December 17
Birthday Color: Beige
#EEDCB3 · rgb(238, 220, 179) · hsl(42, 63%, 82%) · CMYK(0,8,25,7)
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Zodiac: Sagittarius ♐
Color words & personality
Beige, the color given to December 17, is friendly and grounded. Its color words point to a hearth: not the loudest light in the house, but the one everyone gathers around. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of December 17
Birth star
Wazn
Star words: equilibrium, stillness
Columba · β Col · mag 3.12 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Leopard plant
Meaning: resilience, modesty
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec
Birth fruit
Satsuma mandarin
Fruit words: innocence, familiarity
Peak: Nov, Dec, Jan
Leopard plant is the December 17 flower. Its glossy leaves and yellow flowers bring a late spark to the shade, and its meanings are resilience and modesty. The birthday color is Beige (#EEDCB3), a soft sand with the color word "a hearth." A warm pairing for a cold month.
December 17 hangs plumb: Wazn, the 'weight' of Columba, the dove that flies south of Orion. A 3.12-magnitude star whose very name means the plumb-bob; its star words are equilibrium and stillness. As the date turns, it rests on the meridian. The day's color is Beige (#EEDCB3), a dove-feather tone read as hearth fire. A weighted star, a settled color: stillness, too, is a way of applying force.
The birthday fish of December 17 is the Silver pomfret. Its fish words are "silver blade" and "moon". A fish long valued at celebratory tables for white flesh that melts the moment it meets the tongue, it is said to reach its finest fat in this season, at its peak from November into December. The color of the day is Beige (#EEDCB3). May that gentle light rest on your choice of a year-end gift.
For Dec 17, the birth fruit is the Satsuma mandarin. 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 Beige (#EEDCB3). Its color word is "a hearth". A fruit in season and a color of its own — a small way to mark the 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).
Famous people & characters born on December 17
- Manny PacquiaoCelebrityFilipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor, politician
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Igor GirkinCelebrityRussian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Ford Madox FordCelebrityEnglish writer and publisher (1873-1939)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Paul RodgersCelebrityBritish-Canadian musician
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Kenneth E. IversonCelebrityCanadian computer scientist (1920–2004)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Mike MillsCelebrityAmerican musician; multi-instrumentalist for American altern
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Chuck LiddellCelebrityAmerican mixed martial arts fighter
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- William SafireCelebrityAmerican journalist and presidential speechwriter (1929–2009
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Bob GuccioneCelebrityAmerican publisher and photographer (1930–2010)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Raffaele MarcielloCelebritySwiss-born Italian racing driver
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 17?
- The birth flower for December 17 is the Leopard plant. Its hanakotoba include resilience, modesty, and its peak season is Oct, Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fish for December 17?
- The birth fish for December 17 is the Silver pomfret. Its fish words include silver blade, moon, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fruit for December 17?
- The birth fruit for December 17 is the Satsuma mandarin. Its fruit words include innocence, familiarity, and its peak season is Nov, Dec, Jan.
- What is the birthday color for December 17?
- The birthday color for December 17 is Beige (#EEDCB3). It pairs with the day's flower, Leopard plant.
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Color palette for Beige
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F8F0DE
oklch(95.7% 0.025 86.9)
#EEDCB3
oklch(89.9% 0.057 87.1)
base
#DDB968
oklch(80.1% 0.108 86.0)
Analogous (±30°)
#EEBEB3
oklch(84.1% 0.058 33.1)
#EEDCB3
oklch(89.9% 0.057 87.1)
base
#E3EEB3
oklch(92.6% 0.077 116.5)
Complementary (+180°)
#EEDCB3
oklch(89.9% 0.057 87.1)
#B3C5EE
oklch(82.4% 0.061 266.4)
base
#D5DFF6
oklch(90.3% 0.033 266.9)
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