***After over 2200 suggestions, I have picked a name for our new color. Thanks so much to all who played along and the name will be announced very soon! ***
We recently added three colors to the MMS Milk Paint line and now we’re adding three more! Trophy (a rich gray), Curio (a walnut brown) and this one…
It’s a lovely coral color created by Abbe (our Primary Educator) and Jennylyn (president of Homestead House Paint Company). Now, if you know me at all, you know that I don’t have a bit of coral in my house, so this color is a bit out of my comfort zone, but I can’t have an entire paint line with just blues and grays!
Since this color is out of my wheelhouse, I am stumped when it comes to naming it and I need your help!
Share your suggestions for naming this color and, if I pick the name you suggest, you will win a Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint prize package from me! It’ll include three quarts of paint in the colors you choose, all three of our waxes (Furniture Wax, Antiquing Wax and White Wax), a wax puck, Bonding Agent and Hemp Oil.
Now, keep in mind the other color names in my line – Tricycle, Typewriter, Grain Sack, Ironstone, Lucketts Green, Eulalie’s Sky, Artissimo, Kitchen Scale, Shutter Gray, French Enamel, Flow Blue, Mustard Seed Yellow, Linen, Ironstone and Dried Lavender.
Most of them reference something personal to me, an antique/vintage item, something I use a lot in decor, etc. It’s a name with little bit of a story behind it.
So, if you’ve ever wanted to have the job where you name paint colors…here’s your audition!
Desert Sunset. Reminds me of the Intense color during sunset that we see in Arizona. (second suggestion: Arizona sunset.) 🙂
Thanks MMS!
Oh! This is fun! How many tries do we get at this? The first thing that comes to my mind is that I have a coral peony that is so close to this color so I’m going to say ‘Peony Coral’. Maybe Coral Peony sounds better. Still thinking!
Maggie
Sunset or Dusk
gettysburg sunset, battlefield sunset, zinnia field….. hmmmm…… going to keep thinking! 🙂
That color is somewhere between Georgia Peach and Georgia Clay — so it must be Georgia Coral.
My husband and I have several ideas. We like Starfish or Beach House because it reminds us of all the colorful homes along the beach. We also like Coral Reef. My daughter would love this color!! It’s her favorite!
Sherbert Orange or Coral Jewel or Coral Reef
It looks a bit pink to me… Mamie?
Watermelon……it struck me the minute I saw the picture! I love the color!
Sunstone. “Stone” reminds me of other colors in your paint line, but sunstone is an actual gemstone that can be a similar color.
“Geranium”….looks just like the coral/pinky color I have planted currently in my urns….the name struck me immediately 🙂
It’s beautiful and unique!
Savannah
Tara
Tucson
Santa Fe
😛
Hmmmm. Well the piece you featured looks like a little beach crab, the pulls being the crabs eyes and the legs of the table being his front claws, so I am inspired to say “Crab Claw Coral” or “Conch Shell Coral.” Or for a more personal to you suggestion since you just recently went to the Grand Canyon, how about “Canyon Coral.” It’s a beautiful shade in your paint line as all of your colors are.
Fiesta
The coral colored rose represents passion……Passion or Passion fruit? Or maybe grapefruit…..it kinda has that color tone. I like the above suggestion of sunset as well. We are having forest fires in our area and the sunsets are red/coral colored.
Rhubarb. Makes me think of a Rhubarb Strawberry Pie. 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
My grandmother painted many things this color in the 50s. She called it ‘Swedish Red’ and I remember children’s chairs and furniture in coral. It immediately reminded me of the doll bed I played with there. So Doll Bed!
“Sweet Melon”….. just in time for all of those August-ripe watermelons! Thank you for the opportunity to ‘name that paint’….so fun!!!
The first thing this color reminded me of was my trip to Bermuda…known for it’s beautiful coral sand beaches.
My name for this color would be “Bermuda Sands”.
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to participate!
indian paintbrush- love that flower, and the historical connotation. and duh, paintbrush!
Love this color! I live in the desert, so I immediately thought of the Grand Canyon. Here are a few recommendations:
Grand Canyon Coral
Coral Clay
Coral Canyon
Squash Blossom Coral
Penstamen Coral (Penstamen is a desert flower)
Our second love is the beach, so my other thoughts are:
Island Coral
Starfish Coral
Beach Cottage Coral
Hope I’ve helped or at least spurred some ideas 😉
One more! Bohemian Coral!
Abbe Road. She created it and using the color would take you down new paths.
And yes I know it is a Beatles reference.
I like “Hibiscus” because it reminds me of coral hibiscus. Or it reminds me of Pink Lemonade which reminds of me Mason Jars, so Mason Jar would be cute. OR I feel like it would be the perfect color of a vintage floral swimsuit and it seems summery, so “Summer” seems fitting too. Excited that you’ve added this color!
Name it Old Wagon or Rusted Wagon! Doesn’t it sound perfect?
-Brittany Ruth
I have 2 names (Hope you don;t mind)
Heirloom Tomato or Red Maple. .
Wheelbarrow.
How about Faded Sunset?
Ok. First off… This –> BUT! BUT I JUST BOUGHT YOUR LAST COLORS AND NOW I NEED TO PLACE ANOTHER ORDER AND DANGIT, I HAVE NOTHING TO PAINT! To the garage sales!! ::flips scarf over her shoulder and marches out the door::
And secondly, I NEED to see this grey and walnut color! You can’t just leave a girl hanging like this!
Thirdly, your little table there has a face. Lookit. Aw. He’s just the cutest little table! He reminds me of Sebastian the Crab from the little mermaid. I don’t know why, I try not to question these things. So I shall name him Sebastian. You don’t mind if I name your furniture, do you?
WAIT A MINUTE. Sebastian could be the paint name! It makes sense. ::nods her head::
Hmm, I think “New World Clay” would go well with the rest of your names, and it really reminds me of the clay soil of the South!
Or maybe “New World Coral” I like the sense of history and place the “new world” part gives that name.
Reminds me of saltwater taffy.
I would name it adobe.
My initial thought is that it reminds me of a weathered coral, as in the coral reef. I think your paints work well in coastal inspired spaces, so I would go with Coral Reef or Coastal Coral.
So much fun to have your readers help! I’m hoping all of these suggestions will make a choice clear for you, not give you too many options. 🙂
The color is stunning…I don’t have any of that color in my hoise either, but I am tempted to try that color!!!
As far as a name…it looks like Earthenware to me…the terra cotta variety anyhow:)
How about French Ticking.
You have a lot of great suggestions, but I’ll throw mine in there anyway. I thought of tomato bisque when I saw it. It is a fun color and would add a whimsical pop to any room. Very cool new shade!
‘Gypsy’….or ‘Flamingo’….
If I close my eyes after looking at it, I see:
Bahama Blush
Key West Sunset
Painted Lady Blush or Pink (after the famous San Francisco houses)
Soft Adobe Coral
Coral Rose (Both hues are in your color)
Summer Sunrise
Love the color and can’t wait ’til it’s available!
We just traveled to the Grand Canyon as well, but stayed in Sedona Arizona, this color reminds me of the Red Rocks of Sedona. Sedona is often called Red Rock Country. If you have never checked out Sedona, everyone should. My first thought was Red Rock Country, but that sounded like a horrible song. How about, “Sedona Sunrise?”
Sedona may not give you that personal tie you crave. But, I notice you love a good Boxwood. One last shot, “Autumn Boxwood.”
Just a few ideas! Love
Orient Express
Du Jardin
Tea Party
Beach Bike
Garden Rose
Ranunculus
Blush
PS I’m coming to the Chapel Market in October…it’s actually the day after my birthday! I’m looking forward to meeting you!
This is a fun distraction from my to do list, what about Cabbage Rose Coral or Cottage Rose Coral, Cameo Coral, like that beautiful background colour of a vintage cameo, or Vintage Coral Rose.
I like Coral Bell
Looks like Paprika Rose to me.
Well I just saw a beautiful primitive doll that was wearing a coral homespun dress so how about homespun .
Blush
I think “Kona Koral” might just fit the kolor. Aloha
Lipstick – my color name recommendation! Love the color and all of the blues and grays, too! Best wishes to you!
Love the color
I first thought of the fall
PUMPKIN
Ayers Rock or Ularoo. Because the color reminds me of that magnificent site in Australia.
I think Coral Bell would be a perfect name. They are the prettiest little heirloom perennial and the name is consistent with your two other botanical names (boxwood and dried lavender).
Santa Fe Dusk–Adobe Dusk–Dusky Sunset–it is such a pretty color no matter what it is named it will be a success I am sure…
This is to much fun……..
Your other names seem to have come from objects:
How about
PANTRY BOX
It is a very pretty color.
How about Flower Market or Coral Petal.
Schoolhouse… I know it’s not exactly red, but it looks like a schoolhouse faded on the sun to me 🙂
Ok– someone put Coral Bell in as a suggestion while I was typing my comment up. Here’s another– CLAY POT.
LOVE Clay Pot!
This color evokes the elegance of vintage fabric and dressing up. It makes me think of having special occasion dresses made of silk, especially ones with sheen that reflect light and make it seem like the color changes when you walk. Of sitting with your wide skirt and curled hair in a parlor. So…I’ve got a couple of fabric names. It also reminds me of uber-feminine vintage jewelry. Great color!
Rusty Silk
Brocade or Brocade Rust or Rusty Brocade
Crinoline
Cameo Brooch
Cameo Shell or Shell Cameo
I just came home from Whole Foods and in one of my bags are the most gorgeous Heirloom Tomatoes. The colors are all in the family of your corral-y red…so I vote for Heirloom Tomato…
Gorgeous color by the way. Susan
GEORGIA or AMERICUS (city in Georgia)
red clay roads, red brick buildings…
Chinook – a type of salmon native to the Pacific Northwest and brought to Michigan’s Great Lakes. Another meaning is a warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.
Faded brick…
John says Mesa Tile or just Mesa after your trip
Mom
I thought salmon when I saw it but that’s somewhat of a blah name, what about Sockeye?
I think it is more of a watermelon red , So Watermelon !
I was thinking the name should be a German name to honour your heritage.
Altrot meaning Antique Red
Koralle meaning Coral
*Bittersweet*….a perfect coral name for a perfect coral color.
It looks like the background color of the rug you got from your Opa’s house, so how about “Opa’s Rug”?
As I see the colour, for me it’s a watermelon as a colour…Something like Fresh watermelon, maybe…;)
I like Coral reef
This color reminds me of the cameo set (brooch/necklace, earrings and ring) my grandfather bought for me while on a trip to Italy. I was a baby at the time so he told my mother to save it for me, someday I would want it. My mother kept it in a lockbox at the bank and would show it to me when we visited. My grandfather passed away when I was only three so I remember feeling grateful to have something that connected me to him and I still do. It wasn’t until I was 25, recently graduated from design school and working full time when I asked my mom for the set. I treasure it and think fondly of this loyal, loving, special man whenever I wear it. It connects me to my past and heritage.
I would call this color Grandpa’s Cameo but Vintage Cameo or Italian Cameo would probably apeal to the masses. Thanks for letting me share! I always love your work and admire your vintage style!
Sunrise, that color that you see when the day just begins anew.
I love this color! Some possibilities: Santa Fe, Gladiola or Flamingo. I am loving all the other suggestions. Always thought it would be such a great job to be a color name inventor!!
It appears to be a salmon color and your state fish, the brook trout, is a member of the salmon family. So “Brook Trout” it is!
Beautiful color: I think it looks like HIBISCUS.
It reminds me of a beautiful SUNSET.
Because this reminds me of my favorite place on Earth (Destin, Florida & the many surrounding charming towns including Seaside & Watercolor), I’d go with Watercolor Coral or Seaside Coral.
I really like some of the suggestions… Clay Pot, Heirloom Tomato, Faded Brick, and Schoolhouse. My first thought was Lobster.
poppy dreams
hibiscus
terra cotta
dusk
Marian, I love all of your work! You are such an inspiration to me.
I think “Chandelier” would be a nice reference to your Opa’s chandelier you just inherited. I also think “Ruby” is a cute and fitting name for this color.
Made me think of those old hand-pump water pumps. I think the name “Water Pump” fits nicely in the line. I’d say”Antique Water Pump”, which has a nice ring to it, but if you’re pumping water by hand, it’s most likely an antique pump by default. :0)
Seahorse, shrimp, flamingo.
Flamingoes are pink because they eat a certain type of shrimp.
Love milk paint colours! I suggest the name “Raspberry” for this colour!
Love your blog…….
How about red clay or coral reef?
Don’t know if someone already said it, I thought heirloom tomato when I saw it.
What about Rooster Red or Nantucket Red?
I, too, think Coral Bell is a perfect fit. It’s a very old-fashioned flower that evokes a garden cottage with a picket fence, from simpler times. It would share the garden with Hollyhocks & Foxgloves.
What a lovely new color! For whatever reason, the name “Cora’s Petticoat” sprang to mind. My daughter introduced me to your site…she was always quoting “Miss Mustard Seed”…and I love it! Thank you.
ROUSSILLON, because it reminds me of the village of Roussillon in the South of France. It’s famous for its ochres and looks like a miniature American ‘Colorado’.
Seeing as you just got back from my home state of Arizona, I would call it Grand Canyon Sunset or Sedona Red Rock. Also kind of reminds me of Bittersweet Berries. Schoolhouse Brick?
“Sunrise” or “Sunset” woudl be an option.
Rustic Sunset
Sahara Dawn
Sahara Dusk
Terra cotta
Kalahari Desert
Le Red Sand
Sorbet
Coral Sunset
Coral sherbet
Coral Reef
Peony
Dahlia
Sorry for the long list our family had a brainstorming
Session driving home from a soccer game 🙂
The flowers in my garden closest to this color ARE my hollyhocks. They are a wonderfully old fashioned flower and the name would be a perfect fit…..I vote for Hollyhock!
This color reminds me of my sweet 4 year old boy’s cheeks when he’s been playing hard. I’m sure you’ve seen the same rosy, flushed cheeks on your own sons! Maybe Cherub, Sweet Cheeks, or just Cheeks?
Not the most melodious name but I’ve seen Cranberry Mustard that color. And a play on your name. So, Cranberry Mustard it my offer!
How about Abbe?
I reminds me of the color on pink transferware dishes. How about Transferware?
Reminds me of the copper in your kitchen. Copper kettle, copper bowl, or maybe copper colander.
I want this color! How about Coraline? It has an old fashioned ring to it and incorporates the color. I looked up the meaning and it means “from the coral of the sea” in Greek.
I love the color. Staying with the “seed” in you blog name and Ochre is a color pigment of a orangey/reddish color. I like “Ochre Seed” and you could add Vintage or Antique to the name. Also, “Cinnabar Seed” goes along with the orangey/reddish color.
Bricklayer 🙂
Rustic Cranberry!
Beautiful color. So glad to see it. How about Coral Rosa!
Because one of the main colors in the field of the rug (the one you loved and recently took) from your Opa’s house looks very similar to this paint color, you could name the paint in memory of your Opa.
Omage to Opa (omage is the same as homage—just an old english variation. or maybe
Homage to Opa — lol — shortened this would be H2O.
Love the color. Looks beautiful with blue!
corallium
lobster red
carousel coral
boat house coral
chubby cheeks
The color makes me think of new England.
Oma’s flower pot
What about Faded cotta, like old French pots in France . Love this coral color
Blush, looks like rosy cheeks.
How about Cameo Coral? or Coral Cameo? Makes me think of the background color on a vintage cameo pin.
Somewhat off your regular line of thinking: Jamaican Sunset.
Punkin Cider
Faded Poppy, Hollyhock, Dahlia’s Barn
In the heart of the Ozarks where I live, wild & untamed persimmon trees produce fruit that color. So, my suggestions are:
Wild Persimmon
Summer Persimmon
Persimmon Tree
The color is beautiful & rich. It will be very popular! 🙂
Sanguine Blush …. This is clearly a happy and optimistic color! I just love it!!!
How about Russula? Since you are in Va it is a coral colored mushroom found in Northern Va.
Rusty wagon
How about Terra Cottage.
I love coral!
Pyrex Pink
Front porch swing or front porch sittin’
Chelsea Coral?
Why? It seems fitting with the concept of your milk paint, and your style…
CHELSEA: Soft paste porcelain England. 1745 -1784. The finest and most significant 18th century English porcelain. The porcelain was of a white milky glass. Flower sprays were painted to conceal blemishes in the porcelain.
It can be most accurately described as Nantucket Red but could also simply be ACK which is the call letters for the Nantucket airport. Please, pick me.
Schoolhouse
This looks just like the begonia blossoms in the urns on my porch right now… So Begonia. My other thought was a sunset and the saying about red sun in the morning
sailors take warning, red sun at night, sailor’s delight. So, Sailor’s Delight.
This is obviously Nantucket Red, the color of the faded canvas pants. Other names: Faded Brick, Grain Sack Stripe. Minnow bucket. (the red lettering on a minnow bucket). Or, how about Grand Canyon? Ann
I’d name it Coralcotta, I see some ‘clay’ in it.
It looks a bit like the color of the pears on your table in your header- maybe Bartlette or Anjou?
Sweet Coraline!
Adobe
Wow some really cute ideas here. Mine is Sun-kissed Coral.
In the south, there is a vine that grows wild, and you see it hanging on old weathered fences and woven in with purple Jaspers on lazy country roads. It’s called Foxglove. It has a small, bell shaped flower that is dainty and small and beautifully spans all shades of coral from reds to oranges. I think Foxglove would be a good description. I also like Clay Pot.
Conch Shell …. It reminds me of the pink/coral color that lines the conch shell….or you could just call it Conch!
Love the color…..and the desire to win your prize package has me submitting my suggestion: Tuscan Red
Bubblegum, Geranium {it reminds me of salmon pink geraniums} or Rosy 🙂
I love this color whatever you decide to name it!
I think it looks very washed and soft…
Faded Gingham
LOVE this color ~ wonderful for a pop of color in my beach house!
How about Coral Honeysuckle Vine ?!
~ Weathered Bricks ~
Well, whatever it winds up being called, it is beautiful. I am working on a guest room which could use a piece in that color, so how about Coastal Coral?
Magnific Papaya is my suggestion. It is just lovely!
Sweet Cheeks. The new color brings to mind a child’s flushed cheeks.
Copper Pot
Absolutely love this color. My offering…sunset♥
Faded Barn
First Blush
I think Vintage Barn or Simply Azalea. Very pretty color!
Very pretty…. how about Coral Belle
Marian…you come out with the most gorgeous colors….it so reminds me of the beautiful shades of “Pomegranate”…..just beautiful
Persimmon
Antique Coral??
Oh, how fun . . . and what a good red for us usually-non-red-types!
reminds me of the red that the antique Radio Flyer scooters fade to — that iconic faded red patina . . .
how about:
SCOOTER
SCOOTER RED
Terra Cotta – like the flower pots we all use
The color reminds me when I add cream to raspberries so how about Raspberry Cream.
Abbe House Coral. But then we have to include Jennylyn. Coral Jenny. Abbe’s Coral Jenny?
AJ’s Coral.
Tuscan Red
Tuscan Rose
Watermelon Blush
How do I get this paint?
Fresh Zinnia!
Shell
…because shells are such a beautiful natural object, who doesn’t love them and who doesn’t pick them up and bring them home….and they have a lovely delicate pink secret inside….I nearly said Coral Shell, but I think Shell by itself is so evocative of the beach and seaside sunsets…. and I know I’ve seen shells in displays in your home so I know you love them too…. 😉
This is the color of Alpenglow, the color the sunset reflects onto the east landscape. You must have seen this in Germany. It is quite magical. I see it almost every day in Colorado.
Blush Crush
Reminds me of a sunset over Tuscany…. so of course- Tuscan Sun!
English Rose, Cabbage Rose, Flamingo Sky or something with flamingo in it.
This color looks very ‘old world’ to me.. It reminds me of the wonderful colors of Venice- I wrote in my journal that all of Venice seemed to have a coral tint, ranging from the deeper tones of paint to the subtle hues of the stone. How about Venitian Rose?
Tuscan Red
I love this color. My suggestion is “Pink Flamingo”
Or maybe….calypso coral, calliope coral, or carribean coral?
i think it is a faded out hot red, and i would name it:
pepperberry as it reminds me of a red peppercorn
or
faded wagon as it reminds me of red metal that has sat in the sun for many years.
i love your paint and all of your inspiration! my thanks, karen
I like the peppercorn too– red or pink peppercorn
It reminds me of a Summer Sunset!! I love coral with taupe, gray, brown, white – it goes with almost anything & is the perfect pop of color against blues, too!! When I re-do my Master bedroom & bath, it will have THIS coral as an accent!! BEAUTIFUL!
Carnival Glass – It reminds me of some of the carnival glass pieces my mother has collected over time.
Carolina Clay, because of your North Carolina roots. (I like aliteration)
Summer Sunset
This beautiful new color is the same color as a common plant known as:
“Trumpet Vine”
Or
“Trumpet Vine Blossom”
hollyhock
I see the sled from Citizen Kane (although the original is in B&W, the retouched one showed a faded red), so Rosebud or Barn because it reminds me of a barn I saw in the French countryside last year.
I would call it “Coral Belles”, I love that color, is it available now?
The first thing that came to mind was Old Pavers. The soft coral looks like years of wear.
Gypsy Rose
I vote for Venician sun. Saw alot of that color there when visiting.
Reminds me of the orange color of those push-up popsicles, so what about Dreamsicle? Pretty color regardless of the name!
Pinwheel; or Pinwheel Pink;
It really is different from your usual mix. That color would be delightful as an accent color. So how about Coral Delight or Coral Accent!
