January 18
Birthday Color: Foliage
#47744B · rgb(71, 116, 75) · hsl(125, 24%, 37%) · CMYK(39,0,35,55)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Capricorn ♑
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of January 18, Foliage behaves like balanced and steady. Its color words point to new leaves: you renew yourself without needing to break with the past. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
As a gift: Green quietly accompanies everyday things. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 18
Birth star
Tureis
Star words: buckler, shelter
Puppis · ρ Pup · mag 2.83 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Daphniphyllum
Meaning: handing over, new generation
Peak: Dec, Jan
Birth fish
Splendid alfonsino
Fish words: celebration, depth
Peak: Dec, Jan
Daphniphyllum takes January 18 with a color that shares its name, Foliage (#47744B), whose color word is new leaves. The evergreen's hanakotoba is unchanged at handing over and new generation, and its peak runs from December into January. Where the earlier pairing leaned on moss and patience, this one is brighter and more forward-looking: the same plant, read as a beginning rather than a handover.
Tureis, watching over January 18, takes its name from the Arabic for 'little shield' — a small guard aboard Puppis, the old ship's stern. It shines at magnitude 2.83 and culminates near midnight in the south. Its star words are buckler and shelter. The day's color is Foliage (#47744B), whose color word is new leaves. A shielding star above a thicket of young green: protection, rendered softly.
On January 18 the birthday fish is the Splendid alfonsino, its crimson glow the very color of a festive table. The words "celebration" and "depth" suit it: simmered, the fat melts into sweetness; dried, it is loved too. The peak season runs December and January. Today's birthday color is Foliage (#47744B), a deep young-leaf green that sets the crimson quietly aglow. Offer it as the celebratory dish of the day's table.
The birth fruit for Jan 18 is the Ponkan (ポンカン). The Ponkan is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Jan and Feb. The fruit words for this date read "warmth and fullness". Jan and Feb is its season. The color side of the day is Foliage (#47744B). The color word here is "new leaves". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for January 18?
- The birth flower for January 18 is the Daphniphyllum. Its hanakotoba include handing over, new generation, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fish for January 18?
- The birth fish for January 18 is the Splendid alfonsino. Its fish words include celebration, depth, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 18?
- The birth fruit for January 18 is the Ponkan. Its fruit words include warmth, fullness, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 18?
- The birthday color for January 18 is Foliage (#47744B). It pairs with the day's flower, Daphniphyllum.
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Color palette for Foliage
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#70A775
oklch(67.7% 0.093 146.7)
#47744B
oklch(51.5% 0.081 146.4)
base
#243B26
oklch(32.6% 0.047 146.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#5A7447
oklch(52.6% 0.074 132.9)
#47744B
oklch(51.5% 0.081 146.4)
base
#477461
oklch(52.0% 0.059 165.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#47744B
oklch(51.5% 0.081 146.4)
#744770
oklch(46.5% 0.085 330.0)
base
#B586B1
oklch(68.0% 0.082 329.3)
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