April 15
Birthday Color: Pale Mist White
#D5DAD4 · rgb(213, 218, 212) · hsl(110, 7%, 84%) · CMYK(2,0,3,15)
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Zodiac: Aries ♈
Color words & personality
Pale Mist White is the birthday color for April 15. In this system it belongs to a family read as wise and unhurried. Its color words point to frosted glass: you show everything and hide nothing, at a distance. In print, this color shows an almost achromatic stillness, light and quiet. Birthday colors are not science — enjoy them as part of your birth-date identity.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of April 15
Birth star
Alcor
Star words: riding companion, closeness
Ursa Major · 80 UMa · mag 3.99 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Dogwood
Meaning: returning a favor, durability
Peak: Apr, May
Dogwood is April 15's flower, filed under tree. Hanakotoba are returning a favor and durability — the etiquette of standing through weather. It peaks in April and May. The birthday color is Pale Mist White (#D5DAD4), a pale gray-green whose color word is "frosted glass": showing everything at a distance and hiding nothing. A tree that lasts, and a color that lets the light through.
Ask someone how many stars are in the Big Dipper and they will say seven — then find Alcor, and feel the small joy of the bonus one. On April 15 this 3.99-magnitude ember beside Mizar is your birth star again. Its star words are riding companion and closeness. At midnight it twinkles faintly at the height of the southern sky. The day's color is Pale Mist White (#D5DAD4), read as frosted glass. An uncounted star beside clouded glass: there are lights that exist without being numbered.
The birth fish of April 15 is the Firefly squid, at its seasonal best. Boiled and served with vinegared miso is the classic way, the umami said to deepen with each bite. Its fish words are "light" and "mystery". Its peak month is April, a brief season said to come only in early spring. The birth color of the day is Pale Mist White (#D5DAD4), gentle as frosted glass.
The birth fruit for Apr 15 is the Melon (メロン). The Melon is a melon whose peak runs Jun and Jul. The fruit words for this date read "joy and luxury". Jun and Jul is its season. The color side of the day is Pale Mist White (#D5DAD4). The color word here is "frosted glass". 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 15?
- The birth flower for April 15 is the Dogwood. Its hanakotoba include returning a favor, durability, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for April 15?
- The birth fish for April 15 is the Firefly squid. Its fish words include light, mystery, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for April 15?
- The birth fruit for April 15 is the Melon. Its fruit words include joy, luxury, and its peak season is Jun, Jul.
- What is the birthday color for April 15?
- The birthday color for April 15 is Pale Mist White (#D5DAD4). It pairs with the day's flower, Dogwood.
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Color palette for Pale Mist White
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#EAECE9
oklch(94.1% 0.005 134.9)
#D5DAD4
oklch(88.3% 0.010 140.5)
base
#A5B0A3
oklch(74.5% 0.022 140.9)
Analogous (±30°)
#D8DAD4
oklch(88.5% 0.008 121.6)
#D5DAD4
oklch(88.3% 0.010 140.5)
base
#D4DAD6
oklch(88.3% 0.008 157.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#D5DAD4
oklch(88.3% 0.010 140.5)
#D9D4DA
oklch(87.6% 0.010 320.5)
base
#E7E4E7
oklch(92.2% 0.005 325.6)
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