December 20
Birthday Color: Heather
#715C61 · rgb(113, 92, 97) · hsl(346, 10%, 40%) · CMYK(0,19,14,56)
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Zodiac: Sagittarius ♐
Color words & personality
If you were born on December 20, your color Heather reads as straightforward, with a strength that protects. Its color words point to a steady heartbeat: you keep your own rhythm, and it steadies your allies. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Blend two birthday colors and you get a memorial color unique to that pair.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of December 20
Birth star
Mahasim
Star words: link, circle
Auriga · θ Aur · mag 2.65 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Poinsettia
Meaning: blessing, my heart is burning
Peak: Nov, Dec
Birth fish
Black rockfish
Fish words: northern rock, gravity
Peak: Dec, Jan
Birth fruit
Fuji apple
Fruit words: classic, straightness
Peak: Nov, Dec
Poinsettia returns on December 20, paired with Heather (#715C61) and the color word "a steady heartbeat." Blessing and a burning heart are still its meanings. The muted mauve-brown gives the Christmas flower a quieter, more intimate tone.
It all hinges on a wrist on December 20: Mahasim, theta Aurigae, 'the wrist' in Arabic, glowing where the charioteer's grip passes force to the reins. A 2.65-magnitude star with star words link and circle, it reaches its highest southern point near midnight. The day's color is Heather (#715C61), a muted moorland tone read as heartbeat. A linking star, a heathery pulse: in every chain, the beat is handed along.
The birthday fish of December 20 is the Black rockfish. Its fish words are "northern rock" and "gravity". Keeping to the rocky reefs of the north in a solid, weighty frame, it is said to firm up and deepen in flavor as winter settles in, at its peak from December into January. The color of the day is Heather (#715C61). May the weight of a year quietly gathered be reflected, softly, at your table today.
Dec 20 belongs to the Fuji apple (ふじりんご). It is a pome fruit at its best around Nov and Dec. Fruit words attach "classic and straightness" to the Fuji apple. It is in season Nov and Dec. On this date, the birthday color is Heather (#715C61). The color word here is "a steady heartbeat". A seasonal fruit and a birthday color, sharing one date.
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 20
- Abdulrazak GurnahCelebrityTanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Jaroslav HeyrovskýCelebrityCzech chemist (1890-1967)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Gigliola CinquettiCelebrityItalian singer (1947-)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Alan ParsonsCelebrityBritish audio engineer, musician, and record producer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Uri GellerCelebrityIsraeli illusionist
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Knut WicksellCelebritySwedish economist (1851–1926)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Robeisy RamírezCelebrityCuban Boxer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Robert WhittakerCelebrityAustralian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Steve CoastCelebrityBritish computer programmer
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Suzuka NakamotoCelebrityJapanese musician (born 1997)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- Kuno MeyerCelebrityGerman Celtic scholar (1858-1919)
Source: ja.wikipedia.org
- DieCelebrityJapanese musician
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 20?
- The birth flower for December 20 is the Poinsettia. Its hanakotoba include blessing, my heart is burning, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birth fish for December 20?
- The birth fish for December 20 is the Black rockfish. Its fish words include northern rock, gravity, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for December 20?
- The birth fruit for December 20 is the Fuji apple. Its fruit words include classic, straightness, and its peak season is Nov, Dec.
- What is the birthday color for December 20?
- The birthday color for December 20 is Heather (#715C61). It pairs with the day's flower, Poinsettia.
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Color palette for Heather
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#9F898F
oklch(65.2% 0.028 359.6)
#715C61
oklch(49.7% 0.028 2.2)
base
#3E3336
oklch(33.4% 0.017 359.8)
Analogous (±30°)
#715C6B
oklch(50.1% 0.035 336.5)
#715C61
oklch(49.7% 0.028 2.2)
base
#71625C
oklch(50.9% 0.022 43.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#715C61
oklch(49.7% 0.028 2.2)
#5C716C
oklch(53.0% 0.026 179.2)
base
#9DAFAB
oklch(73.9% 0.021 180.9)
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