November 20
Birthday Color: Dove Gray
#7D7B83 · rgb(125, 123, 131) · hsl(255, 3%, 50%) · CMYK(5,6,0,49)
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Zodiac: Scorpio ♏
Color words & personality
Dove Gray, the color given to November 20, is modest and precise. Its color words point to ash that waits: the ember is not out; it knows the hour to burn. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, deep and quiet. It also works as a gift-wrap color or an accent on a message card.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of November 20
Birth star
Zaurak
Star words: barque, drift
Eridanus · γ Eri · mag 2.97 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Sasanqua camellia
Meaning: overcoming hardship, devotion
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec
Birth fruit
Satsuma mandarin
Fruit words: innocence, familiarity
Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan
Sasanqua camellia returns on November 20, paired with Dove Gray (#7D7B83) and the color word "ash that waits." Overcoming hardship and devotion are still the flower's meanings. The gray softens the flower's usual brightness, giving the date a patient, almost elegiac mood.
November 20 sets a small boat on the celestial river: Zaurak, whose name is the Arabic word for one, a 2.97-magnitude star adrift in Eridanus. Barque and drift are its star words, and around midnight it rides highest in the south. The day's color is Dove Gray (#7D7B83), read as an ash that waits for its time. A star that trusts the current, a color in no hurry — progress without pushing.
The fat greenling makes its home among the rocks and is said to leave it only rarely. As the cold deepens it fattens, filling out toward the spring spawning season. Its fish words are "tenacity" and "patience" — a life of keeping to its familiar stones, overlaid with quiet strength. The peak comes in December and January; the rich flesh suits salt grilling. Today's birth color is Dove Gray (#7D7B83), ash that waits, coloring the day's table with a settled calm.
The Satsuma mandarin is the birth fruit of Nov 20. The Satsuma mandarin is a citrus fruit whose peak runs Nov and Dec and Jan. In fruit words, it stands for innocence and familiarity. Peak season: Nov and Dec and Jan. The color side of the day is Dove Gray (#7D7B83). Its color word is "ash that waits". 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 November 20
- Selma LagerlöfCelebritySwedish writer (1858–1940)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Nadine GordimerCelebritySouth African writer (1923–2014)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Benoit MandelbrotCelebrityPolish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- KirillCelebritybishop, priest, eastern Orthodox priest, eastern Orthodox bi
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Karl von FrischCelebrityGerman-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Arieh WarshelCelebritychemist, biochemist and biophysicist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Don DeLilloCelebrityAmerican novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1936)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Timothy GowersCelebrityBritish mathematician
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Edvard WestermarckCelebrityFinnish academic (1862–1939)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Sergei PoluninCelebrityUkrainian-born ballet dancer, actor and model
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Kōhei HorikoshiCelebrityJapanese manga artist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Ray OzzieCelebrityAmerican businessman
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 November 20?
- The birth flower for November 20 is the Sasanqua camellia. Its hanakotoba include overcoming hardship, devotion, and its peak season is Oct, Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fish for November 20?
- The birth fish for November 20 is the Fat greenling. Its fish words include tenacity, patience, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for November 20?
- The birth fruit for November 20 is the Satsuma mandarin. Its fruit words include innocence, familiarity, and its peak season is Nov, Dec, Jan.
- What is the birthday color for November 20?
- The birthday color for November 20 is Dove Gray (#7D7B83). It pairs with the day's flower, Sasanqua camellia.
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Color palette for Dove Gray
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#ACAAAF
oklch(74.1% 0.007 304.2)
#7D7B83
oklch(58.7% 0.012 297.5)
base
#504F54
oklch(43.0% 0.008 295.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#7B7D83
oklch(59.0% 0.009 271.3)
#7D7B83
oklch(58.7% 0.012 297.5)
base
#817B83
oklch(59.1% 0.014 317.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#7D7B83
oklch(58.7% 0.012 297.5)
#81837B
oklch(60.6% 0.012 118.2)
base
#C0C1BD
oklch(80.9% 0.006 117.9)
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