Salmon
Such a pretty soft color! Would love to win with: Faded red wagon.
Sunset sky because I adore that color in the early evening!
“Ditch Lilly” It’s what the locals in rural Wisconsin call the lilly plants that grow wild along the roadside!
Sea Shell because it looks just like the inside of a Florida Gulf sea shell…..I also like Rusted Wagon – because it looks like an old wagon I bought recently.
Barb
The color is very reminiscent of the inside of a queen conch shell. Big white bowls filed with shells are found in a lot of french country design. Also the inside of the conch is used to make carnelian cameos. So my suggestions are 1)carnelian conque (the french word for shell), 2) carnelian cameo, 3)vintage cameo.
I haven’t read through the previous comments, so these may have already been suggested:
Barn Door, (Red) Brick, Georgia Clay, Dahlia, Cameo, Carnelian
I like Brick as well!
Opa’s Kiss
I have an antique Hitching Post that is a similar color. I think that would be a great name!
Lots of good name ideas! Beautiful new color. I have plants in my ‘southern’ garden called Sweet Tea Heucherella, same color as the paint, so Sweet Tea.
Have a nice day
Tomato bisque, Sun Dried Tomato, Redrum, Barn Door, Radio Flyer, Pull Wagon, Blush, the possibilities are endless!!
It’s the color of my mother’s favorite rose. She has been dead for years, but every time I see this color I think of her favorite rose. I would call it “Miss Helen’s Rose”
What a pretty soft, almost dusty, coral – red. I immediately thought of:
Persimmon Tree.
Google images and a good example is: http://nursery-center.com/fruit-trees/persimmon-trees.html
It has a visual and a story behind it as well! Thanks for the opportunity!
Sedona
Seville Rooftop
rustic paver
Ayers Rock
Outback red
Georgia Clay
Heritage Tomato
Clay Pot or Terra Cotta – I immediately thought of a clay pot when I saw it
Fresco (after the plaster painted walls from Italy)
Oh my goodness that is the exact color of my purse! Since “Pauline’s Purse” is a little too off the wall, I’d suggest “Favorite rose” as this is really my favorite shade in the pink/rose/coral family. I have a t-shirt this color too. I am also very excited about your brown! Sounds rich and lovely! Can’t wait for all of the new ones! Its almost like waiting for sweater weather to arrive. 🙂 Take care! — Pauline
French Rose’
It’s the color of my grandpa’s favorite tractor. All aged and faded. So many great memories of riding along with him, while he plowed the fields. I’d call it Grandpa’s Tractor. When can we purchase this? I’ve got a bench I got from the farm I want to paint with this.
Pink Grapefruit 🙂
It’s a beautiful color! and beautiful against the stone wall (as seen throughout NC and the Blue Ridge Parkway). How about Carolina Coral?
Oh this is gorgeous! Keeping with your theme, I like:
TEA TOWEL (I have one with this color on it)
GLADIOLA
RUFFLED PEONY
This might sound really weird, but the first thing that popped into my head was a vintage faded/ sun kissed red cooler. How about Sun Kissed Red? Coleman Red?
My husband likes “Pomegranite”.
I like Shy Poppy because it reminds me of a faded poppy flower. It is a very good pop color and would work great with the industrial look.
It reminds me of the coral/red color you often see in majolica. How about Majolica Red? It also reminds me of the colors of Key West. How about Key West Cottage? Or Country Sunset?
Such a pretty color – I vote for Geranium.
Sunlight Coral
How about Juicy Peach
or rusty nail
How about coral glory, rusty zinnia, faded poppy, ,
rusty clay, rusted begonia,
coral bell, rusted tin ,rusted gate, (or rusty tin,rusty gate)
fall salmon, and last but not least…..from the south, red dirt !!
Shrimp comes to mind.
How about terra cotta?
Old Barn
I go with Karen’s suggestion! Opa’s kiss. Perfect!
Bittersweet!
my Ukrainian grandpa always mashed strawberries with cream and sugar into the best strawberry soup! my suggestion is : strawberries and cream.
Cameo 🙂
I love the new color! I immediately thought Tomato Bisque! .. or Rooster Red, Boiled Shrimp, or Peach Cobbler. I sound hungry don’t I 🙂 I would love to win your MMS products, i have so many projects waiting 🙂
Two names came to mind Peony, its such a soft luscious flower or Sorbet, peach is my favorite and this color reminds me of that.
My suggestion is rusted red, rusty red, or just rust red! That’s immediately what I thought of when I saw the color! Plus lots of cool old antique things have a little rust 🙂
Brick Hearth
Sow’s Ear
Mailbox
Geranium
August Sunset
Coral Rouge
Rouge
Gettysburg
Gettysburg 150
Cape coral? I love this color!
Red Anjous Pear! I love how you use pears in your table scapes.
It’s such a pretty pop of a dusty/faded coral-red color.
The first thing I thought of was Persimmon Tree
Here’s another visual of the color http://nursery-center.com/fruit-trees/persimmon-trees.html
How about “Persimmon Poppy” for that “pop” of color? Good Luck!
How about faded summer rose, or brick schoolhouse. Needs to be something earthy…
I would like to suggest the name Pumpkin Apple Strudel. Doesn’t that sound yummy?
What about Coraline?
apple
My suggestion is Opa’s Cantloupe.
I love all the names above, but I was thinking something Cottage/Beachy since that is so well loved right now. How about Coral Reef?
I love Spode Pink… the shades and patterns vary but your color is in there!
It reminds me of tomatoes. We have a festival in Bradley county, that is famous for its Pink tomato festival. Right before the Bradley tomatoes get fully ripe, they are that color. I live in Arkansas which is close by Bradley county. Tomatoes are a primary source of income for farmers in this area.
I have just recently discovered MMS. Love it!
Summer Begonia
I am going to toss out the name. Coral Cream. The color is not a true hue, but rather has a touch of creaminess to it…softens it and makes it richer, just like cream does when added to a dish.
It also reminds me of your style, where you take the hard edges of life (and decorating) and soften them up.
As an alternate on the same lines, Coral Bisque. Or Coral Patina.
reminds me of berries warming in the sun, Summer’s Currant
I suggest creamy rhubarb. The other colors have awesome names. Love your blog.
Also:
Coral bead
My immediate thought was Rouge because you love all things French and beautiful.
I totally see Vintage Poppy!!
Grampa’s barn
Persimmon Blush
Tiddlywink
Rosie Posie
Desert Rose
Sandwash Tulle
Goody Too Shoes
Monogram
Dutch Tulip
My first thought was persimmon.
Cinnamon rose, attic coral,
This reminds me of the Grand Canyon at dawn or dusk
Canyon dusk
Canyon dawn
Canyon
Red Sky
red sky in the morning, sailors take warning…
red sky at night, sailors delight!!
Hoping that on your vacation, where you visited my fabulous state, Arizona….you made your way to Sedona. The color reminds me of the red rocks closer to sunset.. So, I’m suggesting Sedona Sunset.
So many great suggestions already! Country Coral, Coral Mist,Jewel.
How about Gettysburg sunrise or sunset?
Tropicana
Retro Rose
How about “Patrick Starr”, It would be personal to you if your boys watch SpongeBob Squarepants a!!! Everybody knows about SpongeBob !!!!
Coralie
Wagon
Abbe (after the creator)
Parasol
Georgia clay
Peony
Coral is one of my all time favorite colors-
thanks so much for adding it to your paint line!!
How about Sweet Melon or Antique Coral. Or maybe something totally different like “Concert Hall”. Love your blog and your paint!! I am so looking forward to seeing you at the Chapel Market here in Alabama!!!!! You’re going to love the south. Hey maybe after your visit here you might want to name it “Southern Charm”!
you have such clever names for your paints ;). I think it is the same color as the unglazed part of “yellow ware “so that’s mine, maybe “old sunset” good luck .
sienna sunset……………I live on the Oregon Coast, and I immediately thought of the beautiful color of the sky as the sun goes down!
I’m thinking Red Dawn, Coral Sunset, Creamy Tomato or even Idaho Red (for the red dusty dirt).
First thing that comes to mind is “heirloom tomato”. It would be a great combo with mustard seed yellow and boxwood!
How about conch shell coral,
Georgia clay coral
Still thinking!
Sara, Ohio
My choices would be Weathered terracotta, Aged terracotta, or Cottage terracotta.
First thing that came to mind was ” heaven’s kiss”. It looks like the sky when the sun is setting and my grandma always said it was the heavens leaning down to give us a kiss at the end of the day :). I think this name has a lot of meaning but I also like “desert rose” or ” apricot sorbet”. Good luck finding the perfect name!
I love the new color! It looks like Firey Flamingo!
But I do love Nancy’s suggestion of Tomato Bisque also!
I also like Sunset sky.
“Coral Colonial”. Since you love antiques, most of the historical colonial houses here in Fredericksburg like Rising Sun Tavern and others using this color inside as in colonial times. Gorgeous color!
my idea would be pumpkin apple strudel
sailor’s sunset
Sara, Ohio
VINTAGE SALMON CORAL
I see that and think Spray Rose. A nod to the antique and fun bright color! Kinda goes with Dried Lavender and Boxwood (which I didn’t see in your name list but am thinking is only a matter of time?) 🙂
How about Calico Quilt? (It’s got that same hard “c” sound, and it makes me think of all the bright colors found in quilts.)
My contribution is “strawberry ice cream”. We ALL of us must have many happy memories of indulging in that favorite.
However, looking through the previous comments, I also think ‘cameo’ and ‘conch’ are excellent choices, with ‘cameo’ having particular significance to your love of antiques and treasured finds.
Good luck finding that perfect name.
Caroline R.
I also like seaside coral. (I have a piece from our beach just that same hue)
Vintage Coral maybe?
EARLY MORN!
How about these?
Boudoir
Raspberry Mousse
Georgia Peach
Knee Rouge
Crevette
Moulin Rouge
Can-Can
Provence Sunset
Faded geranium
Coral bell
how about “Indian Clay”?
have a lovely weekend!
Kelly
Great suggestions. I’ll add: Abbelyn Red, Abbelyn Coral
My thoughts are:
Perfectly Pomegranate
Shrimp Bisque
Salmon Croquette
Precisely Pomegranate
I’m liking Antique Barn Red, that is what it reminds me of.
Your suggestion is my fave! It looks exactly like a faded barn.
Tell me to stop! I also think of Approaching Sunrise as a color I often see before the sun rises in the sky.
“Coral Colonial”. Since you love antiques, most of the historical colonial homes here in Fredericksburg, VA use this coral color inside. You can observe it in Rising Sun Tavern and other historical places here. Love this color!
Weathered Rooster
Persimmon
Country Rose
Rooster Tail Red
Ruby Red Grapefruit
Absolutely love your BLOG!!!!! You are my inspiration!!! When I grow up I want to be like you!!!!
Susan
PS…. I think I’m old enough to be your Mother. LOL
perhaps Cameo…
Peach blush. Will this be my last one???
It’s a very popular tropical island color. Tropical kiss or sea shell? I like Opa’s kiss but think the color would lean more toward Oma’s kiss because it reminds me of lipstick left on your cheek from an Oma’s kiss.
What a soft, beautiful color. I would name it, Roseate.
It makes me think of those beautiful pinky orange tomatoes so my name would have to be Heirloom Tomato!
Summer salmon or toasted salmon
I have the perfect name for that luscious new color……
bougainvillea.
this is the exact color of my bougainvillea growing BEAUTIFULLY on my porch near the Gulf Coast in Texas~ & the name goes perfectly with all your milk paints…
which I have been coveting for-ev-er, but have not been able to purchase.
what a treat it would be to win your paint kit!!
& celebrate bougainvillea!!
I LOVE your blog!!!!! …it inspires me everyday!
Watermelon would be my choice!
It is a sweet addition to your milk paint colors!! AND….I do believe it should be “poppie pink” or “posie pink”.
Old St. Louis: because it reminds me a lot of the brick we used on our house by that name.
Creole tomato or strawberry wine!
Thanks so much for adding a coral to you line…it’s my favorite color!!!
staying with the natural theme of dried lavendar I immediately thought of…
Winterberry
&
Pomegranate
…Celocia and Cockscomb also come in coral varieties
or
Heirloom -like roses or peaches or dahlias
Evening Sun
Copper Kettle
Sunset
Fired Clay
Rhubarb (Sweet Rhubarb Pie)
Petit Cheri
Petal
Rosehips
Rusted/ or any form of rust (Rusty Hinge, Rusty Pail)
Copper Leaf/ Copperleaf
Flower Market
Buffalo Check (like the middle tone on red buffalo check fabric)
Tufted Velvet
Vintage Velvet
Velvet Ribbon
I’ll try to make this my last one!
Weathered Brick
or Sun Bleached Brick
I like Crushed Velvet.
Fresh Persimmon, French Country Coral, Pomegranate, Tawny Auburn, Titian Coral, Roasted Chestnut, Sanguine Salmon, Brick Alley, Flushed Russet, Sanguine Salmon, Country Claret or Apricot Preserves.
Love the color!
Faded Glory. I know that many red colors from my quilts and flags have muted into a soft color that reminds me of this soft coral.
Azalea Blush
I posted “Cameo” earlier, but ” Macaron” is another….
Faded/Fading Sunset
Old Wagon
Mercantile
Faded Blossom
Rouge (like our grandmas used to wear)!
A couple of more ideas…Flip Flop Red, Autumn Harvest, Lollipop, or Turkey Wattle Red!
I nominate Coral Belle. Coral Bells are an herb related perrenial plant. They are exquisite beauties in a garden bed, that actually raise themselves up out of the ground.
I like Coraline. (Sorry if this has been mentioned already. I couldn’t read all 270 comments!)
Like you said, the color is a little different than your other colors, and the name Coraline is a little different too.
When I saw this color, it reminded me of an English schoolgirl. The Latin, and English meanings of Coraline are all “from the semi-precious sea growth coral.”
This color is not semi-precious though. It is 100% precious! 🙂
It reminds me of cream of tomato soup, so perhaps tomato cream or creamy tomato.
Salmon Mousse
I would name it “Hollyhock”, one of my favorite perennials! Love the color!
Jacks ball (the game of jacks)
That was my grandmother’s favorite color! She called it Sky Blue Pink because it reminded her of a beautiful sunset.
Peach whisper. Good luck choosing just one! Waiting to hear your choice!
Pasmania red
Marmalade
How about “Treasured Quilt”? I have some coral in my world, so…
Pennsylvania Red Clay
China Doll ~ Bisque Doll Blush – Doll Cheek
Grandma’s brooch (or broach)
Silk scarf
Nectarine Whisper
Nectarine
I was so excited to post Pennsylvania Red Clay…I posted it as my name;)
Gettysburg Red
Civil War Barn
Audrey. It is the same color as the Audrey Hepburn rose.
Coral Brick-like your house or Coral Sunset.
Pink Begonia! It looks just like a pink begonia bloom to me! 🙂
Hi……I would like to suggest…faded barn
hope you are all having a great weekend..it’s just beautiful here on Maryland’s Eastern shore.!!
Sun-kissed shoulders or Melon memories
Rustic Papaya
Korallen, it’s the German translation for coral….
Know it’s not exactly the right shade but what about Opa’s Door or Opa’s Steps or Opa’s brick? I just immediately thought of something that would honor your grandfather.
Antique Rose
The new “old Opa rug” you got has some of this tones in it no? It also looks faded or worn out like if a red rug stayed in the sun. So I would call it:
OPA RUG
I live in Hawaii and we get a lot of this color in the sky at sunset :
TROPICAL SUNSET
My suggestion is Coral Gables. It makes me think of a pretty faded color on the gables of an old plantation.
It reminds me of a faded red wagon so how about “wagon red”
For your new paint color:
Bashful Begonia
Colonial Coral
Harbor Sunset
Salmon Brick
Hopeful
Rusty Ironstone
Rejuvenate Me
Hope you had a restful vacation!
cheeky
cheeky blush
cheeky boots
bliss
bossy blush
🙂
I instantly thought of “Coraline” – such a lovely color
– I cant wait to see it in person.
It reminds me a lot of the vintage pyrex I collect. It makes me think of a bright, white farmhouse kitchen, fresh bread and aprons.
I submit the name ” Faded Memories” as it looks like a color you would see on a piece of much loved furniture that had seen a lot of days.
I would like to suggest Tin Roof Red or just Tin Roof.
Coral Sky is my suggestion. Same color in sunsets.
Coral Sunset – named after the Coral Sunset Peony – an old fashioned/vintage flower representative of your decorating style…
Cottage Coral
Coral Brooch
Coraline
Cameo Coral
Coral Gables
Lobster Roll
Country Coral
Coraline’s Cameo
LOVE…LOVE your blog MMS!
My choices of names for new color:
Summer sunset coral
Milk Paint Chintz
Pantry Box Coral
Faded Pumpkin Seed Coral
Wooden Seedbox Coral
Coral Reef
Zinnia Coral
Honey Red
Opa’s Cantaloupe
Cautious Coral
Eulalies Kiss
Eulalies Nose
Terra Firma
Colorado Clay
Red Rock
Clay
Cantaloupe Sherbert
Strawberry fields
Stawberries and cream
Faded Barn
Tile Roof
Southern Shingle
Can’t Coral
Autumn Sunset
Stained Fence
Terra Firma Clay
Marian’s Blush
Peachy Cheekie
Canned tomatoes
Sunset
Light Rose
Dusk sunset
Rainbow Red
Old Pink
Picnic Table
Faded red
Chantillies Lace
Terra Cotta Coral
Pumpkin Spice?
I like the name “Vintage Coral”. Though it sounds simple, if someone told me they were using “Vintage Coral”on a project I would conjure up this exact color in my mind.
A few for your consideration: Flamingo, Cajun Shrimp, Nassau or Beneath the Sea. Beautiful color!
Flamingo
How about terra cotta or coral honeysuckle?
http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/the-pros-and-cons-of-terra-cotta-tile/index.html
Almost Coral
As it reminded me in the first second to AUTUM LEAVES, that is the name I would go for.
I think it’s a lovely color and it reminds me of a pomecranate. So I would call it Pomecranate!
Hope I win!!
Silo, Wagon Wheel, Crow, Autumn Leaf (or Autumn Leaves)
Hmmm…
I have several:
Rusty Vintage
or
Tuscany Someday
I like “Shout the Barn Door”
Or just “Barn Door”
“ruby lips”
“Coral my World”
Faded Poppy
or
Brick Dust
Raspberry Smoothie 🙂
How about …..Persimmon
Chipped Brick
I love Chipped Brick! That is the color when a brick chips!
LOVE that color! It reminded me of our trip to the Grand Canyon ~ Canyon Coral
Some others that I thought of were:
Sunset
Adobe
Salmon
Santa Fe
Claudia loves coral 😉
ooo! what a giveaway.
others have referred to the sunset but that’s the feeling I got from this color too. so how about keeping it simple and call it “Sunset”?
Coral Shell
My first thought was Coraline, but I see someone beat me to it. Coraline is a darling little blonde haired girl who lives across the street from me. She is always so bright and happy with a great big smile, and just as smart as can be. This could definitely be her signature color! … And you know, a little pop of this color would look awesome with your blues and grays!
My two suggestions:
Conch (it’s the same color as the inside of a conch shell)
or
Kettle
When I first saw this color right away it reminded me of an apron that my grandmother used to wear all the time, so my choice for a name is Grandma’s Apron..Happy Weekend..Judy
An apron was one of my thoughts too, my grandmother’s specufically. 🙂 I purposely didn’t look at other suggestions so I wouldn’t get ideas – but obviously great minds think alike.
Rooster
Cancun
Peaches
or
Peaches n Cream
Rusty Hinge
South Beach
I love this color! Here are a few ideas…
Rose Hip(s)
Ladybug
Front Porch
Tomato Jam
Bernelle’s Apron (for my grandma, who was a decorative tole painter)
Fingers crossed! 🙂
Brick
Dusk Red
Fall Leaves
How about Azalsea, Coral Vine, Sunset, Autumn.
Love it! I say “Juicy Melon”
What a beautiful color! It reminds me of beautiful terra cotta clay pots. So my suggestions would be;
Terra Cotta
Italian Red Clay
Italian Coral
Tuscan Red
Tuscan Coral
Tuscan Clay
Coral Pot
Clay Pot
It looks like the color of the pears in your banner. How about Bartlett Coral or Bartlett Red?
Paprikash
Old Glory
Piano Stool
It’s such a warm and beautiful color!
Sweet cheeks – describing your sons after a day playing outside in the sun.
Wheel barrel – the exact color of my 30+ year old wheel barrel
Farm house
Rhubarb pie
Peony
reminds me of spanish roof tile…. terra cotta *:)
i would use this colour!
When I googled coral color antiques the most common pictures were of coral colored vintage beaded necklaces. How about vintage beads?
Harvest
Harvest Sunset
Field Clay
Carolina Clay
I’m an amature poet, so sorry, the ideas still flow
Marian’s lipstick
Transformations finish line
Vintage stop sign
Babies booties
Sow’s Tongue
Bashful Barn
Geranium pink
Cottage Gate
Ripe Tomato
Tomato Bisque
Lobster Pot
Medium Rare
Old Peony
Easter Hat
Vintage Ribbon
Ok I could go on and on. I think I better go shower! LOL
Good Luck Everyone!
Vineyard Blush, Coastal Coral or Pottery
Beautiful color!
Here are my suggestions :
Strawberry lemonade
First kiss
Rose bud
Carnation Corsage
Groom’s boutinniere
Raspberry Buttercream
Hacienda
Hen house red
Tuscan sunset!
