April 10
Birthday Color: Pumpkin
#E5A323 · rgb(229, 163, 35) · hsl(40, 79%, 52%) · CMYK(0,29,85,10)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Pumpkin, the color given to April 10, is practical and warm. Its color words point to a sunlit spot: without searching, people gather in the place you make. In print, this color shows a vivid, confident saturation. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of April 10
Birth star
Spica
Star words: fruitfulness, purity
Virgo · α Vir · mag 0.98 — Culminates around midnight
April 10 is forsythia's day. Classed as a tree, it peaks in March and April, early enough to read as a promise rather than a display. Hanakotoba are hope and abundance. The birthday color is Pumpkin (#E5A323), a deep orange whose color word is "a sunlit spot": the place where people gather without being asked. Hope above and warmth beside it — an easy pairing to like.
In the Virgin's hand glows an ear of wheat — Spica, Latin for exactly that. At magnitude 0.98 it is Virgo's brightest light, and on April 10 it is your birth star; myth calls it the gift of Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Its star words are fruitfulness and purity. As the date turns it ripens blue-white at the height of the southern sky. Beside it, Pumpkin (#E5A323), a color word of a sunlit spot. A wheat-ear star beside pumpkin warmth: read the ripeness straight off the palette.
The birth fish of April 10 is the Sakhalin surf clam. Its soft, sweet flesh has long been a favorite for sashimi and sushi. Its fish words are "honesty" and "sprout". Peak months are April and October, and spring landings are said to be especially well regarded. The birth color of the day is Pumpkin (#E5A323), an orange like a sunlit spot. Offer the white flesh of sprouting season to a celebratory spring plate.
The Lemon (レモン) is assigned to Apr 10. A citrus fruit of the season, the Lemon arrives from Oct and Nov. In fruit words, it stands for clarity and renewal. Peak season: Oct and Nov. This day's birthday color: Pumpkin (#E5A323). Its color word is "a sunlit spot". Seasonal sweetness and a personal color, on the same 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 April 10?
- The birth flower for April 10 is the Forsythia. Its hanakotoba include hope, abundance, and its peak season is Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for April 10?
- The birth fish for April 10 is the Sakhalin surf clam. Its fish words include honesty, sprout, and its peak season is Apr, Oct.
- What is the birth fruit for April 10?
- The birth fruit for April 10 is the Lemon. Its fruit words include clarity, renewal, and its peak season is Oct, Nov.
- What is the birthday color for April 10?
- The birthday color for April 10 is Pumpkin (#E5A323). It pairs with the day's flower, Forsythia.
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Color palette for Pumpkin
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#EFC575
oklch(84.3% 0.110 82.4)
#E5A323
oklch(76.0% 0.150 77.7)
base
#9A6C12
oklch(56.5% 0.112 77.6)
Analogous (±30°)
#E54223
oklch(61.5% 0.204 32.8)
#E5A323
oklch(76.0% 0.150 77.7)
base
#C6E523
oklch(86.9% 0.198 119.3)
Complementary (+180°)
#E5A323
oklch(76.0% 0.150 77.7)
#2365E5
oklch(54.5% 0.206 261.8)
base
#95B5F2
oklch(77.2% 0.095 262.9)
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