May 1
Birthday Color: Turquoise
#009B9F · rgb(0, 155, 159) · hsl(182, 100%, 31%) · CMYK(100,3,0,38)
CMYK values are numeric conversions from RGB and may differ from print standards.
Zodiac: Taurus ♉
Color words & personality
Turquoise is the birthday color for May 1. In this system it belongs to a family read as sincere and composed. Its color words point to a spring: coolness rises from inside you, a source that does not run dry. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Birthday colors are not science — enjoy them as part of your birth-date identity.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of May 1
Birth star
Seginus
Star words: crook, leading
Boötes · γ Boo · mag 3.04 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Nigella
Meaning: love in a dream, deep affection
Peak: May, Jun
May 1 opens with Nigella, a flower whose season starts in April but whose best weeks arrive now. Hanakotoba gives it love in a dream and deep affection, readings that blur the line between sleep and devotion. It peaks across May and June. The birthday color is Turquoise (#009B9F), a clear teal whose color word is "a spring." A flower and a color both rising from somewhere underground.
May 1 belongs to Seginus, a third-magnitude orange giant in Boötes, the herdsman. Even its name keeps its secrets — a Latinized relic whose roots have blurred over time. Its star words are crook and leading: a staff that points rather than pushes. Around midnight tonight it stands highest in the south. The birthday color is Turquoise (#009B9F), spring water — a staff showing the way, clear water welling where it rests.
The birthday fish for May 1 is the Common carp, known by the words “success” and “dragon”. An old tale tells of a carp climbing a rapids to become a dragon, and carp streamers still swim across the May sky in its honor. Its peak season is May. The birth color of the day is Turquoise #009B9F, a deep blue-green like a spring welling from the ground. Let that wish for steady growth rest quietly beside today's table.
If you were born on May 1, your birth fruit is the Cherry. A stone fruit of the season, the Cherry arrives from May and Jun. Fruit words attach "small joy and fleeting moment" to the Cherry. It is in season May and Jun. This day's birthday color: Turquoise (#009B9F). The color word here is "a spring". A quiet, seasonal note for a birthday table.
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
- May DaySource
See each source for the origin and details of these anniversaries.
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for May 1?
- The birth flower for May 1 is the Nigella. Its hanakotoba include love in a dream, deep affection, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birth fish for May 1?
- The birth fish for May 1 is the Common carp. Its fish words include success, dragon, and its peak season is May.
- What is the birth fruit for May 1?
- The birth fruit for May 1 is the Cherry. Its fruit words include small joy, fleeting moment, and its peak season is May, Jun.
- What is the birthday color for May 1?
- The birthday color for May 1 is Turquoise (#009B9F). It pairs with the day's flower, Nigella.
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Color palette for Turquoise
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#00F4FB
oklch(87.8% 0.149 198.5)
#009B9F
oklch(62.6% 0.106 198.0)
base
#004243
oklch(34.4% 0.059 196.5)
Analogous (±30°)
#009F53
oklch(61.6% 0.160 152.7)
#009B9F
oklch(62.6% 0.106 198.0)
base
#004C9F
oklch(42.9% 0.150 256.6)
Complementary (+180°)
#009B9F
oklch(62.6% 0.106 198.0)
#9F0400
oklch(44.3% 0.180 29.6)
base
#FF2520
oklch(64.0% 0.246 28.6)
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