Ciao – that’s what I think it should be. In Italian it means hello or bye. But Ciao is perfect, happy, bright paint color.
It’s Azalea 😉
kind of reminds me of quince – an old spring flowering shrub I admire in other peoples yards, but can’t seem to get going in my own…..
Opa’s Autumn
Now I KNOW you saw this color on your vacation to the southwest! Why not name it something that reminds you of and celebrates that special time?
“Roe”
aka Salmon Caviar. A color as rich as it’s name.
Tea kettle. 🙂
I like:
Clay Pot or
Cameo
When I saw the color the first name that popped in my head was Rusty Tomato.
Watermelon!
Red Fox
Foxy
Beautiful color!
Peach Blush
Peach Cobbler
Luscious Peach
Indian Summer
Antique Brick
Weathered Barn
Autumn Sunset
I think it’s time to name a color after your precious grandmother. So “Oma’s Blush” sounds great to me.
How about Jelly Cupboard
Terrific color!!
Orchard
Wildflower
P.S.
Watermelon Jam
It’s a luscious color so I would call it Guava or Shrimp Bisque.
Persimmon Pie
Peony Pink
Carnation Pink
Lipstick Pink
Monet Pink
Sweet Pea
Verbena
As soon as I saw it, I said “Peony Peach.”
Love all the blues, but it is fun to have a pop of another color! Brenda
Spanish Tile
Coral Reef
Sedona sunrise
maple leaf
Hibiscus
Salmon berry
Opa’s lachs
Ripe fig
Cameo
Weathered barn door
coral bells
Adobe – it’s that muddy SW color and pays homage to the creator Abbe.
Lora Jane
It reminds me of eating delicious crab legs…what about CRAB or CRABBY RED?!
“Aztec”
I think, especially in light of this color being introduced during your trip out west,
“Adobe” is perfect!
But if you want to stick with an east coast esthetic, my second suggestion is “Brick”.
PINKY PROMISE
Summer Sangeria
Breathless
Dawn and Dusk
It’s the sun rising and setting
Coral Dawn
Sea Coral
Farm House Door
Blooming Peach
Autumn Blush or Barn Door Blush
“Coraline” (pronounced in French with a silent “e” – co-ra-lin.)
Nana’s Beads 🙂
Salmon summer
Desert rose or maybe southwest salsa
Sorry, my comment should have said: “pronounced in French with a silent “i”.
I like the name “Faded Radio Flyer”
Soft Bittersweet
Book Jacket or Book Cover
Every old red book I have in my shop has a faded cover of this color!
Desert sun
Peachy keen margarita
Coastal Cottage Coral
Summer Melon
Watermelon Smoothy
Marian, I just got back from a month in eastern Europe (where I know a lot of your fabrics come from), and I saw this exact color, in varying shades, splashed everywhere in the old town areas. Check your email for proof/inspiration photos. 🙂 I’m sure you remember similar sites from your childhood in Germany.
Based on this, my suggestions are:
Old Town Coral
Old World Coral
Continental Coral (has a nice ring!)
European Coral
Old Town Rose
Old World Rose
Continental Rose
European Rose
Tulip
I love the name Coral Lace for your new paint color. It seems to fit with your other paint names and the vintage type look you love. I am so happy to have found your blog! It brings me much enjoyment.
Love that color. It would pair beautifully with shitter gray.
How about:
Coral lipstick
Ripe peach
Peach tart
Bleeding heart
Tea rose
China doll
Southwest sunrise
Grand Canyon or Nectarine
Hibiscus
Faded Glory
So many lovely names have been suggested. My thoughts are:
Sun dried tomato
Queen of hearts
Arizona clay
Texan sunset
Cobblestone
Rose chintz
I like Pepperberry.
Texas Sunset
Tiger Lily Tears
Terracotta Blush
Coastal sunset- I live on the Oregon coast and see this color in the sunset all the time!
After looking at some vintage Radio Flyer wagons I think a better name instead of Faded Radio Flyer would be “Sun Kissed Radio Flyer” ” Sun Baked Radio Flyer”
Faded Persimmon or even Fall Persimmon. Love this color!!!!
Prairie Sunset or fading sunset coral
Late Summer Cantaloupe
Raspberry sorbet 🙂
Old Barn Red
Ripe Pumpkin
Red Dirt Road
Crab Apple
Persimmon
Sunset Porch
Peachy Keen
Vintage Blush
I like the Red Dirt Road!
Rusty Hinge
My mother had (and I now have a collection of rolling pins and I always loved the red handles. So, I was thinking either Rolling Pin Red or Peggy’s Rolling Pin. I tried to attach a picture of the rolling pins, but couldn’t figure out how in the comment 🙂
Love this color!!! My name for this shade would be “sundown peach”!
oh my I just read all the other ideas, and was happy my ideas did not yet show up….
soft petal
aged rosewood
old barn
Blush for Me
hope you like one of these, I kind of like the last one….
Thanks for getting us in the act of it, its exciting, and I have planned to do a lot of
your projects and love the paint. Good luck with the naming.
“Indian Paintbrush” – a beautiful wildflower that blooms in Texas to welcome Spring
Prairie Gingham
Blush Cameo
Coral Cameo
Cameo Coral
Grandmother’s Cameo
Love this color!!! So inspired!!! Want to get some right now!!!
Pepper Pot
Chili Pepper
Chili Powder
Aged Clay
Clay Pot
So, no lie… since I can remember, I’ve always said if I could do any job it would be the person that names paint chips. My mister can totally back me up on this. So funny. So, of course I can’t resist and I din’t have to even think about it. The color immediately took me back to my trip to Martha’s Vineyard 15 years ago (I was a native Californian and had never seen anything as lovely as the east coast and MV in my life). The town is called Oaks Bluff where all of the rows and rows of victorian gingerbread house/cottages stand brightly since the 1800’s. To call it quaint and charming would be an understatement. In that town there is also a historical whimsical carousel called the Flying Horses Carousel that screams of this color! This shade could be seen in the architecture, the carousel, the sunsets, beach cruisers, and more. Just lovely. This color took me straight back to those beachy, breezy days full of color. So there’s my story, and here are my thoughts:
Carousel Coral
Flying Horses Coral
19th Century Coral
Bicycle Built for Two
Beach Cruiser Coral
Harthaven Coral
Oak Bluffs Coral
Summer Colony
Colonial Coral
Cottage Coral
Camp Meeting Coral (the cottages were originally tents where the camp meeting association settled)
Martha’s Sunset
Vineyard Sunset
Ginger Sunset
Duke’s County Coral (name of county where Oak Bluffs and also my late grandfather’s name!)
Victorian Trim
Martha’s Coral
Shingles
Ginger Eaves
Cottage Row Coral
Architect’s Coral
Victorian Coral
Wampanoag Coral (after the native language of the original tribes inhabiting the coastal region-apparently the language was used to print the first bible in the Americas in 1663)
Chappaquiddick Coral
Noman’s Land Coral
You get the drift… wow, that was fun. Good luck! I’m sure you’ll have a ton of great ideas. 😉 You have to google some of this to see what I mean. Endearing.
Or Barnwood Gingham
Shrimp Bisque
I grew up at the Jersey shore (Wildwood Crest). My immediate thought when I saw this color was Mermaid. 🙂
Barn Door
Barn Side
Aged Barn Door
Aged Barn Side
Vintage Barn Door
Vintage Barn Side
:))) good luck
The first thing that came to my mind was bittersweet.
Grannie’s Cheeks
Thank you for the fun contest! I enjoy naming things, so here goes:
You mentioned that most of your paint color names reference something personal to you, so I thought of your grandfather’s home, as you have written about it recently.
These would be my top three choices:
Opa’s House
Richmond
Memories of Opa.
When I scrolled through the pictures of your last post about his house, I saw that the wall behind the deer, the dishes and the antique carpet seem to have some light red/coral in them.
Also, the color itself reminds me of the red rocks in the Utah area, that we were able to see in June on our family’s Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon/Zion trip.
I’m not sure if you were able to see those, but the red rocks are beautiful, and aren’t a “true” red, but more coraly, especially when boys’ socks are covered in it 🙂
So, Red Rock(s) would be my fourth entry.
Thanks again!!
How about Autumn Bittersweet, or Fall Bittersweet, after Japanese Bittersweet, a beautiful but invasive vine I often used as fall decoration in my home in Ct.
Faded zinnia
If it’s red enough I think it would be cute to call it ‘barn siding’. But I’m thinking it might be to light and orangy for that. What about ‘marmalade’?
Coral Reef
Autumn Wood
Shrimp Plant
Sugar N Spice
How about Terra Cotta?
Grandma’s Apron
Gorgeous color. Reminds me of an OCTOBER SKY, or a FORGOTTEN BARN in the country.
Terra Cotta Planter
I might call it Apron
It reminds me of a color in a vintage 1930s calico.
Reinterpreted on a chippy piece of furniture, I think it looks super fresh.
Chinook was the first thing that came to my mind because on my monitor it looks salmon.
Nantucket Red or Watermelon Sorbet!
Salmon Serenity…..
Dreamy Sunset…
How about “Wild Caught” It looks like wild caught salmon.
Autumn
The first thing I thought of was a beautiful vintage cameo! They were often carved out of coral and the color reminds me of the background coral that would then have a white lady’s head on top. Cameo Coral?
Or vintage cameo. Started looking at more coral cameos and the color is right on! They’re so beautiful too!
It reminds me of warm summers in Florida….old Florida…so how about Gulfport coral!
Rose Charming
Nell’s Honeysuckle
When I saw the color Nell came to mind, my great aunt and her old fashioned flower garden with a unplanned mix of colors around her back porch. The sweet honeysuckles brought in the hummingbirds. The hycyntheias and stock were taller than me! I can still remember the pleasant times in her backyard. Simple beauty. Plus, of course, the sweet honeysuckle nector!
It looks like TOMATO BISQUE or SHRIMP CREOLE to me! I think I am hungry!! 🙂
Wow — you have lots of choices going here! Love your other names — so what about Sassy Blush? That color will sass up any room! 🙂
Corally Yours
I like Sweet Paprika, Indian Summer, Georgia Clay, Mild Cayenne, Coral Reef, Rusty Coral, or Coral Gables.
Gettysburg Coral
Sun Kissed Peach, Peach Tea
Such a pretty color! It reminds me of my grandmother’s garden- she LOVED coral and it showed in her flower choices. That said, how about
Hibiscus
Coral Sunset (one of her roses)
Coral Charm (one of her peonies)
Tea Rose
Oh, I thought of another one: Fresh Peaches
Coral Vine
Lovely color. I am going to order mine now. Love the Walnut brown too!! How about Calico , Subtle Poppy or Indian paintbrush or Arizona Sky.
It looks like Old Bermuda to me.
Georgia – because it reminds me of a Georgia Peach
Shrimp Boil
Coral Sunset
Wheelhouse Red ( out of my wheelhouse–ha)
Barn door red
How about Strawberry Jar or Strawberry Pot, after the terra cotta clay pots people plant strawberry’s in.
Opa’s coral
Salmon Janet Evening
Cottage Rose that’s my vote!
River House Pink or Pamlico Pink
Sweet Primrose
Faded Coral
Hedgerow Rose
I love this new color although I am not much of a coral girl myself, either. It reminds me of August zinnias. Those gorgeous coral zinnias I love so much toward the end of the growing season. It’s a color to liven up your home even during the dead of winter.
Abbelyn (pronounced abbylyn) its a combination of both ladies names who so brilliantly came up with such a beautiful color. Which, I’m sure if asked, could have a story and somewhat sentimental value – everytime you see that color it will remind you of the creativity that happens when you put two great minds together.
I think you should call it “schoolhouse brick” or “lil’ ol’ schoolhouse”
Copper Penny, Rusted Nail
Serendipity
Picadilly
Vintage Thread
Weathered Sunset
Summer Sonnet
Berry Basket
Bottle Cap
Spindle
Petal
Rusty Metal, Rusty Keys, Rusty Frying Pan, Rusty Gate, Rusty Garden Gate, Rusty Springs, Rusty Junk
Here are two more: Pink Grapefruit or Cranberry Bog
Beautiful color! How about “Bakelite”?
Oh my goodness! I am so in love with this color. My gramma had an apron this color. She also painted everything. There was a step-stool this color that I used to stand on to help her cook. Maybe Gramma’s lipstick or step-stool.
Barn door
Faded flag
Little Red Schoolhouse
Little Red Wagon
Dahlia
I immediately thought “Calico”
BTW, I just painted an old rocking chair a coral color, and will upholster the seat in brown ultrasuede, and put a full repeat of a beautiful floral in a basket, on the back. I cannot post for your furniture feature friday, because I don’t have a website yet.
I love your posts, and am enjoying all of your successes. It seems they are coming one after another. I was just thinking about trying your paint today. Anyway, the new paint color is very pretty, and I know you will find the perfect name for it.
English Rose
Persimmon Blush
Daylily–there’s one called Cape Coral that is gorgeous–for the flowers you WILL plant in your garden someday 🙂
Flamingo–for the good memories of visiting your parents in Florida
Coral Reef–Florida memories again
Rose Fade
Oma’s Amber
Oma’s Apron
Oma’s Rocker
Oma’s Rose
Oma’s Smile
BRICK
It reminds me of watching the sunset in Mallory Square having pina colada on the dock, so how about Key West Sunset?
Old Tractor
It should be named ‘Ode to Opa’, it’s a perfect complement to the wool rug you got from him. Good luck choosing!!
Geranium
Brick Wall
Brick Terrace
Brick Accent
Weathered Terra Cotta, Weathered Terra Cotta Planter
How about ” bittersweet”.:-)
Bittersweet Memory
I messaged you on Facebook with my thoughts on the right name…..Thank you for always being such a positive role model. God’s Blessings now and always…….
Heirloom Rose
Terra Cotta Coral, Rusty Coral,
“Heirloom Peach”
Just finished making cobbler with fruit from the farm stand down the street!
Moulin Rouge
French Can-Can
Reminds me of that old saying, Red sky at night Sailor’s Delight, Red sky in the morning, Sailors’ Warning. Which makes my pick for this dreamy color, “Sailor’s Delight”!
adobe brick or indian summer – its more of a summer color then fall… in California when the summer runs hot right into Halloween the sun cast a color like this in the evening.
coral poppy
coral peony
coral sunset
coral reef
Grapefruit 🙂
Rust
Fun!!!
Marian’s Wheelbarrow
Rusty Bucket
Harvest Moon
Sunset
Farmers Clay
Coralline–just a nice old-fashioned name
Modesty–what coral-colored roses stand for
Coralino–a Spanish word for coral
Impulse
Crush
Sundown
Suitor
Schoolgirl
I prefer the simple with its varied implications. To stray from that:
Sedona Sky
Nectarine
Barbed Wire
Rusty Wagon
It reminds me of my little red rusty radio flyer wagon that I had as a kid.
Salmonberry
Well I hate to say it because it will not allow me to win but I love Elizabeth’s name Red Dirt Road =)
Cameo Brooch
(It reminds me of the cameo my Grandmother gave me…)
I pinned some inspiration photos here:
http://pinterest.com/studiojhome/miss-mustard-seeds-newest-milk-paint-color-inspira/
Delta Rose
Persimmon or Blush
Lovely color, how about naming it Red Pear or Pear Red. It reminds me of the orange in the pears on the photo in your header.
Shrimp Bisque
Lobster Bisque
How about…. Second Spring.
rooster comb
Peach Pie
Georgia Peach
Cameo
Begonia
Indian Summer
Coral-Lee
Rose Flannel
Faded rose
Old brick
Old rose
:).
Oma’s Kiss *hubby and I will be called O’Ma & O’Pa by our grandson when he can talk* 😉
Coral’s Kiss
Jake’s a Girl
Opa’s Sunset 🙂
Aztec Red
Old Brick
Tomette
Marrakech
Faded Rust
Faded Tractor
Faded Clay
Faded Barn
Faded Coral Reef
Faded Coral Bells
Faded Salmon
Faded Yam
How about Coral Berry Hill?
Summer Sunset
Vintage Terracotta
It looks like ‘Dusty Coral’ to me!! Some great options here for you!!
Weathered Brick
How about ….”Abbe Road”
Indian summer
Redwork (the old fashioned embroidery style). Since the color is light/faded red, you could even go with Vintage Redwork or Old Redwork.
Otherwise, Persimmon Tree.
Coral Gables
Garden Wagon
Depression Glass
Coral Reef
Sunset Coral
Persimmon
Great prize, btw. I want it!
Farmstand
faded flyer
Introducing Miss Mustard Seed’s KORALLEN. Since you don’t use this color in your decor…call it what your ancestors would have called it…is this not the German translation?
Lobster or shrimp
Name it after your cow Adele
either:
Adele’s Ear (the inside of the ears are similar to this color)
or
Adele’s Smile ( her nose/mouth looks similar to that color)
Farmers Market ….. This was the color all around the farmers market today from the fruit to the flowers.
Love the color. Reminds me of Southern Sunrise. So that is my suggestion. Or, Tulip, Heirloom Tomato, Faded Cherry, Weathered Clay, Southern Clay. Or if you want to be morbid, dried blood! LOL!
Cameo – it is the same color as a cameo ring my grandmother passed down to me
CoraBelle (Eulalie’s sister–and Coral Bells are coral)
Wool Rug – in honor of the beautiful rug from your Opa’s house
Rocking Horse – the base of the antique rocking horse you picked up a few years ago reminded me of this color
Wild Rose – a place where you used to sell your creations
Canyon Coral–maybe start naming new colors of places you have visited or want to visit.
Watermelon!
Coralline
Coral Rose Blush
GORGEOUS COLOR!
Shrimp Cocktail
Conch Shell
Peach Cobbler
How about Abbe Rose???
COLLECTOR CORAL
Coral blush
Oma’s Blush
Crimson Blush
I also have to add that the color really reminds me of the base of your antique rocking horse. Maybe the name could reflect that.
Rocking Horse
Racetrack
Giddy Up
Anjou Pear (the red variety of course!)
Poached Pear (http://kissmyspatula.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful/)
How about Skipjack? It’s a type of tuna. To me, this looks a bit like salmon or a tuna steak.
Camellia … Bridesmaid …
I like Weathered Paprika
Wren’s Egg (it’s really the color of a House Wren’s Egg but that’s a bit of a mouthful).
Persimmon Tarte
Here in New England we would call it Nantucket Red.
Might be my monitor, but I would call it Georgia Peach
How about Autumn Sunset
I’m still thinking! I also like:
SATIN SASH (reminds me of a dress sash color from the 40s or 50s)
COTILLION (because its a feminine color)
It reminds me of the old weathered rowboats you might see up in Maine. So maybe “Dinghy” or “Dory.” Or if you are seeking a more recognizable name “Rowboat” or “Canoe” although canoes are usually more red.
Coral Castle
Coral Beach
Cameo
How about summer sunset? It reminds me of that perfect hue when the sun is setting and you try to eke out the last minutes of daylight in the summer.
FRENCH BISQUE…
Autumns Anniversary….in honor of when you launched your milk paint line.
Toile ..
Coral Inspiration, Vintage Rose, Vintage Dreams, Simply Coral, Coral Skies…. I can’t stop thinking!
Red Bird
Ops almost forgot my second one……..Harvest Blessings
Marian, I too have a preference for blues and usually hate oranges, but this coral paint is a fabulous shade. A piece of furniture in this colour somewhere in your house would definitely pop against all your blue and white. For a paint name, how about
Coral Bead
or
Coral Cameo (like the jewellery).
I don’t know how you narrow it down to just one name!
Rusted Barrel
Washington apple …. 😉 I believe you know what I am referencing this too 🙂
And those apples have the same colors 🙂
I love vintage linens that have been hand stitched and embroidered. Many of the tablecloths, pillowcases, and hankies have flowers that have been beautifully stitched in this brilliant warm color. I was thinking something like Embroidered Poppy Pedal. I also kind of like the name Thread and Brush. It is kind of fitting.
I also have seen a lot of vintage jewelry such as broaches, necklaces, rings ect. in this color. Glass Bead would be a unique name.
I am sure whatever you choose will be perfect. I love the color and I love your line of milk paint.
Opa’s coral since I noticed that color in a lot of his belongings, chair covers, rug, display dishes. I also like Mountain coral since it reminds me of the mountain color out west.
Pink Cadillac;
or Lily the Pink (Old Sixties song)
Koralle (German)
Tea Towel
Old Book
Vintage Pickup or Pickup Truck Red
Line-Dried Ticking
I say reef as in a coral reef.
Rusty Bolt (for all the old things that surround you) I am picturing this bolt, a pic I took from a geocaching website).
or
Passion Fruit (you are very passionate and as a nod to your vegetarianism).
Sweet Thunder
It reminds me of old, weathered brick on a homey cottage, and the heart of a home is the kitchen.
Home
Cottage
Kitchen Table
Grannies Cupboard -it reminds me of the color of my Great Grandmother’s cupboards
Sweet paprika
I think you should name it Opa’s Sunset
Lovely color, Coral Bliss, Breaking Dawn or Love
Crab meadow beach
or Lobster Bisque 🙂
Watermelon wash; watermelon whimsy;
DH suggested Flamingo!
Love all the new and old colours.
How about Potter’s Clay.
How about Lobster bisque….looks and sounds yummy!
Red Brick
Barn Door
Abbe’s Rouge
Remember your vacation in Maine where your boys and hubby gathered shells for you? Sweet! And so to make the paint color personal, I suggest you name it Sweet Coral!
