April 22
Birthday Color: Ouryoku
#2AA74B · rgb(42, 167, 75) · hsl(136, 60%, 41%) · CMYK(75,0,55,35)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
If you were born on April 22, your color Ouryoku reads as fresh and fair. Its color words point to after rain: the power to put out brand-new green once the weather has passed. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Once you know this color, you will start noticing it in the street.
Try it: For room fabric or a plant pot — a color that brings calm.
As a gift: Green quietly accompanies everyday things. → Pick a gift color by birthday color
Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of April 22
Birth star
Thuban
Star words: former pole, deep time
Draco · α Dra · mag 3.67 — Circumpolar — up all night in the northern sky, highest around midnight
Linaria appears again on April 22. Its hanakotoba stay fixed at know my love and fantasy, and its season runs March to May with an April and May peak. The birthday color is Ouryoku (#2AA74B), a strong green whose color word is "after rain": the power to put out brand-new green once the weather has passed. After the daydream of its first date, a color that feels like recovery.
Once there was a different North Star. Thuban, a 3.67-magnitude light in Draco, held the pole around 2700 BCE, when the pyramids were rising; Earth's slow axial wobble has since handed the title on. On April 22 it is your birth star, with the star words former pole and deep time. At midnight it climbs to its southern station. The day's color is Ouryoku (#2AA74B), parrot green, read as after the rain. A seat-ceding star beside rain-washed green: brightness was never a job title.
The birth fish of April 22 is the Japanese littleneck clam. Following the tides, it burrows into the sand, raised close to everyday life. Its fish words are "tide" and "daily life". Its peak month is April, when its flavor is said to deepen with the scent of spring. The birth color of the day is Ouryoku (#2AA74B), a deep green like leaves after rain. Taste the clam's rhythm of tide in a spring-night bowl of soup.
The Apple is the birth fruit of Apr 22. Oct and Nov is when this pome fruit tastes its best. In fruit words, it stands for trust and health. Peak season: Oct and Nov. The birthday color for this date is Ouryoku (#2AA74B). Its color word is "after rain". The day pairs the season's fruit with its own color.
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).
Anniversaries of this date
- Earth DaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for April 22?
- The birth flower for April 22 is the Linaria. Its hanakotoba include know my love, fantasy, and its peak season is Apr, May.
- What is the birth fish for April 22?
- The birth fish for April 22 is the Japanese littleneck clam. Its fish words include tide, daily life, and its peak season is Apr.
- What is the birth fruit for April 22?
- The birth fruit for April 22 is the Apple. Its fruit words include trust, health, and its peak season is Oct, Nov.
- What is the birthday color for April 22?
- The birthday color for April 22 is Ouryoku (#2AA74B). It pairs with the day's flower, Linaria.
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Color palette for Ouryoku
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#58D579
oklch(78.1% 0.171 149.4)
#2AA74B
oklch(64.1% 0.169 147.8)
base
#185E2A
oklch(42.6% 0.108 148.1)
Analogous (±30°)
#47A72A
oklch(64.6% 0.183 139.6)
#2AA74B
oklch(64.1% 0.169 147.8)
base
#2AA78A
oklch(65.5% 0.115 173.1)
Complementary (+180°)
#2AA74B
oklch(64.1% 0.169 147.8)
#A72A86
oklch(51.2% 0.186 340.8)
base
#DC74C1
oklch(70.1% 0.159 337.8)
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