Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the interior flesh of the peach fruit. This name may also be substituted for "peachy". Like the color apricot, the color peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color apricot) primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design.
Peach
The flesh of the peach fruit, depending on the variety of peach, can be peach colored, or paler, or more yellow-pink as here.
The color peach approximates the color of the interior flesh of that variety of peaches known as white peaches.
The first recorded use of peach as a color name in English was in 1588.[2]
Etymology
Peach (cultivar 'Berry') - watercolor 1895
The etymology of the color peach (and the fruit): the word comes from the Middle Englishpeche, derived from Middle French, in turn derived from Latinpersica, i.e., the fruit from Persia. In actuality, the ultimate origin of the peach fruit was from China.
Displayed at right is the deep tone of peach called peach in Crayola crayons. Prior to 1962, it was known as flesh, but the name was changed to peach, ostensibly in recognition of the Civil Rights Movement.
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called peach in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color peach is displayed on page 41, Plate 9, Color Sample A5.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5
