October 17
Birthday Color: Orchid White
#D7D0CA · rgb(215, 208, 202) · hsl(28, 14%, 82%) · CMYK(0,3,6,16)
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Zodiac: Libra ♎
Color words & personality
Read through the color words of October 17, Orchid White behaves like open-hearted and sociable, with a spark that lifts the room. Its color words point to a gift for being present: rather than filling every room, you make the room comfortable for the people in it. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, light and quiet. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of October 17
Birth star
Baten Kaitos
Star words: vastness, deep embrace
Cetus · ζ Cet · mag 3.74 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Thoroughwort
Meaning: hesitation, memories of that day
Peak: Sep, Oct
Birth fruit
Nijisseiki pear
Fruit words: clarity, stillness
Peak: Sep, Oct
Thoroughwort is the October 17 flower. Its soft, vanilla-scented pink flowers are one of the seven autumn herbs, and the plant has a long history in Japanese gardens. Hanakotoba meanings are hesitation and memories of that day. The birthday color is Orchid White (#D7D0CA), a pale gray-white with the color word "a gift for being present." Scent, memory, and a quiet color.
October 17 shares its star with the 15th — Baten Kaitos, zeta Ceti, from another side. In myth the sea monster Cetus was turned to stone when Perseus raised Medusa's head; this orange giant of magnitude 3.7 glows where the raging thing fell still. Its star words are 'vastness' and 'deep embrace'. At midnight it swells and twinkles on the meridian. With it comes your birth color, Orchid White (#D7D0CA), whose color word is 'the gift of putting people at ease': a hue of calm after the storm.
The birthday fish of October 17 is the Shishamo smelt, a slender fish said to swim up rivers in autumn to spawn, its willow-leaf shape behind the fish words “willow” and “companionship”. Peak season runs October and November, when the aroma of fresh grilling fills the air. The birth color of the day is Orchid White (#D7D0CA), a soft white that carries the words “a gift for being present”, settling gently into a calm autumn dinner.
The Nijisseiki pear (二十世紀) is assigned to Oct 17. Market stalls fill with this pome fruit around Sep and Oct. In fruit words, it stands for clarity and stillness. Peak season: Sep and Oct. Its date also carries the birthday color Orchid White (#D7D0CA). Its color word is "a gift for being present". The day pairs the season's fruit with its own color.
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).
Famous people & characters born on October 17
- Bill AndersCelebrityAmerican astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Robert JordanCelebrityAmerican fantasy writer (1948–2007)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jerry SiegelCelebrityAmerican co-creator of Superman
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Charles Oliveira Da SilvaCelebrityBrazilian martial artist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Friedrich HirzebruchCelebrityGerman mathematician (1927–2012)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Holly HolmCelebrityAmerican boxer and mixed martial artist (born 1981)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Nicholas BritellCelebrityAmerican film composer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Paul BernaysCelebritySwiss mathematician (1888–1977)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Luke RockholdCelebrityAmerican mixed martial artist (born 1984)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Sara DoshoCelebrityJapanese wrestler (1994-)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Hiroo KanamoriCelebrityJapanese seismologist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jörg SchlaichCelebrityGerman civil engineer (1934-2021)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
Birthdays are listed based on public information (such as Wikipedia). For characters, the birthday is the one given in their official settings.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for October 17?
- The birth flower for October 17 is the Thoroughwort. Its hanakotoba include hesitation, memories of that day, and its peak season is Sep, Oct.
- What is the birth fish for October 17?
- The birth fish for October 17 is the Shishamo smelt. Its fish words include willow, companionship, and its peak season is Oct, Nov.
- What is the birth fruit for October 17?
- The birth fruit for October 17 is the Nijisseiki pear. Its fruit words include clarity, stillness, and its peak season is Sep, Oct.
- What is the birthday color for October 17?
- The birthday color for October 17 is Orchid White (#D7D0CA). It pairs with the day's flower, Thoroughwort.
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Color palette for Orchid White
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#EDEAE8
oklch(93.9% 0.004 56.4)
#D7D0CA
oklch(86.2% 0.011 63.3)
base
#B0A296
oklch(72.1% 0.024 63.1)
Analogous (±30°)
#D7CACB
oklch(85.0% 0.015 12.1)
#D7D0CA
oklch(86.2% 0.011 63.3)
base
#D7D7CA
oklch(87.6% 0.018 106.8)
Complementary (+180°)
#D7D0CA
oklch(86.2% 0.011 63.3)
#CAD1D7
oklch(85.7% 0.011 243.7)
base
#E2E6E9
oklch(92.3% 0.006 239.8)
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