The color may be out of your comfort zone but still it will make you smile — just like those who are in love with coral 🙂
PERSIMMON
Looks like old tricycle or faded radio flyer. Since I do daycare both items are in our yard. One more, tomato soup, when it’s made with milk.
I would name it “Regatta Flag” as it evokes those lazy days of summer spent at the lake many years ago. That northeastern Pennsylvania summer sun faded everything to warm rich colors that are very hard to reproduce but you have done so with the new paint color. Thanks for the wonderful reminder of a childhood well-spent.
I would say “Conch shell” – I have one and the inside is this very color! Now I know what color I’m going to paint my girlie desk!!
Coral Sponge! We have some this same gorgeous color!
This is a great color and it reminds me of the some of the old red barns that have changed color over time. I know it is not a true red…so how about “Old Barn Coral” ?
Rusty Red, Amaranth Red or Old Brick. Reminds me of old brick the most I guess.
Oma’s rug – it seems like from the computer photo there are some similar colors.
How about French Toile?
“peach”
“blush”
“Peach Blush”
…it makes me think of the beach.
Beach Coral
Sea Washed Red
Sunset Rose
Sand Pail Crab
Crabby
You may have already hit on a name with…Wheelhouse Coral
This was fun!!! Hope I win! Thanks for the chance to provide input.
I think it should be called Strawberry fields or Coral sunset .
Harbor
Coralina Dawn
Potter’s Clay
It reminds me of my favorite cameo ring that has the most gorgeous coral background. It also reminds me of starfish but I vote for
Cameo
Starfish
Blush
Of even
Spice
It reminds me of 3 names:
1.”Seaside Coral”
2.” Shrimp Cocktail” ….or just…. “Shrimp”
3. Lobster Fest …….or just ….. ” Lobster”
I love the color and it makes me think of the beach!!!!
Vintage Coral
Faded Coral
Love Coral Medallion!
RUSTY PIPE WATER: My first thoughts were it looks like the rusty water that flows from an old pipe or well. Or it can be just RUSTY WATER
FADED FLAME OR CAMPFIRE CORAL: Thinking of of the Flickering Flame at evening campfires, opps there’s another one! (Faded Flame Coral.)
LAVA FLOW: and here’s one closer to home, my home in Hawaii anyhow. If you haven’t been here, I know it has to be on your list!! YOU TUBE Lava flows and I’m sure you’ll agree.
If it is not in your current memory box or campfire stories, let it be…DREAM ON!!
what about Fiesta? it looks like one of the colours of fiestaware, but it’s kind of spicy and fiesta-ish too.
Strawberry Kisses
Sand Pail
Toolbox
Kilim Red
Lunch Pail
This is so fun….. Sunset coral The Coral, the beach and sunset beautiful image.
AbbeLynn Coral To remember the two amazing ladies you mentioned, Abbe and Jennylyn.
Front porch Coral A place to relax and enjoy the sunrise or sunset.
Thank you for the chance to name a new paint. I have always wonder how some of the names of paint are decided.
Kitchen Canister
It also reminds me of the monograms on some of your linens.
Berry Hill after your dream home
Ripe Watermelon
Pink Peppercorn
I would name the color: FADED BARN or ANTIQUE BARN
It makes me think of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia or Ningaloo Reef which is situated around the North West Cape, so I suggest one of the following:
Coral Reef
Great Barrier Coral
Ningaloo Coral
Just an FYI on Coral Reefs:
Coral reefs that border land act as a buffer for the harsh waves. The reefs cause the waves to slow down or stop them completely. This prevents erosion of the shoreline and potential property damage. Reefs not only protect the shoreline but also ports and harbors. The NOAA estimates that half a billion people are estimated to live within 100 kilometers of a coral reef and benefit from its production and protection.
With the low VOC in Milk Paint don’t you think that it is appropriate to name this gorgeous colour after something that actually does the same thing… protect the environment?
Carole
Toronto Shabby Chic
Romance
How about strawberry rhubarb ?
How about Flower Pot? There are so many entries, someone may have already suggested it, but I have to throw my hat into the ring!
steiff rose
I love the simplicity of “Persimmon” or “Pomegranate.” Brings to mind something sweet and tart!
Or what about “Cheeky”? My first thought was that this color looked like a rosy blush or the tone a flushed cheek takes on after a sunny day working out in the garden. Plus, it’s a fun color and a little on the wild side for you 🙂
Daybreak or Sanquine Sunset
Tomato bisque, cream of tomato soup or shrimp bisque
You could name it “LIPSTICK”. Just put a little “lipstick” on that project and it will look great!
Tomato Soup
I’m thinking worn wagon.
Love your new color! How about :
Coral Autumn Haze
Hazey Coral
Coral Dreams
Colonial Coral
Coral and Company
Coral’s Kiss
Kiss of Coral
I like both Coralline or Coralbelle. Thank you!!!
Sun-washed brick
This instantly reminded me of the lovely Italian terra cotta you see all over Tuscany (where I studied abroad) and Southern France. I think you should call it something along that line: “Italian Terra Cotta,” or “Antique Terra Cotta…”
This color would be a great a foil/compliment to your Artissimo!
Firecracker
Lobster bisque
Love the color!
How about……..Persimmon!
Love your blog! I get so much inspiration!
Paint color names:
Terry Cloth
Picnic Table
Barn Door
Thanks
The color reminds me of spring. The first flowers to bloom in yard every spring are the Flowering Quince. They are such a beautiful and welcoming site after the cold barren winter. So Flowering Quince would be fitting,
or
Cameo Coral. Looks like the background of an antique cameo. Whatever you choose, i love the color!!! I believe it would look great with the blues, greens and grays in your home.
Reminds me of the inside of a conch shell.
I’d call it Conch!
♥’s
Sherry
Bridesmaid
I loved the suggestion from Sarah, “Abbe’s Rouge”, or perhaps Abbe’s Blush, Warm Watermelon, Vintage Coral, Peached Abbe.
Oops I just reread article so perhaps insert Abbe-Lyn instead of Abbe due to their collaboration together on this colour.
The new paint is the exact color of the Abraham Darby rose from David Austin. What about something like “Briar Rose” or “Roses in June”?
I like Poppy or Summer Sunset
My immediate thought was “Barn Door”,
but I think “Sunset” or “Sunrise” would also be excellent
Absolutely love this color, now trying to figure out what I could paint this color in my home. As I type this I’m looking at some of my hydrangeas that have dried on the bush………. What about Dried Antique Hydrangea…………….Antique Gas Can………Weathered Barn Door……….Old Rooster Comb……..no matter what name you choose, I love it! Still working on my little table with your French Enamel and getting ready to start with the Ironstone, I love it so far, but this is definitely a learning process for me!
Misty McIntosh
This is not a color I use in decorating but as I was reading this, I looked down and was wearing the exact shade of coral shorts!
Here are some ideas:
Sand Hill Plum
Santa Rosa Beach
Santa Rosa
Old Florida
Seaside
Coral Cove
Beach Plum
I could go on, what fun to brainstorm! Good luck choosing a name! I love all your color names so I am sure you will pick the perfect one.
Anne
How about Rusty Wheelbarrow or Crab Shack Coral?
Blushing bride
Blushing cherry
“Coral Belle’s Delight” for your new color
This reminds me of the rooftops in my view out my window when I was serving a mission in Lille, France. And since I didn’t get to name my little girl “Lille” like I wanted to, I vote for
Lille
or
French Rooftop
I have some snapshots from my mission to show you what I mean when….I mean “if” you pick my name.
What about “All Dolled Up” as you have watermarked? It makes me think of the color of lipstick, and getting all dolled up 🙂
“Frock”
or “Ribbon”
The minute I saw this color, the name came to me….First Blush!
Bittersweet Sunset
Faded Melon
English Garden.
It’s the name of a type of apricot blend roses.
How about antique rose?
Midwest sunrise
Wild rose
Harvest
Sundried berry
Cobblestone
Rosa’s pot – it remind’s me of the Southwest.
How about papaya
Antique Barnwood
Blushed Barnwood
Sunset Barnwood
A beautiful color for sure!!
Antique Coral
“VINTAGE BRICK”
This paint color reminds me of the era when we weren’t spoiled with modern conveniences. Men and women worked sun up till sun down to provide the necessities of life for their families. I think of the old brick homes that the men spent hours mixing clay, moulding the clay, then drying and burning the moulds to make sturdy bricks. I think of the women then turning their sturdy brick house onto a home with fresh flowers, hot meals, and putting out their best table linens for company. This is why “VINTAGE BRICK” would make a great name for the line to pay tribute to the hard working hands of this era.
how about Coralicious? Because it is Coralicious!!
Beautiful olor, id call it “Bouquet”.
when I ‘googled’ coral, one of the first things that cropped up was website…. “Touch of Luxe” and a picture of Eva Longoria in a beautiful coral dress.
Also reminds me of gala apples…but truth be told, it is coral.
Cajun shrimp…since I was born and raised in Louisiana!!!
Coral Beach
Antique Coral
Vintage Coral
Coralladie
Coral vintage
Coral Dream
Coral Creek
Coral Springs
Thks!
Olde School-looks like the worn red of an old school house
“Stroller”
My little sister had an old metal doll stroller she toted our pregnant cat in to see the vet that lived down our street when she was about 8. Where there was still paint, the stroller was this color, along with a cracked plastic seat with a tiny 40’s graphic print. The cat loved it!
This color name might also associate with warm strolls through the yard sales and salvage shops we all enjoy so much!
My vote is “Stroller” !
I am leaning towards PRIMITIVE CORAL, OR CAROLINA CORAL AND FINALLY RUSTIC CORAL.
Reminds me of the colors of south Florida. I would call it “Palm Beach”
Duck Sauce (sorry, I love Duck Sauce & it definitely is the same color as my fave brand)
California Poppy
Prickly Pear (the fruit, not the cacti itself)
I’m thinking cosmetics and wine …. A delicious combo!
1. Perfect blush
2. Blush kissed
3. Zinfandel’s blush
4. Sunset
5. Blush night
6. Garden sunset
Hope this helps… Kathryn
It’s a beautiful color. Since you have wonderful memories of Germany….how about Aged Korallen (using the German word for coral.)
The lovely color reminds of Tuscany with white white washed villas with that color shutters with pots of colorful flowers. i would call it Coralline shutters or Coralline earth.
Flamingo Dance
Warm Rhubarb
Warm Rhubarb Cobbler
Watermelon Slush
Sweet Peach Tea
School House Brick
Coho Bay (salmon)
Chinook Bay (salmon)
thistle
heirloom tomato
coral reef
coral belle
red robin
coral charm
tomato bisque
old world tile
miss m’s coral charm
coral zinnia
coral blush
LOVE this color!!
makes me think pomegranate that is worn through time and fading. Hence, Worn pomegranate.
How about “French Ticking”? The color reminds me of well-loved and faded red ticking striped fabric. It’s a classic fabric that I think fits right into your design aesthetic and would play nicely with your other paint color names 🙂
Faded Wagon
Worn Brick
Watermelon Ice
Love it!
Summer sunset
Yum Yum Watermelon
Orange Sherbet
coral primorosa
Gosh this is a gorgeous color!
How about …
Birdhouse
Winter Berries
Rosehip
Rain Barrel
October Leaves
Cape Cod Sunset
Front Porch
Coral Brooch because you thoughtfully name your colors for objects we all are familiar with and whose color we recognize. This is the color of a lovely vintage pin set with polished coral from the sea.
Primrose
Weathered Shingle
Awning
Book Binding
Raggedy Anne
Faded Glory
Dried Petal
Blush Petal
Sunset Glow
Wild Flower
Faded terra cotta
Vintage coral brooch
Cowslip coral
Faded flower
Grandmothers rouge
The color is absolutely…..Crab Feast! Sitting around a table with Kraft paper, Old Bay, and sand between your toes, contemplating…the first bite. You maybe be thinking Salted Salmon or Rusty Fence Post, but, Crab Feast conjures a visual that mistakes it for no other color.
One more.
Today we wear “blush” My grandmother used to put on “rouge” which she had in a little (milk glass?) pot and it was just this color so…. Rouge!
All dolled up
Jenabbe Coral
Genevieve
How about Tractor? kind of reminds me of the color of the old Alice Chalmer tractor that Grandpa Bias had on his farm. Ask your Dad, he’ll remember.
How about Shrimp Cocktail?
Opa’s rug. It looks a lot of the color of the rug from your opa’s house
This one has my vote – it’s special and it DOES look like Opa’s rug.
Mmm Coral Reef?
Lovely colour.
One of the colors used to describe vintage coral beads is “angel skin coral” – that is one idea…
The other is “terracotta.”
Thanks!
Dorene Essex Stander
Bandana
Cayenne Pepper is what it looks like to me 😉 But I would just call it Cayenne. It’s gorgeous!
Old Faded Barn?
or
Sunburn!
Ha ha I am that color right now coming home from vacation!
I look at it and see a faded old schoolhouse out in the country. So, “Schoolhouse” is my guess!
Like you I have a lot of blue. I’ve never hard anything coral.
It’s really a pretty color. Reminds me of –
butternut squash-
antique bricks- and
I have a beautiful zinnia take same color.
Maybe one on these names would work!
Here are a couple that come to mind:
Adobe (after your trip, you’ll understand)
Conch (as in the shell)
I do like Rouge as Michele said. For myself, it immediatly made me think of the blooms on our quince bush, so I’m throwing Quince in the hat. Color is so personal, isn’t it?
I was thinking of coral and how it comes from the ocean..so I thought “Nautilus Red.”
I found a picture that almost matches the color exactly…http://compare.ebay.com/like/271210776289?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar
It reminds me of vintage embroideries. In fact, I have a vintage handkerchief just that color!
My suggestion is Embroidery.
Sailor’s Sunset
Bittersweet Berry
Reminds me of Nana’s Rhubarb
I was thinking that coral reminded me of the ocean (as in coral at the bottom) and that it’s like the color of a nautilus shell…
So my suggestion would be Nautilus Red
Old Mill … reminds me of the old textile mills allover New England and points south , or Clay Pots … lined up on Canadian windowsills and stoops
why not VINTAGE CORAL? You love the VINTAGE colors and this is in the VINTAGE line of all the colors you love. I do like this shade and can think of many names but a simple name will be best. Distressed Coral, Simply Coral, Old Coral, French Coral, Coral Sweater,Poppy Coral,Shades of Coral,Summer Coral, but my fave is MILK SHADE CORAL! Being that you carry the Milk Shades, just name it that! Who would forget that name, MILK SHADE CORAL, after all, people are buying the Milk Paint, aren’t they?:)
Reminds me of fall colors Fall Greetings.
Indian Paintbrush. It reminds me of the fading blooms in Texas as spring rolls into a long, hot summer!
I love coral!
Rosebud
Tea Rose
Reef
Redbreast (like Robin’s redbreast)
Georgia clay
Dungeness (like the crab)
New beginnings – in honor of the sunrise/beautiful colors (to include this one) that greet us each new day………
Reminds me of pie, and sunsets!
Rhubarb Pie
Siesta Sunset
It is a lovely, happy color!
My initial reaction was, “That looks just like a Coral Sunset.” Beautiful color!
I know it’s not a true pink, but the first thing that came to mind was “flamingo”!!
It reminds me of “Ruby Red Grapefruit.”
Ohhhhh, that color is so pretty! I have a couple ideas:
Toile de Jouy
Faded Brick
Opa’s Rug
Cameo (some of my favorite pieces of jewelry are cameos with the pretty coral background)
Tool Box (like a beautiful old red tool box)
Or you could just be direct and use the French translations of red (rouge) or coral (corail)
Windburn. or Baby cheeks. Lots of great names.
Faded Buoy
Rose Quartz
Smoked Salmon
Sangria
Horizon Coral
Tequila Sunrise
Hollyhock….it reminds me of the cottage garden Hollyhocks.
It looks to be the color of flowers on the hesperaloe parviflora from the desert Southwest; hence, I propose Hesperaloe.
Weathered Zinnia. My favorite summer flower! Which by the way look great in blue mason jars
I would also vote for Courtney’s name “faded buoy,”
Roasted Red Pepper
The color reminds me of the vegetarian recipes you sometimes post. Particularly the grilled veggies
It just struck me, isn’t this the color of the pears on your place setting of your banner photo?
Opa’s rug
Oma’s rouge
Sanibel Sunset
I would say its like a “Dried Rose” soft but very warm
Opa’s rug 2nd choice
Oma’s rouge 1st choice
Sanibel Sunset
It reminds me of the color of sumac, so…Sumac!
Old flower- Coral Bell
Name the paint- conch shell breeze
Rusty Rose
Rust Petal
how about Country Evening Sunset or Country Sunset or Sunset Skies…. it reminds me of the color at sunset while sitting on the front porch with my sweet tea, of course!
Sunset
Lipstick
Sunset promise
it looks like the same colour as vintage, coral, melamine tableware…. so “Melamine”….
At first I saw it as an Antique rose but on second thought it is a definitely “Watermelon”. Perfect on hot sunny day.
Caribbean Coral. Reminds me of the coral I have seen while snorkeling in the Caribbean.
Beautiful color – reminds me of vintage copper molds like you have hanging from your pot rack!
Abbe-Lynn Coral
Rose Petal
I like just plain ole’ “Coral”… but what about “Shell” (as in seashell… coral…)
Tuscan Pink
Terra Cotta Pots
Shrimp Ettoufee
Coral Sunrise
Coral Sunset
Persimmon Smoothie
Thought of a few more … Azalea, Aged Azalea, Azalea Bloom. Thank you for this awesome opportunity!
My suggestion is Autumn leaf.
Pinched Cheeks 🙂
I’m feeling ruffles, like ruffled pillow shams. Ruffles are girly and so is pink! This is a beautiful shade, by the way!
So, I’m not good at naming things, but “Ruffled Pink” is my suggestion.
Seashell Bisque…….I love this color!
Adobe.
Adobe bricks are made from loamy clay, and clay is often a soft orangy red. Adobe is one of the “greenest” traditional building materials of the southwest…perfect for the name of a natural and “green” type of paint.
Coral Breeze sounds really pretty to me.
Love your blog Marian
Kim
It reminds me of the colors of the Grand Canyon as the sun sets…so I say canyon sky!
How about clay pot, pumpkin spice, or dried bittersweet? Mary
I just had another thought, how about “Starfish”? Not the white ones you use, but they sometimes have that orange/peach/pink color to them and I know you love your starfish 🙂
It’s a beautiful color! It made me think of the roses on those black, vintage, tole-painted trays. So my suggestion is Tole Rose.
Call it: Miss Bessie’s Lipstick
Makes me think of one of the great, adored, very old ladies in the church, with beautiful porcelain skin, wonderful blue-gray hair, (fixed weekly at the beauty shop!) pearls adorning her softly aging neckline, a smile that lights up everyone she greets, and such lovely coral lips!!
(I love the color, by the way!!)
I like persimmon- What about Abbe’s Persimmon?
I have a few.
Adams Clove or Teaberry – The moment I saw this color it reminded me of 2 old time chewing gum wrappers After a quick internet search Clove gum (clove flavored gum) was made by the Thomas Adams Company. I was thinking Adams Clove for Adams County, PA and the creator of the gum. If that is too specific for trademark reasons then I also like Teaberry (which is a plant with edible berries sometimes used to make tea)
Pennsylvania Clay (as in soil but also since you are from PA and there is a town called Clay in PA )
Hum…as I speak French and because this color remind me of peonia, I would suggest : pivoine.
Wheelhouse 🙂
How about ENGLISH ROSE???
Pretty color!!
Leah
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Well, it reminds me of that darker blush of color on a peach, so how about Peach Blush. 🙂
What a beautiful color!
And like you there is nothing that I own that is this color but after seeing this table I’m wondering why!!
There are so many great suggestions I think I’ll throw a few in the ring myself….
Copper Pot (like the ones in your kitchen!)
Low Country Coral
Southern Comfort Coral
Weather Vane
Wagon Wheel
Whiskey Barrel
Can’t wait to see what you choose!!!
My top three name choices
#1. Smitten for needlepoint
#2. Dollhouse Dreams
#3. Morning Sunrise
What about cherry blossom?
Sweet Adobe
Costal Coral
Blushed Pear???
Leah: )
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Coral reef
When I was a kid their was a paint colour for Chevy car. Maybe 57s and I think it was called bittersweet and that was coral
Orange wannabe
Tool shed
Miss Mustard Seed……..I just have to tell you the minds are just churning around, even my husband is chipping in……ok here we go,
UTTER SURPRISE
UTTERLY CORRAL
UTTERLY DELICIOUS
The color reminded me of sunsets – the purples and the pinks that are so breathtaking. So “Sunset Coral”
Opa’s oriental
Peony???
Leah
swtleah@hotmail.com
I think just Reef…if your comfort zone is coastal this covers it!!
PEAR BLUSH!!!
Leah: )
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Faded French Ticking
Looks like Brick Roads…worn and rustic.
Copper kettle coral
Under the Sea
Flower Pot
Updated thought to my earlier comment, “Pennsylvania Schoolhouse”, in reference to your roots
LOVE this color!!! It is reminicent of the color of Grandmother’s “company apron” which she hung proudly on the end of her Hoosier cabinet ( which had knobs/handles this color)!! Funny!
1. Apron strings
2. Company’s coming
3. Hoosier cabinent
Rhubarb Pie
Awesome new color…”ripened peach” or “jeweled coral”
Rouge
Persimmon
Breton
Fiesta Coral
Wood blush
Blushing Bureau
Cheeky
Nana’s rouge
Love bucket
My suggestion would be “Coral Belle”.
