March 4
Birthday Color: Poppy Red
#EA5550 · rgb(234, 85, 80) · hsl(2, 79%, 62%) · CMYK(0,64,66,8)
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Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Color words & personality
Poppy Red, the color given to March 4, is warm, driven, and honest about what you feel. Its color words point to winter sun: a warmth that is strong and gentle at once. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. You need not live by the words — color words are an entrance, not a rule.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of March 4
Birth star
Merak
Star words: alignment, waymark
Ursa Major · β UMa · mag 2.34 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
Birth flower
Pot marigold
Meaning: maiden's beauty, parting
Peak: Mar, Apr
Pot marigold is the March 4 flower. It is a hardy annual with orange or yellow daisy heads that open and close with the light, and it will flower for months if it is deadheaded. In hanakotoba it stands for maiden's beauty and parting. Its peak is March to April. The birthday color for the date is Poppy Red (#EA5550), a bright warm red whose color word is winter sun.
Merak means the loins of the bear in Arabic, and on March 4 this magnitude 2.34 star is yours. It forms the lower corner of the Dipper's bowl, the quiet structural point the whole asterism balances on. Its star words are alignment and waymark. As the clock slips past midnight, Merak takes the top of the southern sky. The day's color is Poppy Red (#EA5550), a color word of sunshine. A load-bearing star beside a straight-shot red — call it the backbone of the day.
From the sea tipping into spring, the birthday fish of March 4 is the Pacific herring. Rich with fat, it shows many faces in one fish — kombu rolls, simmered kanro-ni, or a crisp fry turned into nanban-zuke. Its fish words are “abundance” and “plenty”. The peak season is March. The day's birth color is Poppy Red (#EA5550). Add one brilliant red like winter sun, and let a glossy dish carry spring to the day's table.
Mar 4 belongs to the Amaou strawberry (あまおう). It is a berry at its best around Feb and Mar. The fruit words for this date read "crown and sweetness". Feb and Mar is its season. On this date, the birthday color is Poppy Red (#EA5550). The color word here is "winter sun". 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).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for March 4?
- The birth flower for March 4 is the Pot marigold. Its hanakotoba include maiden's beauty, parting, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for March 4?
- The birth fish for March 4 is the Pacific herring. Its fish words include abundance, plenty, and its peak season is Mar.
- What is the birth fruit for March 4?
- The birth fruit for March 4 is the Amaou strawberry. Its fruit words include crown, sweetness, and its peak season is Feb, Mar.
- What is the birthday color for March 4?
- The birthday color for March 4 is Poppy Red (#EA5550). It pairs with the day's flower, Pot marigold.
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Color palette for Poppy Red
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#F4A5A2
oklch(79.8% 0.094 21.8)
#EA5550
oklch(64.8% 0.185 25.6)
base
#C61D18
oklch(53.0% 0.202 28.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#EA5098
oklch(66.0% 0.200 355.2)
#EA5550
oklch(64.8% 0.185 25.6)
base
#EAA250
oklch(76.7% 0.130 67.2)
Complementary (+180°)
#EA5550
oklch(64.8% 0.185 25.6)
#50E5EA
oklch(84.6% 0.124 198.3)
base
#C2F6F8
oklch(93.8% 0.053 199.2)
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