The Color of Anything · Emotions & Feelings
The Color of Melancholy
A color literally named Melancholy exists in the naming corpus.
#DD8899Color values
- HEX
- #DD8899
- RGB
- rgb(221, 136, 153)
- HSL
- hsl(348, 55.6%, 70%)
Drop the intuitive primary into the palette editor: HSL tweaks, lock-and-reshuffle, harmony generation, or full-board export.
Why is Melancholy this color?
The intuitive primary color of Melancholy is #DD8899. Matched against 32,258 open-source color names, the nearest named color is "Melancholy" (#DD8899, ΔE <1), and 1 named colors directly contain the word "Melancholy" — naming culture and semantic intuition converge here. Chinese traditional color pairings are listed below.
Melancholy#DD8899 · Full color profileNamed colors containing "Melancholy" (1)
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FAQ
▸What color is Melancholy?
The intuitive primary is #DD8899. We first choose the primary editorially, then cross-check it against 32,258 named colors, 659 Chinese traditional colors and 18,114 standard cards — the nearest named color and real colors containing "Melancholy" are listed on the page.
▸How was this color determined?
Color words have no single canonical answer. Each primary is chosen from semantic imagery, common associations and real-world references, then backed with nearest-named-color (ΔE distance) and dictionary lookups shown in full on the page.
▸Can I use the color of Melancholy in design?
Yes. The page gives #DD8899 in HEX, RGB and HSL formats with one-click copy; you can also fine-tune it in the palette editor or open the full color profile for contrast and pairing advice.
▸Why do different sources give different colors for Melancholy?
Color words are cultural intuition, not standard cards — associations vary across languages and contexts. We provide one intuitive primary backed by database evidence, plus Chinese traditional pairings for cross-cultural comparison.