Oma’s Rug
Reef
Sunset
Baby’s blush
I think this will be a very popular color, no matter what you call it!
Rhubarb Pie, my grandmothers favorite dessert!
Just left a comment about a color, and looked at my flower pots outside…it’s the color of my salmon geranium….”geranium”
I think you are the winner! Geranium, the perfect name!
My first thought was “Oklahoma Sunset ” but you aren’t from OKlahoma so that probably wouldn’t work. (But we have incredible coral sunsets-looking at one now.).
My husband said, “grandma’s apron.”
We also like Coral-Belle, Necterine. Or Peach Soda cause it looks like Peach Nehi!
And if you need a story, I can give you one on each of these.
How about Coral Cove?
Rusty Love
Infrared sunset !
Coastal Dahlia
Geat color…..sunset in the Caribean comes to mind and so the name has to be Cora Bells… PERFECT!!!!
Coral Clay
seaside coral
Coral geranium
Sunset
It reminds me of the nautical red that is popular in Nantucket – so I would say Nantucket or Nantucket Red.
Vintage Coral
Salmon Coral
Golden Coral
Moroccan Coral
Coral Birch
Pink Milk Glass
Pink Depression Glass
Poppy
Roe
Melon
Coronation (it’s a depression glass pattern)
Windsor Pink Depression Glass
Dogwood
I would call it smoked salmon. it has to somewhat reflect the color, doesn’t it? otherwise you could just name your colors after your kiddos….
Adding to our previous comment – peach fizz because we are still thinking about that Nehi. Do they even make that flavor any more?
Coral Bell or Peach Blush
This gorgeous color evokes memories of lazy days diving the reefs while consuming the dazzling colors on display. So for me the color can only be REEF BLUSH.
heather 🙂
So many great suggestions but “Nana’s Rouge” is really cute!
Opa’s Blush… in honor and memory of your Grandmother. I have enjoyed hearing stories about her home and the memories attached to pieces she owned. What a blessing to have had her in your life!
Popsicle
Penny candy
Hula hoop
petticoat….
I also love the name coral belle suggested above because it would be a perfect name for a cow and reminds me of you collection of paintings.
Now, I love this color and want to get some right away…but isn’t this about the same color as your sewing machine? lol!
So, how bout “Sewing Machine”? 🙂
LOL…pretty darn close. It’s prettier, though. Ha! 🙂
This color reminds me of something rusted.
*Rusted Roof
*Rusty Barn
*Farmhouse Rust
*Rain Gutter Rust
It is such a rich beautiful color. Can’t wait to use it!
brick pathway..
I think Sunset is perfect – no matter where you live! I also loved the lady who said Oma’s RUG, Either one….
Caught my type-o just as soon as I hit enter!
Oma’s blush is what I meant to say… 🙂
good one.
Sunset Hue
Clay pot
Lipstick! :+)
Hot Haven
old country barn
cinnamon stick
comfort zone coral
costal coral
Faded Glory
Okay, I promise this will be my last recommendation! One translation of YOUR name is “From the Sea”, which is where coral comes from! Or you could just call it “Marian” or even the medeival “Maid Marian”! I will try my best to make these three names my last recommendations but this is just so much fun!!
terra cotta
Sun Bleach Barn
Faded Glory
Cheek
Red Barn
My suggestion is “Country Coral”
Brick Path
Sunburn!
The new color is beautiful, it reminds me a of a shade you might see in a breath-taking sunrise or sunset so my first two ideas are along those mines: Coral Sunrise or Coral Sunset
Or how about Coral Blush or Cora Belle?
Earth Angel
Burlap rose
Watermelon grey
Udder
Porch swing
Rocking chair
Zinnia
Summer bloom
Gerber daisy
Blushing geisha, salmon sunset, crushed ginger, cnidarians
Coral Cameo (reminds me of the vintage coral cameo ladies 🙂
Read this post while coming down rt 30 near the battlefield…. Late August Sunset…I swear the sun was the same warm glowing shade.
Betsy, I was JUST thinking of bricks! It does have that baked-clay look of brick, like my Grandmother Mildred’s patio in St. Louis. It also reminds me of the faded colors in farm landscapes.
So my suggestions are
Pink Patio
Old Barn
Farm Tractor
This was fun! Let’s play again! 🙂
Vintage Blush or Chippy Mango or Vintage
cantaloupe, coral cantaloupe, bittersweet, bittersweet coral
I was going to suggest “Sunset”, but several others have, too. What about:
Gingham
…or burlap blush
Beautiful color – reminds me of the inside of a papaya. So my suggestion is Papaya
Flamingo
Sunset
Reminds me of some flowers in my garden called Coral Bells. Pretty color.
Or just Cameo 🙂
Coral fiesta
Grandma’s Rose Garden
Cabbage rose
Fireside
After glow
Baby doll
Cardigan
Candlelight
Flower
I love the color and your paints and your website and tutorials and……:)
So this lovely color shall (in my opinion) be named “Cottage Coral”
Blessings to you!
Coral sunset, or flamingo rose! Whatever you choose to call it, I LOVE it!!
“Sweet Potato Pie” … Cooling on a windowsill … on a Summer’s day!
Well, Miss Marion, if it’s out of your wheelhouse…how about
Wheelhouse Coral…
or knowing how you like natural things
Natural Coral
or
Fireside Coral
Corabelle…a nice cow name.;)
“watermelon blush”……refreshing, subtle, beautiful….
Good luck making a choice……Just glad that’s your job!
: )
Coneflower
How about Chicken Coop Coral?
Seersucker
Picnic Cloth
Bowtie
Ticking
Fresh Melon
Lighthouse Red
Gingham
Pinwheel
Nana’s Quilt
Woven Rug
Needlepoint
Sailor’s Knot
Peony
Watermelon
Coral Reef. I see that there is a coral reef in Coral Cavern, Pa.
I have several suggestions:
Watermelon Sorbet
Cora-Bell ( Because it is in the coral family 🙂
Cora- Lee
Misty Sunset
Petal
Strawberry Shortcake
Sweet Strawberry
Penelope Rose
Sherbet
Sea Shell or Sea Conch
Abbe’s blush
Bosc pear
Tomato
The color is beautiful and it reminds me of the vintage cameos you see with that deep coral color behind it. so Cameo seems very suiting, also what comes to mind is the vintage pyrex that color, but i don’t know a name for it.
Baby Boy Lips
Kittie’s Nose
Pucker Up
Melon-choly
Boy Kisses
Gettysburg Rose
Carrot Cake
First Blush
Love the color! How about Sundress, Porch Swing, Zinnia, Tabby Cat or Bartlett Pear?
Biblical names-
Ramoth- hebrew for coral
Virtuous
Virtuous woman
She is worth more than coral….
Reminds me of pink Hawaiian peonies so what about Faded Peony?
Coraline with a long i. It’s a pretty old fashioned vintagey name. I can just imagine a woman named Coraline in the 1800’s walking on those beautiful rolling Gettysburg hills.
First Crush – since this is the color of blushing cheeks when youth and a crush collide! Or just Crush……
Sunset at Sea
Cottage
In honor of Abbe’s new exciting journey with you!
LOVE the color! Considering your current names, and that they reflect things about your life and what you work with, it was tough!
1. Clay Pot
2. Dried Pepperyberry
3. Kiss me Koral (you know, for when you’re feeling romantic with your hubby, wink)
4. Heirloom Rose
5. Garden Rose
6. Roseblush
7. Rosebush
8. Sunkissed (like when you get a slight red from an almost sunburn)
9. Painted toes ( would you please make this in an Essie polish!)
10. Pouty lip
O.K. That was fun! I hope you cjoose one of mine! I would LOVE to receive your paint package prize!!
Liberty
Barn Door
Adobe Clay
Rose Tea
Carnation??
Leah
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“Apricot Salsa” … Looks Totally Yummy!
Grandma’s Rouge or Grandma’s lipstick
Great Blog so informative! I think color should be Pink Petunia, or just Petunia:)
I would call it “Heuchera” because it is the same colour as the coral bells in my garden.
Day Lily
Peach Tea
Smoked Wild Alaska Salmon
Sweet Sixteen Blush
Kona Sunset
Rosy Cheek
Secret Path
Vintage Rouge
Sweet Nectar
Sugar Bowl
Coral gables! When is it ready? I have a project that’s been waiting for this color!
Rusted Rose 🙂
Terra Coral
Poppy Feilds or Dutch Tulip
INDIAN SUMMER
paprika
Beach Coral
Sun dried tomato
Canyon or Carolina Clay
I say Mello Melon. It looks very southern, and melons are definitely a southern thing.
Butternut.
Indian summer
Red grapefruit
Clay pot
Sunset
Bittersweet. I LOVE the color!
Poppy
Garden beet red
Cabochon
Rosehips or persimmon
Bleached barn
Tired tractor
Carousel horse
County fair
Sealing wax
This is so fun!!!!
Cobblestone
Queen Anne
Heirloom
Tea Cup
Poppy Fields
Sweet Summer Watermelon
At our house, this is the shade we call “Pink Blankie” pink, after my 13-year-old daughter’s well-loved, crocheted baby blanket.
Miss Mustard See might want to try:
Coxcomb
or
Vintage Tractor
or
Pinto Bean
Momma Needs A Cocktail
Fresh Grapefruit
Sweet Poppy, what a pretty color, I have poppies this color…..that’s what I thought of when I first saw it
Early Persimmon
Steamed Crabs
Chesapeake
Lobster Roe
Granted I’m looking at this color on a computer screen, but it sure does look like the background color on Opa’s rug to me! I opened both pictures side by side on my ipad and they look so close. How about “Opa’s Rug”? Or something commemorating your grandparents? Maybe even just “Opa’s House”? Maybe you would be surprised by the peeks of coral you do have in your home!
Coral Transferware or Coral China
Faded Autumn.
I would call it coral gables : ) it remainds me of Miami so tropical a lot people paint their homes down there is probably because is such a happy color : )
Rust Patina
Soft dusk
Antique rosé
Tuscan Rose
Sundown
Florence sunset
Coral Bell
Faded Barn
Withered Geranium
How about Barn Door? (it reminds me of barn red color)
Seaside Salmon or Coral Reef.
My girls think this color should be called….Carmella or Poppy/garden poppy
Papaya
Melon ball
Sea shell
It reminded me of the rug, wallpaper, flowers in the china, and needlepoint at your Oma’s house. I think Oma’s Accent or Oma’s blush.
A really beautiful color.
Sailboat
Row house
maple leaf
crab cake
Rusted Sign
🙂
Love the colour, no matter the name, but it reminds me of the beautiful early fall colour of my maple trees….
Have fun picking
Wendy
Rhubarb
or
Nantucket Reds
Rhubarb. That’s what it reminds me of..
Flamingo
Cameo
Nana’s Cameo
Azalea
Summer melon
Melonberry
Sunkissed
Canyon
Conch
Sweet tea
Summer peony
Strawberry Peach
Georgia Peach
Marian Mango
I think “Sunset” would be a great name- it looks like the Texas sunset I saw tonight!!!
Persimmon.
Sea Reef or Barrier Reef
This color is similar to your new sewing machine you wrote about in a post back in June so how about naming your new paint color “sewing machine”?
I was thinking the same way as Anna. The color looks exactly like the colors in your Opa’s antique wool rug. So my name suggest is “OPA” or maybe something that uses Opa & plays off the rug…. Opa’s Teppich.
there are so many great suggestions already ! here are a few that came to my mind…
-September Sunset
-Cameo Coral
-Coral Crown
-Coral Kiss
-Worn Wool Rug
-Foxy Lady
and taking advantage of your love for cows :)….
-Udderly Devoted
-Udderly Irresistable
-In Udder Words
-Udderly in Love
-Udderly Sweet
I don’t envy you making this decision but I’m sure you’ll find one that’s just perfect! Good luck and thanks for this opportunity!
I don’t know what to call it. All I know is that I love it and want some!
Red Anjou (pear)
Summer Sunset
Sunbleached Barnwood (or sunbleached barn)
Faded Tractor
Color me Poppy
Indian coral
Mattie’s China Love the color and looks just like a china pattern color I’ve seen
How about Prairie Rose
Hollyhock
How about “oma rose”. It reminds me of the pink i saw in the antique rug you got from your oma/opa house.
Cora’s Apron… ‘Cora’ sounds like “coral” and was the name of a character on The Waltons (can’t get much more vintage than that!), AND, everyone use to wear aprons, “back in the day”.
INDIAN PAINTBRUSH { I’m from Texas 🙂 }
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Sunrise
Orange Punch
Autumn Blush
Second-hand Rose
Nectarine
Mai Tai
Weathered Coral
Cameo
Pink grapefruit
Just plain “grapefruit”!
Rhubarb pie, strawberry rhubarb
Peach pie
Peach tart
marian’s muse or england/english sunset
Persimmon
Or maybe raspberry
Innocence, blushed, autumn glow, poppy
Luscious Peach Seed
Charismatic Coral
Summer blush
Abilene Sunset
Abilene is a bit of a play on combining Abbe and Jennylyn and a Texas sunset could be coral.
It looks lovely, Marian. I like the “Rhubarb” suggestion.
🙂
Julie M.
Flamingo Feet 🙂
Cape Coral
Coral Sunset
Sailor’s Delight
Autumn leaves
Summer sunset
Coral comfort
Summer sherbet
Watermelon
Coral Springs
Coral Hibiscus
Hibiscus Bloom
Coral Sunset
Good Luck in choosing one!
Peach Honey. I made peach honey for the first time this summer, and it is exactly that color!
It reminds me of the color of a cameo pendant my grandmother had, so I think it should be ‘Cameo necklace’.
Darn! I see someone else already said cameo. How about pomegrante?
Siesta Sunset!
Been eating a lot of it lately…looks like Watermelon to me!
It reminds me of two things. One is a gelatin dish my grandmother used to make, but I don’t think Jello Mold is a good name. But it also reminds me of some of her jewelry. We called her Mia, so my first submission is Mia’s Coral Ring. My second submission would be her real name –Dorothy.
— Mia’s Coral Ring
— Dorothy
Thank you!
Passion
Rustic Rose
Coral Gables
Flame
Comfort
Abbe’s Bliss
Antique Watermelon Pink
Almost Red
i like a paint name where it gives me an idea of the color…it is essential…how about southwest sunset or cantaloupe…even santa fe
indian summer, warm persimmon,
Watermelon Tourmaline
Salmon Run! 🙂
Steamed Crab
Rhubarb Pie
The very first thing I thought of was “Petticoat”. I had a gorgeous, antique petticoat that was this very color when I was a little girl. It was amazing. The color was amazing. Petticoat….that’s the name.
how about
Terracotta ,
terracotta pot.
looks like that to me…
Persimmon
Miss Rosie’s Clay Pot
Sedona red
Or
Keys coral
Perfect Persimmon
It’s beautiful on this little table. The color is so fresh yet subtle. I have been searching for a color for a vintage dresser. Think I’ve found it!!!! Here are the names I thought of when I saw it.
Sunrise Coral
Baby Lips Coral
Seashell
Good luck choosing the name. Love your blog and tutorial…fabulous.
Country coral
Old rose
Cow’s tongue
Honeycrisp
Heartfelt
or Passion
Since you put both of those things into all you do.
Flamingo
Honeysuckle (Coral Honesuckle)
Cameo
Peach Fuzz
Merchant’s Cart
Coral bells
Radish
Pomegranate
Pink lady
Coral flame
Peony
Coral sunset
Adobe brick
Tangerine Fizz
I would call it any one of these names:
Blush
Watermelon Sorbet
Petunia
Vintage Hollyhock
Coral Charm
Pale Geranium
don’t know if i’ve ever commented before but this color reminds me so much of the earth, the soil here in my home state of alabama. it is just the color of our “red clay”. what a lovely name for a paint color too! red clay!
Wheelhouse Coral
Wheelhouse Sunset
Hibiscus
Comfort Coral
Coral Cafe
Coral Branch
Sweet Coral
Coral Glow
Love this color!!!!!!!!!
Salmon
Fresh Fruit
Love it! My 2 names are
Geranium
or
Gerbera Daisy
Clay pot
Nectarine
Hibiscus
Persimmon
Aunt Coral, or Auntie Coral.
Nostalgic Subset
Lox
Carnelian
spiced pear
Oxidation. A warn barn from the Virginia Hills. These are my colors and looking forward to using this color. Glad to see more colors from the wheel!
Saffron
Redwood, persimmon, vintage brick teracotta, weathered brick
I couldn’t think up anything as awesome as typewriter but the color does resemble VINE MAPLE.
I meant
Nostalgic Sunset
setting sun
sorbet
shrimp bisque
Coral Sands
Coral gable
Marian’s melon
sassafras tea
I love this color!!! I would name it – CAJUN SHRIMP
Sweet Potato
Dutch Tulip
Faded Poppy
Faded Flower Pot
Brass Band (rose)
Bronze Mum
Ginger Snap
Auntie Coral’s Pajamas…or Apron. I’m partial to my jammies, but that’s just me. Good luck with this one. Great suggestions so far!
One more…..Majolica
Fading Sun. Faded Sun. Sunset. It’s looks like it could have as many variations as a sunset. It is a beautiful color!
Berry Hill
Front porch
Pink champagne
French champagne
Gettysburg rouge
In my order of preference from last to first:
3) Not Your Average Mustard Seed
2) Grandma’s Wagon
1) Barn Door (Reminds me of the barns we passed driving through my home state of Ohio)
Coral Brooch
Gooseberry Love
Coral reef
As soon as I seen this the name RUSTIC BLUSH came to mind. I’m not a “pinky” kind of girl either but it’s a great color!
I’m not even going to attempt to see if anyone else came up with this name is it’s WELL over 1,000 comments at this point….I hope I win though. 😀
Shrimp
Rustic sunset
Coral Cameo
Vintage wagon. The color really reminds me of an old wagon I had as a child! 🙂
Test
Peachy Keen
French Cameo…
Tucsan Sun
Strawberry Stampede
Southern Sunset
Pocket full of posies
Fuzzy peach
Sun-ripened peaches
Candied fruit
Heirloom tomato
firework
Grandma’s rose
Sliced Watermelon
Trumpet vine
Country comfort
Good luck hope you find some name inspiration!
How about… ‘Sunset coral”
Raspberry Sorbet
I would suggest : vintage persimmon
not sure if anyone said this yet but tangerine or cabana
Or maybe even Rusty Wagon! ^^^^^
Oh, what a beautiful color! Good luck with picking–lots of good suggestions! I think GETTYSBURG SUNRISE may fit in well with your other color names 🙂 Thanks for letting us share in the fun!
Hmmm. I’m thinking:
1. Sonrise (reference to both the color of sunrise, and the risen Christ)
2. Coraline
3. Adobe Peach
4. Summer Rose
5. Melonball
6. Anjou Coral (since you seem to like red pears :))
7. Tigerlily
Coralina
Wheelbarrow, the color reminds me of my dad’s over 40 year old wheelbarrow.
Apricot Ribbon
Coral Ribbon
Apricot Lace
Coral Lace
Apricot Cobbler
Apricot Pie
Coral Beads
Coral Vase
Oops. Tuscan Sun
If the colors on my monitor are not off I would say that you do have some of that color in your home now. There appears to be a good amount of warm coral in OPA’S RUG.
Salmon….that color is yummy!
Beautiful color!
Would you consider:
Antique Terra Cotta
Vintage Terra Cotta
Antique Clay Pot
Vintage Clay Pot
Antique Clay Tile
Vintage Clay Tile
Good Luck!
Love the new colors!
My name suggestions would be:
1. Sandi’s Shrimp Bisque
2. Conch Shell
3. Coral Azalea
4. Mom’s Lipstick
How about …..country rose. It’s understated. It’s warm and welcoming.
For some reason, Louisa just keeps coming to mind. I keep picturing antique photographs with the slightly pink/coral lips on the woman.
copper pot
copper kettle
windmill rust
tea time
table top
tea cozy
stained glass
peace rose
fireplace brick
well worn book cover
homespun rust
homespun clay
clay brick
clay hill
dish towel
terracotta pot
paprika
cinnamon
copper patina
Little Coral Wagon
In keeping with the countrified theme, how about either just “Rhubarb” or “rhubarb jam” . If you have ever seen stewed rhubarb it is that exact colour! I also like flamingo feather.
Good luck, the colour is stunning!!
I love your new color. My name would be old copper pot or copper pot. I noticed that you have one hanging in your beautiful new kitchen. My other thought was Sweet Persimmon, from a childhood experience!
Bittersweet
Dry Sink
Porcelain Baby Doll
Coral Hoosier
Vintage Bonnet
Coral McCoy
Poppy. Poppy like the flower, and it’s your pop of color in the collection of grays and blues.
Well i thought a few of the items from your Opa’s house looked like they had this color (rug, dish, paneling behind deer head) so I think….Opa’s House!
I adore this color. It reminds me of multiple things
Blushing apricot
Southern soil
Red Paprika
It’s very festive. Can not wait to get my hands on it!
Old Rooster
Faded Suprise Lily
Faded barn Door
Dirty Pig
Lol….I think I like Dirty Pig the best of the above. Good luck choosing a name.
Peony Gift
Shared Rose
Wise Barn
It looks like the color of Oma and Opa wool rug.
sunrise
Gettysburg Sunset
Mustard Glazed Salmon
Vintage Coral
And of course, every little boys favorite, “Strawberry Milk”!!
Lobster
Or what about paprika!!
There are so many amazing suggestions on the fb page too that I jus saw! How will you choose!?! Haha
Flamingo!
