December 15
Birthday Color: Burnt Orange
#B16268 · rgb(177, 98, 104) · hsl(355, 34%, 54%) · CMYK(0,45,41,31)
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Zodiac: Sagittarius ♐
Color words & personality
Burnt Orange is the birthday color for December 15. In this system it belongs to a family read as vital and generous. Its color words point to decisiveness: you draw the line at the center of hesitation, and the line becomes a landmark for others. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Used on a note or planner, it becomes a signature in place of your name.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of December 15
Birth star
Alnitak
Star words: unity, bond
Orion · ζ Ori · mag 1.74 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Camellia
Meaning: modest beauty, ideal love
Peak: Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Camellia returns on December 15, paired with Burnt Orange (#B16268) and the color word "decisiveness." Modest beauty and ideal love remain its meanings. The muted red-orange gives the flower a firmer, more resolved tone.
December 15 fastens the eastern end of the belt: Alnitak, from the Arabic for 'the girdle,' a triple system blazing beside the Flame and Horsehead Nebulae. Magnitude 1.74, star words unity and bond, highest in the south near midnight. The color alongside is Burnt Orange (#B16268), whose word is decisiveness. A knot of stars, a scorched orange: a bond takes its shape by being tied.
The birthday fish of December 15 is the Marbled rockfish. Its fish words are "caution" and "core". Lurking still in the shadows of the rocks and reading its moment with care, it is said to gather its umami as the cold deepens, at its peak from December into January. The color of the day is Burnt Orange (#B16268). May a core of quiet strength be remembered, softly, on this day of drawing the year toward its close.
If you were born on Dec 15, your birth fruit is the Avocado. Market stalls fill with this berry around Nov and Dec. The fruit words for this date read "nourishment and mellowness". Nov and Dec is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Burnt Orange (#B16268). The color word here is "decisiveness". Pair the season's fruit with the day's color for a small celebration.
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 December 15
- Maurice WilkinsCelebrityNew Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Niels Ryberg FinsenCelebrityFaroese physician and scientist and Nobel laureate (1860–190
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Stanislaw ShushkievichCelebrityBelarusian nuclear physicist and politician (1934—2022)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Edna O'BrienCelebrityIrish writer (1930–2024)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Abdullahi Yusuf AhmedCelebrityformer president of Puntland and President of Somalia (dead
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Albert MemmiCelebrityFrench writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Pascal BrucknerCelebrityFrench writer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Alan FreedCelebrityAmerican disc jockey, songwriter (1921–1965)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Arkady RotenbergCelebrityRussian businessman and oligarch
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- JeniferCelebrityFrench singer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Fritz MachlupCelebrityAustrian economist (1902–1983)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Gao TingyuCelebrityChinese male speed skater
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 December 15?
- The birth flower for December 15 is the Camellia. Its hanakotoba include modest beauty, ideal love, and its peak season is Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar.
- What is the birth fish for December 15?
- The birth fish for December 15 is the Marbled rockfish. Its fish words include caution, core, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for December 15?
- The birth fruit for December 15 is the Avocado. Its fruit words include nourishment, mellowness, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birthday color for December 15?
- The birthday color for December 15 is Burnt Orange (#B16268). It pairs with the day's flower, Camellia.
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Color palette for Burnt Orange
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#CF9FA3
oklch(74.8% 0.057 13.0)
#B16268
oklch(58.8% 0.102 15.9)
base
#7A3D41
oklch(43.9% 0.085 17.1)
Analogous (±30°)
#B16290
oklch(60.1% 0.117 345.3)
#B16268
oklch(58.8% 0.102 15.9)
base
#B18462
oklch(64.9% 0.073 58.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#B16268
oklch(58.8% 0.102 15.9)
#62B1AB
oklch(70.8% 0.079 189.2)
base
#B7DBD9
oklch(86.5% 0.038 192.3)
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