July 26
Birthday Color: Rose Madder
#AF363B · rgb(175, 54, 59) · hsl(358, 53%, 45%) · CMYK(0,69,66,31)
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Zodiac: Leo ♌
Color words & personality
Assigned to July 26, Rose Madder belongs to a family read as bold and loyal. Its color words point to roots: strong below the surface, so the warmth you offer does not waver easily. In print, this color shows a well-measured, settled saturation. Colors propose; they do not decide. Your own reading is the final one.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of July 26
Birth star
Rotanev
Star words: dolphin's rescue, gratitude
Delphinus · β Del · mag 3.64 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Delphinium
Meaning: clear and bright, fickleness
Peak: Jun, Jul
The birth flower for July 26 is the delphinium. Its blue spikes stand out against the summer sky. Hanakotoba meanings include clear and bright, and fickleness. Peak season is June to July. The birthday color for this date is Rose Madder (#AF363B), with the color word roots. Enjoy the contrast between blue and deep red.
Rotanev lights July 26 — β Delphini, magnitude 3.64. Read it backwards and a name appears: Venator, the assistant honored by an astronomer in a nineteenth-century star catalogue, a bit of wordplay written permanently into the sky. Its star words are dolphin's rescue and gratitude. Around midnight it stands at its southern peak. The day's color is Rose Madder (#AF363B), roots: a dolphin repaying kindness, and a crimson rooted in the soil — a day for treasuring bonds.
July 26 presents the Amur catfish, a freshwater fish long said to stir before heavy rain. Folk tales even link it to foreknowledge, and the fish words are “foreknowledge” and “earth”. Its peak season is July, when light frying is said to bring a simple, savory bite. The birthday color is Rose Madder (#AF363B) — roots holding steady ground. May a grounded evening settle at today’s table.
The Papaya (パパイヤ) is assigned to Jul 26. Market stalls fill with this tropical fruit around Jul. Its fruit words are "easygoing and southern wind". Look for it in Jul. Its date also carries the birthday color Rose Madder (#AF363B). Its color word is "roots". 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 July 26?
- The birth flower for July 26 is the Delphinium. Its hanakotoba include clear and bright, fickleness, and its peak season is Jun, Jul.
- What is the birth fish for July 26?
- The birth fish for July 26 is the Amur catfish. Its fish words include foreknowledge, earth, and its peak season is Jul.
- What is the birth fruit for July 26?
- The birth fruit for July 26 is the Papaya. Its fruit words include easygoing, southern wind, and its peak season is Jul.
- What is the birthday color for July 26?
- The birthday color for July 26 is Rose Madder (#AF363B). It pairs with the day's flower, Delphinium.
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Color palette for Rose Madder
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#D26E73
oklch(65.4% 0.126 18.0)
#AF363B
oklch(51.3% 0.157 22.4)
base
#692023
oklch(35.9% 0.104 21.8)
Analogous (±30°)
#AF3677
oklch(53.0% 0.169 351.3)
#AF363B
oklch(51.3% 0.157 22.4)
base
#AF6E36
oklch(59.8% 0.109 59.0)
Complementary (+180°)
#AF363B
oklch(51.3% 0.157 22.4)
#36AFAA
oklch(68.8% 0.104 191.0)
base
#8ADBD7
oklch(83.8% 0.080 191.7)
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