Dusty Rose
Coral Gable
Coral Dusk
Sunset
Coral Key
Coral Canyon
How about Canyon Sunset? Or even Canyon Coral? It reminds me of some of the colors of the Grand Canyon…
Ok, here’s what I’ve come up with:
Peach Trellis
Color Me Coral
Apricot Blush
Vintage Carousel
Mandarin Fizz
Vintage Terracotta
Coral Ruffles
Poppy Sunset
Tea Rose Trellis
Apricot Lane
Persimmon Sunset
Coral of the sea
Charismatic Coral
Wow, so many great names! Meditating on the color, makes me think of old time Jello…. or
Lipstick
Cayman Coral
Morning Light
Peony
Twilight Glow
Faded Wheelbarrow
Grandma’s broach
My grandma had a broach with a carved rose made of coral.
In the victorian era women considered coral jewelry to be a symbol of good health and vitality. I dont have any coral in my house but Untreated antique coral It is a beautiful antique stone. So here are my names for the color,
Antique Coral
Angel Skin
Oxblood coral
Copper pot
Copper kettle
Grand Canyon rose
Petal
Rosy cheeks
Autumn rose
Arizona clay
New penny
Berry jam
Conch shell
Pomegranate
Vintage berry
Pink hydrangea
Macaroon!!! Looks like those beautiful French cookies 🙂
Actually, that should be Macaron. 😉
Sunset Saltillo…as in the tile…I had it in my home at one time and it is very similar in color. Good luck with your contest…you have so many good names to choose from!
Navajo Coral
Hi to Amy Jupin from another Alabama girl! We’re looking forward to welcoming you to Pike Road, AL in October Miss Marion.
I like Any’s Red Clay, and Nancy Walker’s Cajun Shrimp, but somehow I’m seeing LADYBUG ! Hope it’s available @ Pike Road!
Mermaid coral
Oma”s Heriz (that’s the kind of rug you got from her
Persimmon pudding
Coral reef
Seafood Salmon
Salmon pink
Persimmon Heriz
Oma’s carpet
Coral bracelet
“pink petticoat”
How about Summer Watermelon?
How about ” rusty reef”.
I’m going to the Grand Canyon next week and Sedona..so I’ve got red rocks on my mind. I think Canyon Red sounds so hearty and good!
Cape Coral (I just HAD to)
Trumpet Vine (love this color)
Poseidon (lived in a coral castle, who knew?)
Coral Cavern (in Pennsylvania)
Autumn
Maple leaf (in autumn is there anything more beautiful?)
Sunset
Sunrise
Why not just name it OPA. Or OPAS RUG
I think razzmatazz. The color looks like raspberries to me. I like it!
Wow…nice color! How about:
Eraser
Eraser No. 2
Pink Lemonade
Cosmopolitan
Smoked Salmon
Heirloom Tomato…. 🙂
Wow, I’m the 1,120th person to reply! Oh well, might as well give it a try!
Inspired Red
Marian, I know that you’re describing the color as coral, but it looks red to me, so that’s why I’m calling the color “inspired.” Also, the name is a take-off on your book, “Inspired You.”
OHHH. So many good ones to choose from…
It reminds me of faded barn siding so how about
Faded Barn
Also looks like cows nose so…
Eulalies Nose ( not sure how to spell your cows name)
Have fun picking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coral seashell
Coral umbrella
Vintage coral
Coral sunset
Coral reef
Gelato sunset
Watermelon sorbet
Burnt Sienna!
Maybe–Faded Brick or Dusty Brick or Antiqued Blush…
Beautiful color, “Persimmon”
“Weathered Barn” or “Faded Glory”
Lets see:
Strawberry Blush
Pink Lemonade
Crabapple Blossom
Weathered Barn
Conch shell pink
Wonderful colors!
Her Freckles
Rhubarb Pie
School Eraser
Grandpa’s Garden Pot
My Toile Wallpaper
Coral bell-one of my favorite flowers that came with my house in Missouri
Your a peach!
How about…..
1. Rouge
2. Colorado Clay
3. Flower Pot
4. Poppy Petals
It reminds me of the sunsets on Captiva Island – Charmed Sunset or Peach Sangria
Canyon Sunset
Hopi Clay
Coral Gables
Sonoran Coral
Coral Belles Coralina mystere 50 Shades of Coral Coral Reefs
Breezy coral Geranium Pots
Orange spice
Coral tree
Navajo
Those are my thoughts
🙂
Steel Magnolia
Southern Hibiscus
Hummingbird
Lacey Bonnet
Sweet Tea
Patchwork Quilt
Knitting Needle
Nanny’s Yarn
Stewed Sugar
Salmon Sunrise
“Wildflower”
“poppy fields”
“Oriental poppy”
“Fresh Papaya”
“Sunset glow”
“Rooster”
“Rural Red”
“Coralberry”
“Antoinette”
“Faded Poppy”
Sailor’s Delight!
I was thinking Opa’s House also because it’s similar to the color in the antique rug but I see someone else has already mentioned that. Good Luck.
I love this color! So cute. How about rusty gate.
I would say needlepoint or opa’s rug because both of those heirlooms came from your grandparents home and both have those pretty corals.
Aged patina
Georgia peach
Copper pot
love the color!
sodona ( like the mountains in Arizona)
Faded Rose…Faded Tea Rose…
Blushing School Girls, Painted Ladies, Indian Paintbrush
I know you say it is a coral color but on my screen it looks like that lovely red that only comes from old antique french red linens.
French Red Linen
The color reminds me of the sky as the sun is setting so I’d name it Sweet Hour after the the sweetest time of day to take photos which is just before the sun sets.
“Weathered Tin”
The color reminds me of our old tin barn roof. The rusty, watercolored patina is just beautiful when the sun shines upon it in the late evening as the sun sets.
Coral Comfort
Spanish tile
Nana’s apron
Worn wagon
Heirloom quilt
Water pump
Weathered barn
Grandad’s long johns
Melonade
Oklahoma dust
Rhubarb stain
Rouge pot
Sedona rock
Salmon Mousse
Coral Caboose
Vintage Boat Buoy
Coral Bells
Morning Martini
Watermelon Punch
Coral Reef
Sunset Cocktail
Mermaid Manor
Coral: The New Pink
Petal Punch
– summer blush
– peony
– paprika
– french bouquet
– mild salsa!!!!!
Just a few more before bed 🙂
Cotton Candy
Picnic Blanket
Popsicle
Abbe’s Rose
Cherry Blossom
Thanks for this opportunity!
Poppy
Autumn leaf
Pennsylvania sunset
Wheelhouse… 🙂
Peach pie
Apricot Jam
Coral Cameo
Prairie Sunset
Starfish
Cobblestone
Adobe
Elephant Rock
Arizona – It reminds me of a lovely, red Arizona sunset.
Fresh Poppies
A Pop of Pink
This is Bliss
Summertime Memories
Pink solstice
With Love
autumn glow
gypsy rose
coral crush
tomato bisque
cameo
sunset
and last but not least…. simply shrimp…o.k. least
my husbands perspective!
It reminds me of carnations that children might bring their mother.
So how about “Mother’s Day”
Red coral cameo.
A beautiful color!
Pear Summer Blush
Pear Pink Blush
My Grandmother was such an inspiration to me … She was born and raised in Pennsylvania Dutch country … Her name was Ada … and this shade so reminds me of a Sunday afternoon drive … My Granddad always drove … showing me the cows and horses along the way … while I would catch a glimpse of my Grandmother … riding in the backseat … and how she would clutch her pocketbook and sometimes retrieve her lipstick … So with that precious memory fresh in my mind … of my sweet Grandma Ada from Lancaster, PA. … My final suggestion is “Ada’s Pocketbook”!
Just two more:
Hermit Crab
Rosehip
Antique Carousel!
Forgot this one!
Forgotten Sleigh
Vintage hymnal
Papaya Red
Lipstick
Hello Dolly
Coral Fizz
Retro
Bloom
Blush
Maiden
Maid Marion
Polished Penny
Covered Bridge
Sunset Kissed
Fabulous Coral !!! My husband and I both had visions of a crawfish , crab or lobster bake! With a girly attitude I suggest naming the color. ..She Crab Pink
Copper Pot, named for your gorgeous copper ware hanging in your kitchen.
Or Canyon Clay, in memory of your vacation.
Summer sunset…..
I would go with coral corsage or vintage coral or coral celluloid!
Arizona sunset
Grand Canyon sky
Blushed heirloom
It reminds me of a red color left out in the sun. So, perhaps Old Barn, Faded Wagon or Bleached Barn. Something like that. Such a happy, summery color!
Faded Poppy
Vintage Poppy
Begonia
Dahlia
Zinnia
Beautiful!!
This color is reminiscent of that most wonderful vintage pottery called McCoy, so I would call it *Coral McCoy* or just “McCoy”
To see this pottery, if you’re not familiar with it, Google: McCoy+pink
Depending on lighting and where it’s used, this muted pink pottery can read as coral.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLPvixlmvABN8p_ym1mXv_tdFz4mVrgAgU2kBRwErqIFfUzLhvQA
The name McCoy and this paint color evoke the same style and mood, AND to be “coy” can sometimes evoke a blush to the cheeks of this same color…therefore, maybe *Coy McCoy* would be appropriate… 🙂
Happy choosing!
My first thought was School Eraser which I see others have already picked, but I am sticking with it, it’s perfect
-French Rose
–Formica( it is the exact color of our Formica countertops when I was growing up)
-Coral Bells
-Lipstick
It reminds me of an “old schoolhouse” that has been faded by the sun. I’m from a rural area and there was an old schoolhouse that was this exact color. My suggestion is “old schoolhouse”.
Salamander
Oh Cabana Boy!
Hearth
Santa Fe Sunset
Back of the Barn
Summer Cayanne
Shades of Summer
Mai Tai
Tequila Sunrise
Oh, this is so much fun!
My husband suggests: baboon bottom (he actually said butt, but I have censored that down to bottom)
The first thought that popped into my head was a silly one but I have to say it because it just makes me chuckle! The coloris delicious and very vintage tea cup looking but it reminded me of a “Granny ‘s Sofa” (not my Granny, but somebody’s Granny surely had a sofa that yummy coral color!) Ok, enough of the silliness! My real suggestion, that kinda goes with your theme is “Cottage Rose”. The color just makes you want to curl up with a book and a blanket all comfy cozy. Having a piece done in that color just makes you happy, doesn’t it?
My first reaction when seeing it was “Persimmon”
or Rhubarb – it has such a rosy fruity color to it.
Otherwise:
Rosy Posy
Sunset
It is a sweet color at any rate!
It looks southwesty. How about Canyon? Aren’t you visiting the Grand Canyon? If you see the Grand Canyon around sunrise this is a predominant color.
To play
On the coral-ness of the color – how about “be cordial” 🙂
Cute & funny I guess! Beautiful
Color too!!!
Happy Picking!
I love this new color…here are some suggestion that pop to mind. In the range of coral colors it looks to be right in the middle…not being towards the pinks or reds if my eyes are not playing tricks on me.
Early Sunrise
Dawn Sunrise
Coral Taffy
Coral Bay
Coral Beach
Coral Reef
Coral Shores
Shades of Salmon
Bittersweet
This is fun!
Pamela Barnabo
pambar@charter.net
Blush, it kind of reminds me of color of Cotton Candy when it sticks to your fingers or the color of a little child cold cheeks after being warmed by the fire , BLUSH
Or “Rhubarb Punch”
French copper! Love this new color! Reminds me of your kitchen pot rack! Hugs!
I say “barn door” or “rustic rhubarb”! love the color!
Copper Penny
Hmmm…I have been pondering this for the last hour.
How about Pennsylvania Peach?
‘Cause that’s what you are!
Or maybe Coral Comfort,
Rusted Pail
Fresh Peach
Peach Tree
Cottage Coral
Cozy Coral
Salmon Sunset
Polished Poppy
Faded Poppy
Worn Poppy
Paint Brush Poppy
Primping Poppy
That’s good for now…can’t wait to see what you choose :o)
Stacey of Embracing Change
Cameo
Geranium
Conch shell
Cape coral
Perfect peony
Sun bleached coral
Or, how about wagon rust? or rusty wagon? 🙂
This color reminds me of the color of clouds at sunset. The name I would us in Sunset Clouds or Coral Cloud.
How about Apple – or Tomato Bisque???
Leah: )
Reminds me of the faded handles on old kitchen gadgets… Egg Beaters.
To me this color is reminiscent of that old and wonderful “vintage pink” McCoy pottery. And to be “coy” can sometimes bring a blush to the cheeks of this same color…
So my choice is simply McCoy (or you could go with Coy McCoy to be clever, but I don’t think that’s necessary).
Tomato Soup
Weathered Barn
Following your blog for almost a year now I have felt inspired to create, add to, change, or touch up any number of things in my family’s home to add a personal touch. Having never before commented on any blog and lacking in creativity to name things, I was a little nervous, however when I saw this post and the new lovely paint color I decided to add what came to mind…
Oma’s Blush
🙂
Pink Lady
D’anjou Pear
Crabapple
Pomegranate
Clearly, the color speaks of summery fruit. Well, in my opinion. =)
Being from the South, I thought of Clay Road!
That color reminds me of the wild persimmons that grow on our place. So, my vote is “Wild Persimmon”.
Ohh so cheery!
Coral sunrise
One last one: “bric-a-brac”
French Toile…Faded Toile….
Haha, that’s a lot of suggestions! Good luck with the picking!
The color struck me as fairly “Depression Glass” pink, but I think “Pink Depression” probably wouldn’t sell too well 😉
It reminds me of the old farmhouse kitchens I’ve been seeing on Houzz and Pinterest, the ones with blue cupboards and a faded red table? So I suggest:
Farmhouse Table, or
The Good China
Sorry, I meant to explain, “The Good China” for those plates you took from Opa’s house! Or maybe “Oma’s Good China”?
How about “Terracotta Flowerpot”?
So many wonderful names already! Right away I thought of a girls name:
Coralita.
Crabapple
Burning bush
Valentine
Sweet heart
Prairie Sunrise (I like this one better)
or
Prairie Sunset
The colour is in the sky both times of day and since you’ve already used the word Sky in one of your names, this would still make the reference to the sky but not in a literal way, and lend itself to farmhouse living, country life, and a happy environment around you which is the feeling that this colour gives when you look at it 🙂
So there’s my 2 cents! 🙂
Caribbean Coral
Spiced Coral
Coral Berry
Runway Coral
Coral Reef
How about: Pinched Cheeks, Flushed, Fever, Granny’s Rouge, Heart, Sweetheart, Valentine, Faded Valentine, Cotton Candy, Mango, Fresh Mango, Harvest, Harvest Time?
How about “Comfy Coral”?
As a child I loved sitting around my Grandma’s big oak kitchen table with all the women in the family after one of her famous dinners Lunch was always called dinner and the evening meal was called supper We never failed to have; fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade noodles along with all the other delicious foods only she could make . .
On really hot Sunday afternoons she would bring out a chilled watermelon. As we sat around that same table, munching happily, we would pass around the salt shaker to sprinkle a little salt on each cold slice. Grandma would slyly flip a watermelon seed at someone with her arthritic fingers. I was always waiting for her to do it and she knew that and would wink at me.
This coral color brings back the memories of those precious times so I am suggesting
“Iced Watermelon.”for the name.
Opa’s Music.
Rose garden. The color reminds me of summer.
Retro Coral
I read this post earlier today and noticed when in my garden this afternoon that the color resembled “Fall Sedum” and “Faded Hydrangea”…….Both beautiful vintage-y garden flowers.
xo~Jill
Conch Shell was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that pretty new color.
Coral Blush or Koraille (German)?
Baked Apple?
Faded clay
Oops! Sorry, it’s “Koraillon” in German.: )
Love the new color!
My name suggestion is Pink Poppy
Persimmon
persimmon
pinot noir blush
Here’s a couple…….
Trophy ribbon
French velvet
Pin cushion
Travel clock
Opas rug
-kyra!!!
How about Poinsettia Pink?
Or Pink Poinsettia?
Hi Marian,
this is another cute challenge! Since I am Italian I suggest you some Italian names to change. If I remember well you told me you went to Italy and you loved there. Let’s see how they will sound to you!
– Corallo antico > (Antique coral)
– Rosa antico > (Pink Antique)
– Acqua di rose > (Rose’s water)
– Terracotta > ( Cley)
– Tramonto rosa > (Pink Sunset)
Well those names are what I came out with hope that one of them sounds good to you!
Good luck
Carolina
Here are my coral crush names…..possibly my favorite color!
Sweet Rhubarb Pie
Passionate Papaya
Classic Coral
Timeless Garden Rose
Coral Blush
Blessed Blush
Coral Bells
Calmly Coral
Crushing on Coral
Calm Me with Coral
Classy in Coral
Peachy’s Cousin
Raspberry Lemonade
Blissful Blush
You Make Me Blush
Thank you for this opportunity! Many blessings to you! 🙂
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw this color was “Sunset”. We have beautiful sunsets here in the TX Hill Country where I live and many are exactly this color.
Lucky Penny
This is a beautiful color. Reminds me of three things:
The color sometimes seen in camp fires, I would call it PINK EMBERS.
The color I see in a stone crab, I’d call it STONE CRAB CLAW
The color of an actual piece of coral, called BIRD’S NEST CORAL
Aged Barn Wood ….. because when I first saw it I thought it was a very aged red. It matches some of the old wood I have from a salvaged barn and it keeps with the theme of your names.
How about Cameo. You know the rich coral color just behind the lovely silhouette.
Sun Baked Clay
Roof Tile
Garmisch Station
Barnside or Barn Board
Faded Brick
Tomato Bisque
Heirloom Salmon
Robin Red Breast
Meloncoly
Carnation
Marrakesh
Kumquat
Tiger Lily
Morocco
Chakra
Azalea
Phoenix
Albuquerque
Adobe
Ohhh – SO prettyful! After much thought… 😉
1. Baked Salmon
2. Sunset
3. Blush
4. Weathered Blush
5. Vintage Flush
6. Bittersweet Crayon {it looks just like the Crayola color “bittersweet” – link here http://www.crayola.com/explore-colors/bittersweet.aspx}
Such great ideas here from everyone!!! I’m having way too much fun looking through them all now! 🙂
I like “vintage.”
What about :
Coral Charm
Daisy
Korallen
Thank you 🙂
Cameo coral 🙂
Marian’s Smile 🙂
Miss Marian
It reminds me of an old wheelbarrow. I think wheelbarrow would be great!
Here are some ideas…hope this is my third try, hope it goes through this time. Since coral is the range between pink and orange there are so many possibilities:
Fields of Poppies
Summer Blush
Coral Reef
Coral Bay
Coral Sand Dunes (like in Africa)
Orange Dream or Orange Dreamsicle or just Dreamsicle
Bittersweet
Coral Velvet
Coral Radiance
Perfect Sunset
Pueblo Sand
This is fun! Lots of great names posted!
Tomato soup? That was my first reaction and I can’t think of a better descriptor.
Lollipop!
I think you should name the new color in honor of your Opa:
Opa’s House
Opa’s
Opa Love
Opa
Opa’s Song
Opa’s Rug
Opa’s Laugh
Good luck with your choice!
~Izzy
My vote is for Coral Cottage. Love your blog, and I LOVE your milk paint!
Reef
Barnside
Burnt Rose
Copper Rose
I say –
Persimmon
Peach Cobbler
Ginger Peach
Sunset
Nectarine
Fuzzy Navel
Dear Marian,
I wanted to come up with something that was as “you” as you can be! Well, at least, the you that we have all come to be so fond of through your blog. I thought of the many amazing “classes,” the wonderful objects seen throughout your shoots, and, of course, your passion for color!
Here’s my contribution. The first ones are from vintage fruit crate labels that had coral in their design:
Palmetto Queen
Blushing Melons
Indian River
La Vie En Rose
The next one is a sweetheart rose that is coral in color:
Watermelon Sugar
(I love the sound of this a lot and it’s so evocative of that color. I could see these roses in your new bathroom where you had the white ones. You could even change the whole feel of your bathroom, depending on your mood, with different color roses!)
The last are objects:
Beach Bucket (I imagine a vintage child’s bucket filled with bleached shells)
Fly Swatter Coral (I actually had one of these in that exact color!)
And, this last one because I was so touched by your blog about your grandparent’s house:
Oma’s Gingham
(I can see your Oma in her gingham apron, one that had been washed many times over the years, one that hung on an iron hook in the kitchen. I can see a little Marian proudly wearing it while she helped her Oma bake biscuits–the hem touching the floor and a big safety pin holding the extra fabric at the nape of her neck.)
This was really fun!. Thanks a million for giving us a chance to contribute to your fantastic style, and for inviting us into your home week after week!
Your enthusiastic student,
Alexis
One more
Georgia Peach
I am absolutely in love with coral and have way too much in my wardrobe. Would love to paint something in this pain color.
I would have to name this lucious creation:
Miss Cora Elle
-marj
Ok…another
Peach Sorbet
Adobe
Associate with Merry-Go-Round/ Carousel/ Karusel – soft, warm, fun, feminine, light… 🙂
I went through many pages looking for ANY bit if pink-y color from you. I found some peaches, a red door and some graphics in your book video.
In the video you were talking about “moving mountains” as this pinky sunset color moved by. Moving Mountains. Mountain Sunset. Mountain Sunrise – however Red in the morning means sailors take warning. Not really sure I could recommend that!
The door is really too RED to call the paint after it.
The first thing I “saw” when I saw your pink/coral table was old flour sack prints. I know there is already Grain Sack. But grain sacks are so very different from 1920’s to 1930’s floral.
