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as
Amaranth (color) color of the flower of those amaranth plants that have "amaranth red" colored flowers. The first recorded use of "amaranth" as a color name in English was in 1690. The name "amaranth" comes from the Greek "a" (not) + "marainean" (to waste away), i.e., a flower believed to grow on Mount Olympus which never died. The color amaranth pink is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of pink amaranth flowers. The first recorded use of "amaranth pink" as a color name in English was in 1905. The Crayola crayon color radical red is displayed at