January 20
Birthday Color: Forest Green
#288C66 · rgb(40, 140, 102) · hsl(157, 56%, 35%) · CMYK(71,0,27,45)
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Zodiac: Aquarius ♒
Color words & personality
Forest Green is the birthday color for January 20. In this system it belongs to a family read as fresh and fair. Its color words point to after rain: the power to put out brand-new green once the weather has passed. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Birthday colors are not science — enjoy them as part of your birth-date identity.
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 20
Birth star
Tureis
Star words: buckler, shelter
Puppis · ρ Pup · mag 2.83 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Amur adonis
Meaning: eternal happiness, remembrance
Peak: Jan, Feb
Birth fish
Chub mackerel
Fish words: agility, diligence
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan
Amur adonis opens on January 20. The flower is small and yellow and arrives absurdly early, often pushing through frozen ground before the snow has gone. Hanakotoba meanings are eternal happiness and remembrance. Its peak is January and February. Its birthday color is Forest Green (#288C66), a cool green whose color word is after rain. Bright flower, wet-leaf color: a first thaw.
On a clear January 20, aim low in the south around midnight: Tureis in Puppis comes to the meridian, a steady 2.83-magnitude light not far from brilliant Canopus — a corner of sky worth lingering on. Its star words are buckler and shelter. The companion color is Forest Green (#288C66), whose color word is after rain. A small shield low on the horizon, and the deep washed green of a forest after rain: quiet company for a winter night.
The fish words "agility" and "diligence" belong to January 20's Chub mackerel, quick in schools yet steady in storing winter fat. Grilled on a skewer, the skin crisps while the flesh stays soft. The season runs from October through January. Today's birthday color is Forest Green (#288C66), green as a wood after rain, lending depth to a blue-backed fish. Pair it with hot rice at the day's table.
If you were born on Jan 20, your birth fruit is the Setoka. A citrus fruit of the season, the Setoka arrives from Jan and Feb. Fruit words attach "luxury and maturity" to the Setoka. It is in season Jan and Feb. This day's birthday color: Forest Green (#288C66). The color word here is "after rain". One fruit, one color, one day.
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 20?
- The birth flower for January 20 is the Amur adonis. Its hanakotoba include eternal happiness, remembrance, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birth fish for January 20?
- The birth fish for January 20 is the Chub mackerel. Its fish words include agility, diligence, and its peak season is Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 20?
- The birth fruit for January 20 is the Setoka. Its fruit words include luxury, maturity, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 20?
- The birthday color for January 20 is Forest Green (#288C66). It pairs with the day's flower, Amur adonis.
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Color palette for Forest Green
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#46CA98
oklch(75.4% 0.136 164.1)
#288C66
oklch(57.3% 0.109 163.4)
base
#144532
oklch(35.2% 0.062 163.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#288C34
oklch(56.4% 0.155 144.9)
#288C66
oklch(57.3% 0.109 163.4)
base
#28808C
oklch(55.4% 0.083 208.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#288C66
oklch(57.3% 0.109 163.4)
#8C284E
oklch(44.2% 0.138 1.4)
base
#D2628C
oklch(64.3% 0.148 358.5)
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