Vintage Flour Sack. Vintage Floral. Flour Flower. Flour Power. Hollyhock. Geranium. Peony. Gingham. Swingset Hue. (somehow it could be faded red swingset) Waitin’ For The Cat To Die. (James Whitcomb Riley has a poem about swing rides 😀 Possibly not the best to anyone who doesn’t know about the poem )
Then I started thinking about what might be in my Grandma’s house that would be similar color. Carnival Glass. Candy Dish. Afghan Rose. Quilted. Poppy.
My personal Fave from this list is Hollyhock.
Maybe there is something from your Oma’s house you could name it after.
Maybe Oma’s Rouge.
Indian Summer
Sunrise blush
It makes me think of early morning sky’s when everyone else is asleep.
Afghan Rosette
My Nana Ann (great grandmother) made me an afghan years before she passed away. The afghan is while, with lovely flowers worked into the pattern, quite near the color of your new paint. It is what came to mind right away. I love the color and am excited to see the name your choose, and then order some! I do like the idea of using your Opa’s title or name as well, but would have to know if she would like that.
A few other’s came to mind:
Nana’s afghan
Opa’s Blush
Opa’s Rouge
Thanks for letting us join in the excitement!
Reminds me of the color of a faded barn door… beautiful color.
“Barn door.”
What about Oma’s Love or Oma’s Gift. It seems to be the exact color of some of the detail on the Turkish Rug you received from your Oma and Opa’s house. (A similar color is also in the quirky toothpick holder, which I love). If and when you decide to use it on a piece, it would blend perfectly with the rug and remind you of those you hold dear. 🙂
Georgia peach
Classic coral
Coral dream
Coral rock
Coral peach
Peachy coral
My name will be …Coral Way…, it remind me the old houses of Miami.
Really Rosie
Just Born.. reminds me of the pink/coral color of when my baby was born
Granny’s Lipstick…reminds me of my Granny Mary’s “vintage” lipstick
Fiesta Pink or Fiesta Coral…reminds me of vintage Fiesta dishes
Granny’s Apron ….reminds me of a vintage pink color in my Granny Mary’s apron
Farmhouse Sunrise… the color you would see at dawn looking at your farmhouse window
Jelly Cupboard…the old painted cupboard that you find in an old farmhouse
Apple Butter…reminds me of fresh made apple butter in a clear mason jar
Cinnamon Toast ….the color of cinnamon and butter mixed on hot toast
Thanks for the chance to win and to be creative! I love it!
Dinah
Should read: correction from previous post.
Farmhouse Sunrise…the color you would see at dawn looking OUT of your farmhouse window
Thanks!
Having fun with this!!!
It reminds me of the beautiful antique wool rug that was your Opa’s that you have always wanted. I think you should name it after the rug and your Opa in honor of his memory! So my suggestions are:
Antiqued Rug
Antiqued Wool
Woolen Legacy
Heirloom rose, hibiscus, china rose
– Carousel (it reminds me of the faded wooden horses)
– Carnelian
– Carnelian Cameo
(http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/about-carnelian.php)
– Carnival (the faded, weathered signs)
– Weather Vane
– Petticoat
– Coquette (flirty)
Thanks for including us, Marian! It’s been fun!
Everything’s Rosie
Love “barn door” or “wheel barrow “
I’m a sweet southern girl from Georgia and the color reminds me of our dirt roads in the country. Some of my suggestions are:
Georgia Dirt Road
Georgia Clay
Rusty Hinge or Peony. I’d love a chance to win your products!
Hugs,
Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com
Sunset, lipstick, or soft shelled crab. Love the color!
I would name it “Washed Coral” or “Sun-dried coral.”
Beautiful color!
Since you mentioned this was out of your wheelhouse, how about Wheelhouse Coral?
I was just thinking of the Canyons and the color of the rocks and hills at sunset. My new daughter-in-law is a Native American Indian and their culture is so rich with appreciation of nature. I imagined an Indian tribe doing a Sundance with an orange glow basking the hills and sky….so I will add:
Sundance
Coral Sundance
I also think of the beach:
Seashell
Coral Sunset
Kiss of Coral
Good luck choosing a name! I love this new color and must paint something with it…can’t wait! 🙂
Or Sun-Kissed Coral. 🙂
Reminds me of the colors of sunset on a beautiful day here in the Ozarks…
So, Sunset
Sea coral or Reef coral
It reminds me of the colors at sunset. Seascape Sunset. 🙂
How about watermelon? Love the color!
I love it.
How about burnt autumn or sunset coral.
When will it be available? I have the perfect piece.
Also do you have photos of the other two new ones you mention?
I would love to win something from you!
Here’s my ideas for a name…
Trophy ribbon
French velvet
Pin cushion
Travel clock
Opas rug
I think they fit your fancy!!!
Oxoxo
Kyra
I’d call it “BRICK”!
Hello!!!!
I’ve been thinking about all day!!! I went to a friends house who has chickens and came up with this:……..Wattle Red
Good luck…it looks as though you have many to pick from!!!!
Rouge. It reminds me of my Grandma’s cheeks……back in the day they didn’t call makeup for your cheeks “blusher”, it was called “rouge”!
Oh!!! 2 more!!!!
1. Impatient Pink……..like the flower
2. Miss Coral Rose
Have fun picking!!!!
I like the sound of “Cora Bella” or “Cora Bella Coral”…….I think that would look great listed with your other colors names!!!!! BTW….I love the new color!!!!!!
Geranium
Oma’s apron
Apron
I like the sound of “Cora Bella” or “Cora Bella Coral”…….I think that would look great listed with your other colors names!!!!! BTW….I love the new color!!!!!!
Just thought of another…… You could name it “Coral Bells” and then make a new paint color(maybe a creamy color) and call it “Cockle Shells”….and use the 2 paints together….”Coral Bells and Cockle Shells”!!!!!!!!! Naming paint is fun!!!!!!!
Geranium
Oma’s apron
Apron
Sunkissed
I absolutely love it!
Spice (Or)
Cinnamon Twist
Have fun…..this is going to be tough!
Davenport
Such a gorgeous color!
Peach Petunia
Pink Petunia
A few more!!!!
1. Tickled Pink
2. Tickle Me Coral
3. Opa’s Girl
Good Luck!!!!!
Faded Wagon
Pomegranate
Antiqued Flamingo
Why not “WHEELHOUSE”? “Rusty nail” , or “paprika”.
The color reminds me of embroidery thread, so I like the name, “Sew Coral”. Love it!
How about Opa’s Serapi or Oma’s Cameo?
When I was little my mom traveled a lot for work and would always bring me back fun presents. On one of her trips, she flew out to Arizona. When she returned, she gave me a jar of Arizona dirt. It is the exact same color as this paint. There is an area in Arizona called “Painted Desert”. I think that is the perfect name for this paint. Also, I still have that jar of dirt that mom brought me as a gift when I was little. 🙂
I love all the names and can feel the sensations from this new glam colour, but the hue also reminds me of the “cream” you get when you put your fork into a strawberry Rhubarb Pie. So, I’ll give you “Rhuby Cream”. Thanks for the chance to share with you.
Wendy
Alberta, Canada
I think of a faded embroidery from my grandmother “Embroidery Rose”,”Faded rose”, or “Vintage Rose” or just “Embroidery”. She also had on old dressing gown that smelt like her powder which was a similar colour so what about “Dressing gown”. Thankyou for the opportunity to win a great prize.
Australorp egg – the color reminds me of those beautiful pink eggs Australorp chickens lay.
Terrcota – like an old flower pot
Begonia – those sweet little summer flowers
Copper pot
Thanks!
Elle
Here are some more……
Blushing Blogger……….cuz you couldn’t think of the name yourself…my fave!!!!
Coral Reef
Coral Bells
Blush Rush
Good Luck!!!!
The color reminds me of antique carousels and therefore my suggestions are
“Carousel”
or
“Merry Go Round”.
Have a great Sunday!
Robin Red or Robin Breast
I think it looks like a deep blush. You could use:
Blush
Oma’s Blush
Thanks for the opportunity!
Wendy
Santa Fe
I am so excited about this! My bridesmaids wore coral. I have coral bedding. LOVE that color.
The first thing that popped into my mind was Rockford Peach. Peach came first, but then I thought about the girls that inspired the movie A League of Their Own. What a reflection of that female go-getter spunk that women who paint have in common with the baseball players.
Just think of the impulse when people see the name. They’ll click ‘Add to Cart’ as soon as they say, “There’s no crying in baseball!”
“Simply Coraly”. Kitsch. Zefir. Lava Soap. Bakelite. Smth Formica. Coffee grinder?
How about using “Sedona” or “Grand Canyon” in the name somehow? Perhaps it will remind you of the beautiful colors from your vacation.
Just thought of one more. Bellini.
Coral Gables in honor of your Floridian followers!
summers blush, But I am Loving this name Ingenue definition is. A naive, innocent girl or young woman. 2. a. The role of an ingénue in a dramatic production. . Which of course any piece painted in milk paint is a dramatic production when I placed it in my home yet some colors touch the sole and this one does with innocence and freshness.
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Or…
Weather vane
Velvet chair/ velvet settee
Thanks again,
Elle
Bloom
Lipstick
Hi Marion,
I know it’s not one of your ‘normal’ colours but I love it. I suggest ‘Dusty Saffron’.
Keep up the good work they are all beautiful.
Sailor’s Sky
Sundried Tomatoes
Faded Parasol- A name to evoke a past of romance and femininity. Sigh.
Rouge, Cape May, Coral door, Cottage Pink, Cottage coral, Mayberry, Sunset glow, Pink berry, Coralberry, Summer blush, coral comfort, bel monde, juicy coutre, cottage glow, velvet dawn, summers eve……
How about:
Coral Salmon Rose
Salmon Rust
Rusty Rose
Rusted Coral
OR
Vintage Melon Orange?
Thanks for opening this up…challenging but fun!
Peggy
It puts me in mind of some vintage pyrex I have. Vintage Pyrex??? lol
PINKGRAPEFRUIT!
How about “Pie Safe”. This would kind of go along with some of your home object names. It looks like the faded finish on an old pie safe.
Sunset.
Tuscany Sunset
Sweet Rhubarb
Coral Poppy
Coral Necklace
Wild Poppy
Sweet Poppy
Vintage Poppy
Tuscan Holiday
The first colour name to jump out at me is ‘ Tuscany’ and I see someone also saw this region in her mind, so that is my suggestion or ‘Tuscan Tile’ as in roof tiles. This is a wonderful colour and I’m sure it will be very popular. Love it ! Mary
My second suggestion is ‘ Tijuana’ as this coral colour is very popular in Mexico and it shows the fiery Mexican sunset laced with a coolness of the evening . Mary
My last 2 suggestions are ‘ Creamy Tomato’ or Sweet Potato as it has that very distinctive tone you can only get from either of these homemade creamy soups. Mary
Coral peony
Spring Geranium
Vintage Watermelon
Cottage Carnation
It’s a beautiful color and I can’t wait to try it! That being said….it really reminds me of vintage pottery from the 50’s. The color would be called pink, but because of the way the dyes were made it would always look more coral to me. So……Vintage Pottery would be my suggestion. Best of luck naming your new color!
Parasol.
This color reminds me of an old allis chalmers tractor that is still being used somewhere on a farm.
So I would name ithis color….Antique Tractor
Terra Cotta
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Hi Marion! It color reminds me of the Winslow Homer painting “Snap the Whip” I can see your style/design inside the old school house! and since you have little ones… my vote would be School House Red!
Pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin patch
love the color! Reminds me of Gran’s “Peach Preserves”……..
Hello, When I saw the new coral color I immediately thought of the beautiful colors in the antique wool rug you are receiving from your Opa. So I would name the color Opa’s antique rug or Opa’s antique tapestry. Or even after your Oma – Oma’s blush.
Weathered wagon
Love it!
Coral comfort, Georgia mud, Dessert Rose..really like Dessert Rose. Blushing bride. Going to get another cup of joe and think on this one some more.
Pink Petit Four ~love all your colors Marian!!
It looks like Fiestaware’s color Flamingo….great with a vintage barkcloth, Floridian vibe…:)
“Red sky at Night”
As a child when I would spend part of the summer at Grandma’s lil’ farm, on some evenings sitting on the porch at sunset the sky would turn a beautiful coral colour. On those special nights my Gran always quoted this:
Red sky at night; shepherds delight,
Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning
Fiesta or Fiestaware, because the coral color looks like one of the vintage colors of Fiesta dishes.
Or Dahlia, because the old-fashioned dahlia flowers are shades of coral.
“Reveille” – to me this shade reflects a vibrant sunrise that gives a wake-up pop of color feel.
Thanks for letting us put in our input for this – it’s been fun!
-Karen
It looks like the color of the old Teaberry packs of gum!
I am looking a the sunrise over the lake this morning and the exact hue of your paint is in it so “Sunrise” or “Tequila Sunrise”.
I needed this exact color a couple of years ago (before yours paints were even out) and chalk paint was the rage with few color choices. Made my own version of chalk paint but just not the same.
Love many of the names others have suggested!
parfait
Tomato Bisque
As soon as I saw it I thought of an old toy fire truck, a bit tired, a little faded and worn, but very much loved. I can just picture the old metal painted red and white, chipping in places, so I’d call it Fire Truck.
The color reminds me of fall harvest treats peach jam, pumpkin cookies, peach cobbler peach tea …
For some reason, the color also reminded me of your Opa’s run that you love. Although the general market may not know Opa’s rug, those of us in your blog world look forward to seeing the Opa warm hues partnered with your cool blues.
I too, love the creative names of my fellow readers! Tomato soup is a great color picture.
Coral makes me dream of the ocean thus “Seafarer’s Dream.”
“Conch Shell” for the gorgeous color found inside the shell
How about………..”Tuscany breeze” or ………” Alhambra sky”
For sure you will pick a very nice name.
I like Bittersweet or Sanguine-meaning happy, optimistic
It is a beautiful accent for the blues and greens in your home 😎
Flower Pot
How about “Oma’s Sunset”
Love your blog and all things Miss Mustard Seed!!! Thank you for your inspiration!
Wow! So many wonderful names! Forgive me if this has already been posted, I tried to make sure it wasn’t a repeat. This reminds me of silk that might have been carried out of the Orient on the old silk road.
Sari
Spice Route
Silk Road
Persimmon….tart and sweet.
I thought Persimmon Tree, Peach blush, Mississippi Sunset, Superior Sunrise 🙂
I would name it Red Sky at night, Sailors Delight. Sailors Delight would be a great name, or Red Sky
I really see tomatos in this color so:
Tuscan Tomato
Tomato Harvest
Sundried Tomato
Beautiful color….one that I’d pair with soft gold and blue-gray in my home.
I had 2 immediate thoughts: Rake or Barn.
Simple yet lovely names that will play nicely with the other fun “mustard” names.
Here is my suggestion – Coral Cameo
Opa’s Treasure
Since the other once have one name I would try to think of one name but it screams two:
Like watermelon lemonade or pink grapefruit
Lorna
Oma’s Sunset…..pick that one…..it’s so YOU. April C just nailed it in my opinion….
Gettysburg Maple, Maple leaf, Maple, New Penny, Rusty can,
Love the new colors.. how about…. Cora Bell?
I would name it ” Sun bleached barn”.
To remind you of all the wonderful colors in Garmisch and your German roots, I think the name “Gasthaus” is pretty fitting. Anyone who has been to Germany or seen pictures will know that this color of coral is widely used here!
What great names so far. Here are my suggestions.
Prairie Peach
Desert Blush
Good luck everyone!
I can picture this color on my front door. “Warm Welcome”
How about Old English Rose
My suggestion: Belgian clay
Pennsylvania Clay, Bittersweet, Pacific Salmon, Coral Pottery
This color reminds me fall-I would name it bittersweet.
Just came up with one more: Oma’s Rug. 🙂
Incorporating your German heritage (and mine as well, born and raised), I would go with ABEND ROT. It reminds me of that special red/orange when the sun sets so beautifully.
The color is bright and happy and makes me think of flowers in an English garden…I like the name Peony Bouquet or Tea Time Coral!!!
Good luck and I can’t wait to try the new colors!
~Kate
What about “Bittersweet.” I noticed that you use it occasionally for arrangements and there is no better way to add a little color in fall than this wonderful wild-growing vine – and it will last all through the winter when dried. You are right, though. You don’t have any coral in your house! I went back through a lot of your pictures and the only thing I could find that is similar is your “favorite finds” tag.
cupboard coral
Sundried Peach
Carved Peach
Old Fashioned Peach
Korall
Perfect papaya
Reminds me of my grandmommie’s cheeks on sunday so my suggestion is “Grandmommie’s Rouges”. But maybe “Oma’s Rouge” for your grandmother.
I love the color, it feels so cozy.
What about:
Fireplace
Ember Light
Brick House
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Rebecca
I live out in the Rocky Mountain region, and as you’re finding out, Colorado is a sunny, happy, healthy kind of place. The color reminds me of the Garden of the Gods rock formations near Colorado Springs.
The Moab area of Utah, as well as the Grand Canyon, also have the same earthy colors.
So, I’d like to suggest Mountain Sunshine or Western Sunshine.
Panama (its the name of a vintage pottery company- the color has a terra cotta feel)
OR card catalogue… just because I love card catalogues!!!
Faded Wagon – because it looks like my kids old faded, rusty wagon that I just can’t get rid of.
Or Oma’s Apron – don’t all grandmother’s have an apron this color, both of mine did?
Cadillac mountain. It is the color of the beautiful stones on that mountain in Acadia National park, on the coast of Maine. Great complimentary color to blues and greys and greens of the sea and sky.
I think “lipstick” would be a great name!
Blushing Pear
What a beautiful color! It made me think….Cape Cod Lobstah!
Many wonderful names suggested already, but what about “Vintage Coral”? “Coral Cameo” was one of my favorites, maybe a combination: “Vintage Coral Cameo”!
This color reminds me of Bell of Georgia peaches
So that is my suggestion
“Belle of Georgia”
It is somewhat peachy like Georgia peaches. So how about “Southern Belle”?
Bavarian Sunset
To remind you of the evenings spent in Garmisch watching the sun fade away over the Alps.
I’m thinking of the islands
coral reef
coastal coral
Well Miss Musical Theater 😉 I came up with a few more:
Aria
Curtain Call
Marquee
Crescendo
Center Stage
Wagon
Anjou
Canyon
Hens egg
Cup of tea
Cape cod
I think it looks just like Grandmas Lipstick
sunset evening
coral blush
How about simply “Melon”?
Thought of another name when I woke up this morning: Weathered Wagon (because who didn’t have a Radio Flyer wagon as a kid?)
Dear MMS, I haven’t seen just “brick” suggested. Brick. Hugs, Anne Boykin
Annie- a nod to Annie on broadway and Annie Sloan. Double awesomeness.
flamingo, or gulf coast reef, gulf coast coral, or just, gulf coast
Spice Jar
This color immediately reminded me of the rug your mom “claimed” for you from your Opa’s house. Maybe…
OPA’S HEIRLOOMS – since a few of the things you brought from Opa’s house have a variation of this color….the rug, the needlepoint seat covers, the oval plates and the toothpick holder.
OPA’S INSPIRATION – he can help you and all of us CREATE something beautiful with this color as he did with his custom building. 🙂
Amy C.
Pretty!!!! It reminds me of my Oma’s jewelry. How about Cameo Brooch? I think she had a necklace in that color too, but that’ not really an inspiring name :-).
A few people have already mentioned rust, and it does remind me of the old rusty lanterns of the fisherman’s village where I come from: rusty lantern
Love the color! How about ‘Cameo Rose’
Harvest sunset, harvest moon, poppop’s rose, country brick, flowerpot ted, autumn glow,
I am looking out my window right now, and its the exact same color as my coral geraniums, so how about Coral Geranium, or Grandma’s geraniums
Flowerpot red, not ted
How about Chinook or Coho?
Pumpkin spice,
Oma’s Blush
Weathered Barn — looks like the color of an old barn out in the countryside
My first thought was Shrimp Bisque.
Georgia Clay
I love the idea of names that evoke a memory. It looks like my mom’s tiger lilies, but yet it also reminds me of the pink lemonade my sister and I used to drink as kids.
So, Tiger Lily
Pink Lemonade
or Tickle Me Pink (for Mary Lennox in “The Secret Garden” who had never been tickled before)
Obviously I can’t stop myself!
Chorale
And just for kicks…
Peaching to the Choir
I don’t have a website or blog, but have been a long time follower of your blog. The color reminds me of sweet Mellon.
Red Dirt Road
I’m not a fan of red but this one is softer. Perhaps one of these…
– Toolbox Red
– Toy Truck
– Spoon Handle
– Old Door Red
What about Dinner plate Dahlia. I use to have a beautiful Dinner plate Hibiscus this color at my previous home.. It had such beautiful flowers that bloomed the size of a dinner plate. However, I think it sounds better as Dinner plate Dahlia.
“Down By The Sea” or … First let me share the story. My sister Laura who was 4 years younger than me was 6 months pregnant. And in the process of redoing her bedroom. She painted the walls a dusky purple added some cream and dusky sage. So beautiful. Before all this her and I had been shopping for maternity clothes. She said , “Marian, I need and oldish sweater to paint in. ” With her blond hair and blue eyes she never wore coral. But that day she bought a coral maternity sweater. I can just see her still. Paint splattered, preg. and having a blast. The next day after I saw her her and her hubby went to Lowes for more supplies. A mile away from home a car drove into the back of their buggy and instantly killed her.. All I have left is a painty coral sweater, millions of memories and her 2 year old little girl, Amy. So my other name would be “Laura’s Sweater”.
Virginia Rose (Of course this is a line of china by Homer Laughlin, but since you have roots in Virginia and the color has a rose tint to it, thought it would be appropriate)
I am from Virginia and just love the name!
“Faded Barn” We are getting ready to paint my parents barn and this color reminds me of what it looks like right now!
I like the suggestions people have surrounding your grandparents especially Oma and her brooch. What about Oma’s Cameo or Oma’s Brooch. I also liked the one lady’s suggestion Oma’s Blush. What about Shades of Oma?
Cherry
Cherry soda
Farm
Farmer
Tractor
Shabby pink
Shabby rose
Thicket
Well worn
Blossom
Gala
Button box
Begonia
Depression glass
Blush
My geraniums are exactly that salmon color, so how about Grandma’s geraniums, or
Coral Geraniums. Chipped flowerpot is another idea, I certainly have a lot of them. lol.
“Aunt Rose”. Simple, Sweet, Nostalgic. Homey.
tomato bisque
Mom’s rouge, Oma’s lipstick
That colour is freckles for sure
In honor of all things French…St. Tropez Sunset. It really does look that color!
Why not give “her” a name? Coraline~the color coral symbolizes happiness and joy…the “energy of life.”
So I thought, instead of naming “her” after a thing or a childhood memory, and cause “she” is a bit bold, this sweet new angle would be just right…Coraline…so bold but happy! Yes that’s it…Coraline~
I already submitted Honeycrisp, but I saw that he color is very close to my “Alabama Honeysuckle” growing wildly in my yard. So, my 2 ideas:
Alabama Honeysuckle
Honeycrisp
Cheers!
Just screams “Salmon” to me!
Sunset
Esperanza…. Name for coral-colored rose
Haven Sunset—Haven conference and the fact the color reminds me of a wonderful sunset full of beauty and warmth.
OR
Opa’s Love—Grandmother’s, warmth and love.
Sorry, my fingers got flying and I typed wrong…..should be
Oma’s Love—
or
Opa would work too. I just like the feeling of dedicating to a grandparent. Thought of your grandmother first, but typed in Opa instead. : )
A lot of antique Cameos were carved out of coral. I would call it Cameo. Also, I am from Florida so I also like Flamingo (they are really more coral than pink).
My first thought was “Raw”. My second was “Sunset.. Third ” Raw Sunset”. Fourth “Coral Salmon”. Fifth “Old Mansion Brick”.
I immediately thought of picking raspberries with my Nan when I saw this colour. We would pick them and then she would fill the house with warm summer raspberry fragrance.
How about raspberry foam?
How about….
Choral Reef
Cold Water Salmon.
Rusty Blush
Old Brick
My mind won’t quit! “Monument Sand” (reminds me of the sands of Monument Valley)
Cobblestone (some of our Cobblestone streets have this color) “Cobblestone Brick”
“Wild Day Lily” (they grow wild along the roadside around here).
Loving….Sorbet or Blush or blushed
Some other thoughts…Charmed Coral, Amaryllis, Dahlia
Love the color!
I also stick with greys and blues…so how about
“Outside the Box” or “thinkin’ outside the box”.
What about Anjou, the color of the little pear on your image bar above.
Sundress.
Tin roof, vintage spice, tailgate, barn wood, bead board,
primrose….love the new color!!! love them all!!!!!!
You have received lots of great suggestions so far, but I thought I would add mine too. How about twig?
Good luck, it’s a lovely warm color with rich undertones.
Jan
Coral Gables or Coral Springs
This color brings me right to one of my favorite spots in the U.S. ~ Rainbow Row in Charleston, SC. I’d have to go with “Charleston” for this beautiful color!
I was thinking ,Marian grew up in Germany so maybe Ziegel or Baustein.The German word for brick.
As we are getting ready for our annual Peachfest in Romeo, MI, I immediately thought of “peachykeen”. But then I thought about “Arizona”, “Sienna”, and “Sonoma”, since it also reminds me of the pretty “Desert Rose” colors out West.
Looks like an “heirloom tomato” color to me 🙂
Faded Poppies
How about “sunset”? …it reminds me of the stunning colour of a beautiful sunset 🙂
Faded barn
Salmon Sunset
Papaya Salsa
Papaya Salsa
Faded barn or weathered barn
Maybe Oma’s Cameo? It’s a beautiful color!
Eternal flame
My first thought was
“Island Coral”
and then I started thinking in terms of music and
“Coral’s Song”.
OK. Here are my thoughts:
Sedona Sky
Posh Pomegranate
Berry
Grapefruit
Melon
Spice
Barn jacket, tractor seat, spice cabinet, flannel shirt, rooster comb
Okay I want this prize bad because I only use your paint line now.
Clay, rusted goodness, opas rusted chandelier. Opa’s brick, terra cotta
Red dirt road, let it rust, childhood drindl, drindl, boxwood berries, winter berries
Old brick, vintage brick, clay roof, clay pot, old clay pot.
Opa’s carpet
I don’t know if this has already been suggested, but my first thought was peony. The color reminds me of the insides of the peonies that my grandmother has at her house. They are gorgeous and so is this color!
Coral bell
Since fall is right around the corner I thought of Autumn Leaf. It looks like the beautiful hue of a fallen redish orangish leaf!
Coral at sea =)
Happy Day
How about Autumn Leaves?
It makes me think of a fruit…like Pomegranate Pink, or Pink Grapefruit.
It’s really a pretty color.
Reminds me of those great old faded hardback books, so my first though was ‘Hemingway’
One more…
SEDONA
What about “Nana’s Lipstick?”
this color reminds me of
Crab Apple
Old Flag
Rosehip
Weathered Barn
Hopi Pottery
Vintage rust
Coral Crush
It’s the exact color of the flowers on my…
Trumpet vine
Rustic Melon
Desert Sunrise
Just a few I thought when I saw the color.
sanguine, which means happy, optimistic,
It reminds me of an antique metal childs toy. Like a car or a metal top tjat you would push in the center and it would spin
Well, Nana is personal to me but for you, maybe it should be “Oma’s Lipstick!”
Wedding Punch, Melon Madness, Oma’s Cheeks.
Pretty color! It reminds me of a dried Gogi berry or the thimbleberry before it is ripe.
Well, Nana is personal to me, but for you, maybe it should be “Oma’s Lipstick!”
I love this color, especially how it is styled here.
My suggestions: blush, 1863 brick(looks the same color of the bricks from my parents farmhouse built in 1863), rouge(stage makeup for you), and innocence(the blush of a young innocent). I reckon I have a theme working, lol!!
Coral Clay
Rusty Nail
What about “Retro Pink” or ” Lipstick” for the new paint colour
Picnic table, flower pot, park bench,
When I see that color it immediately reminds me of McCoy Pottery that my Grandmother had in a mixing bowl set. One of the bowls was that color. I thought the name McCoy Coral would fit your new color perfectly.
shrimp
This is my third suggestion. Obviously all of my ideas don’t occur at the same time! I went thrift shopping this week and found an old piece of Roseville pottery. This corally, orangey, pink-red graces a lot of this vintage mostly floral-inspired pottery. This type of pottery, like this color seems not to match your style, but considering the hue of the new color, I think Roseville would be a great name. I think it’s an absolutely lovely color.
Happy naming!
Hibiscus
Love this color – so subtle! How about Coral Rose?
Seastar
how about potters play?
Oh I love all the suggestions!! And Love this color. It makes me think of peonies with their layers of color. But I also see a very old copper color in it. How about Copper Peony? Or Burnished Copper?
Forever Rouge
magic coral
Southwest
The color reminded me of the shells you picked while on your vacation in Maine so I thought “Vacation in Maine” or just “Maine” or “Beach Vacation”
“Rustic Pomegranate” ~ I think would be the perfect name :*)
Beautiful color it reminds me of rose rocks I found as a child.I think it should be called “Rose Stone”.
Like you, this color is not in my palette, unless it is a geranium. So I was thinking Geranium or Faded Geranium. It’s a beautiful color!
This is one of my favorite colors – I have it in almost every room of my house. I know it’s long but I would call it “Old Fashioned Strawberry Cake” (or “Strawberries and Cream” for short).
Check out google pics – the color of the inside of the cut cake is an exact match! I made it for the Fourth of July and it reminded me of it right away.
I have a beautiful Waverly Rose wallpaper in my dining room that has various shades of this color as well as cream.
paprika
My grandparents had a chair that was very close to the coral color of your new paint. It was faded but well loved and used and my grandfather would sit in it and smoke his pipe. The color also reminds me of the color of the rug that you wanted from your Opa’s house. I think Opa’s Carpet would be very fitting. If it was my paint line I would call it Grandpa’s Chair.
Oh, Carol you have got to win this!!!!! IT IS ‘OPA’S CARPET” definitely. I love this color.
It reminds me of sweet pink lady apples. So, pink lady!
How about “court house brick”, or I noticed it is the same color as my vintage horse blanket so ” horse blanket “
Schoolhouse
Crab
The dawns early light
I would have to contribute ‘Persimmon’..It reminds me of christmas decorating. 🙂
Looks like a beautiful “sunset” to me ;). New colors! How fun is that?
This color is a favorite of mine. My home is set in soft blues to mineral blue greens and grays but the color brings the pop I love. Even though I lean towards this palette my love of colors has always been the FALL OR AUTUMN. So I see it as “AUTUMN BERRY” not bright and kinda muted.
Love the color! How about:
Out of my comfort zone Coral 🙂
There used to be a timeless pattern on some dishes that my grandmother had and the flowers in the pattern were this exact color. The patter was called “Desert Rose”….perfect for this color!
I would name the paint color Coralline!
How fun! I’m not great at naming things but I’ll give it a try.
-Garden Rose
-Blush
-Dusty Coral
-Lipstick (it would be a pretty shade for this too!)
When I look at it…I think of a Ripe Strawberry.
sorry I’m having too much fun with this one more…pincushion
You have a lot of great suggestions already. How about spice box, spiced cider, rose clay or salmon rose?
I think it reminds me of a “Dreamy Sunset” or “Coral Clay”. It’s a beautiful shade and I wouldn’t exactly say coral, which to my thinking is a bright sunny color. Your beautiful paint has an earthy depth to it and I think these names suggest the muted tone well.
I love all your colors, looking forward to seeing those 2 new shades you
mentioned.
Love it!! Reminds me of watermelon on a summer day.. so ‘Little Miss Watermelon” 🙂
This reminds me of an antique pink depression glass pitcher that my grandmother gifted to me. “Depression glass” perhaps? The color is beautiful.
loving the simple names of Sorbet, Blushed, Sweet Peonies
Here are a few suggestions: French Clay, French Kiss, Cherry Blossom (like the ones you paint!), Copper Pot, Grand Canyon (reminds me of the color of the grand canyon, plus you just vacationed there!).
Summer jam
persimmon jam
poppa’s jelly
pepper jelly
summer sets
I want this color.
I was in the garden this morning and was inspired by a beautiful flower…. how about Begonia for the new paint color
I think this color is beautiful! I would name it Prairie Rose.
I’m back, I slept! So here is another one
Terra Cotta Rose
Spawned salmon
I can’t remember what state you live in but I think its Virginia – so how about “Cardinal” for the state bird.
It reminds me a beautiful color we get when we dye Easter eggs. So…Easter Egg
It reminds me of the color of Grandmother’s cameo brooch, so I would call it
Cameo!
Because hens sometimes lay an egg with a pinkish, coral color to it, which reminds me of your new color, I’d call it HEN’S GiFT
Because my chiminea has a pink-coral tone to it, CHIMINEA, or PEASANT POTTERY.
Because it also reminds me of the beautiful silks made in India, INDIAN SARI.
I would call it CAMEO or CAMEO BROOCH because it reminds me of an antique cameo brooch given to me by my grandmother. This color reminds me very much of the coral color background you find in many antique cameos.
Santa’s cheeks
In honor of your recent trip to Arizona (my state!), how about: Canyon
OR
I spent summers in Alaska growing up and my cousin and I would love to hike and pick and eat wild berries. Our favorite was: Salmon berry
It reminded me of a photo with my child’s lip color so I would choose Baby’s Smile. For something not so sentimental, I thought it looked like the side of an old faded barn or the colors of a sign painted on the barn 60 years ago so I would go with something in that theme, Homestead, Barnside, Faded Sign. It’s a beautiful color…not my color palette in this house but once not so long ago, this would have been right in my Wheelhouse (another thought)…
Hi Marion, what an amazing colour that Abbe and Jennylyn have developed! Nice job ladies!
My name suggestion is Carousel (from French carrousel). It’s reminiscent of the word coral, but is not overt. It’s french roots also are a tip of the hat to one of your favourite decor’s.
One of the most wonderful things about the old carousel’s is the beautiful colours used to lovingly paint the wooden horses, chariots etc. Everyone loves the Carousel!
This color reminds me of a rusty vintage fire truck faded after time, think it describes the color perfectly!
I have a teardrop shaped stone charm that belonged to my mawmaw which I was told to be CARNELIAN.
Reminds me of “bittersweet” or “taffy apple”
Gala Apple (a perfect color match), Autumn Sunset or (wait for it) Oma’s Rug! You didn’t think this color is in your wheelhouse, but it looks like a match to the rug from your Grandmother! You may be using this color to coordinate with your “new” rug!
Reminds me of a vintage coral crayon, maybe one Opa used, so how about ” Opa’s Coral Crayon “
Bittersweet or Taffy Apple
Reminds me of a faded “Old Glory”
I think it looks like a dusky flowering quince flower…so my suggestion would be dusky quince!
LOVE the color!!!
This is a beautiful color ~ of course I love the red tones ~ how about “Melon” or “Potted Geranium”, “A Touch of Melon”! After reading all the names, I feel like I am plagiarizing ~ how about “Faded Barn”?
It looks like the color of my daylilies outside my front porch. I would call it “Daylily” or “Autumn Leaves”. It is beautiful!!
Oh I had a few names lined up but after hearing the other color names in your line, I think my WINNER of a choice is ‘Painted Desert’ because it’s hue reminded me of that color straight away and it’s earth enough to follow suit in your suite of names!
What about faded poopy, though coral is the best way to describe it, it puts my in mind of a poppy once the bloom has opened completely and the vibrant color begins to fade
Such a pretty coral ~ warm and welcoming. I would call it Front Door.
Because your paint names have a personal meaning, I immediately reread your posts on your Opa and tried to see something in the pictures that were peach colored. The carpet appeared to be similar to this peachy color but figured that was just the pic (or my monitor). The flowers in the needlepoint looked peachy. And in the kitchen pic there is a door or something with what looked like peach panels. But I decided I liked representing a mood, a beautiful moment, you shared with your Opa, like singing on the porch. And if this ever happened late in the evening, you would have seen this color painted in the sky, so I came up with Opa’s Sunset.
How ’bout Rusty Wagon? Or Autumn Maple?
Virginian (ala red clay soil)?
Well, I have been thinking. How about Coral Bells? They aren’t all pewter or purple. There are two rich color varieties that almost match: Crème Brulee and Amber Waves. So, how about Coral Wave?
I like one reader’s suggestion of melon; also Faded Barn, but I think melon may be too orange and Faded Barn, too red.
How about Terra Cotta or Tea Rose?
Audition over.
It is beautiful. Reminds me of the bottom of kittens paw. I would name the color ‘Kitten’
Wish I´d come first….hahaha! The color reminds me of our wooden houses in Sweden, when the sun has burnt them a bit TOO much….”sunburnt red” is not a very florish name but…Or…”old Cherry”…..?
How about Colonial Pink or Cameo?
Little Brick Schoolhouse
Maui Sunset, Juicy Papaya or Seaside Shrimp….(or Nantucket Shrimp)?….suggestions that bring life to the color!
The color reminds me of depression glass or pink depression glass.
OR….CORAL NECKLACE
This color is beautiful and reminds me of the beautiful Hibiscus plants here in AZ. They can range for a light coral to a deep red in which this can be done with this paint depending on the colors you mix it with. My suggestion is Hibiscus
This color reminds me of my grandmothers coral cameo ring. I would call it “vintage cameo”, or “hardstone cameo”, or “coral cameo”.
Weathered Persimmon
How about Oriental Rug, Opa’s Oriental, Opa’s Love, or Memories?
I would name it Barn Door. It looks like my barn doors and it was the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
Ok, here’s another one: Maybe someone has already suggested these:
Sunset Rose
Sedona Rose
Indian Paintbrush
Rose Petal
Wild Flower
Wild Rose
Thanks for offering your readers this opportunity!
Faded Hibiscus, Horizon Coral – for the paint name
clay pot, terra cotta pot
How about melon ball or blushing beauty? Good luck. (C;
It is the color of my little girl’s lips, so I would call it something like China Doll Rouge.
This precious table and all its colors instantly reminded me of NEOPOLITAN (ice cream) – yum!
My first thought is Bridesmaid 🙂 Also reminds me of a summer porch, maybe porch swing. You could also go another way and use Vintage Road.
Just wanted to say Front Porch would fit here too, but I still like Porch Swing becuase of the memories it invokes.
How about Tractor? It reminds me of an old weathered tractor, and the name fits with your line.
The richness of the color immediately makes me think of an “Heirloom Tomato”
… except that it’s spelled NEAPOLITAN 🙂 Yummy – however it’s spelled …
What a great color! In trying to come up with a color name, several ideas came to mind:
bittersweet, bittersweet brooch, brick salvage, bittersweet posy, coral mum, coral charm, coral brick road and sunset coral.
I hope you can find something from all the reader’s great suggestions; what a fun opportunity to be apart of! 🙂
It’s beautiful! How about “Cape Coral?”
Ever since I saw this color, and the opportunity to name it, I haven’t thought about much else :). So much fun, thank you!
A few more that came to mind:
Weathered Window Box
Coral Charm
Bougainvillea
It seems close to the color Saltbox Houses were painted 200 years ago so SALTBOX
Pink Adobe
Setting Sun
Pink Dunes
Salvaged Coral
Blushing Patina
How about Coral gables, autumn sunset, clay pot, sedona clay?
Good luck with your decision!
This color reminds me of the old 1950’s pickup truck, thats been sitting by someones old barn for years. I’d call it ” Grandpa’s Faded truck”
alabama clay antique penny antique clay weathered flower pot
It reminds me of Hypericum berries or Nandina berries
This color reminds me of the old corbels with the chippy paint that came off of the old Victorian homes long ago. They weren’t scared to accent them with beautiful colors. I love CORBEL!!!
“Grecian Urn” since classical Greek pottery often has intricate coral or terra cotta decorative touches.
Another color name idea is “Corinthia” because it is a region in Greece and the first three letters so beautifully invoke “Coral”.
How about muscadine jelly or just muscadine?
Or maybe watermelon or apricot splendor Thecor is so gorgeous that’s it’s really hard to find a worthy description. You have many great choices…..best of luck with finding your perfect name. Love your blog!
May have been suggested – Faithful Clay Road. Good luck to all and thank you for the opportunity!
Cheers! CZ
I think “Used Brick” would be a good name. When I am Looking at my used brick fireplace I see a lot of this color.
Hi Marian –
I love, love, love that color! The name jumped out at me right away… it should be “All Dolled Up” after the (website?? store?? blog??) Anyway, after the women who came up with the color.
tuscan sunset is perfect,, love it..
Great color! “Rusty oil can” or “Rusty lantern” …to light the way…
Good luck with the contest!
Kiln
Haven’t read the others – on purpose- so this may be a duplicate. How about antique pomegranate?
Musing over some more names: faded copper pot, copper kettle, antique rug
Flamingo – a- gogo
Antique Red is my offering.
Morning Blush
dawn blush
Maybe “Opa’s Rug” or “Brick Road.” The color looks similar to the rug you got from your Opa’s house. Love your ideas and style!
In trying to stick to a vintage theme – more suggestions ~ Pumpkin Dust, Pottery Wheel, Potter’s Clay
I think CAMEO would be a perfect name for this new paint color.
i can see women making fresh pies and putting them to cool on the pie safe. The coral looks like peaches and the golden brown top like a golden pie crust. So how about pie safe peach? I also like Geogia peach or Georgia clay. The color reminds me of deep clay soil as well.
Watermelon
My first reaction was “Spice”. Love all of your paint colors.
My grandmother used to make a wonderful Rhubarb pie. I think this color reminds me of the red tones in the Rhubarb so a name that plays on that would be fun…
Rhubarb Pie
Rhubarb
Rhubarb Red
Tart Rhubarb
Sassy Rhubarb
Grandma’s Rhubarb Pie
Maybe “French Reef” with a nod to your love of French decor as well as the coral color or “Autumn Sunset”
PORT…like a fine wine
I’d call it Sunset!
It reminds me of long and radiant summer afternoons trading stories with friends and enjoying life, so I’m going with Rosé Glow.
Oh, what about Cobblestone!?
Ah, but Marian, you do have this beautiful color in your home, just not on the furniture. Those beautiful coral roses on the shelves in your bathroom are the same lovely color. And they are in a gorgeous ironstone vase. So my name suggestion is Coral Rose.
Dolly is the name I suggest. Good luck with your new colour.
blushing rose
hibiscus
melon ball
vintage peach
Mai Tai
Gameboard
Once New
Childhood
Vintage Toy
Toyland or Vintage Toyland
I love the color, it reminds me of my Nanny’s Apricot Marmalade.
The color reminds me of “bittersweet”
It is a beautiful coral-red colored berry that looks just like this color =)
http://thegratefuldad.org/bittersweet/
Using your German heritage and thinking of stories you told us of your Opa, I came up with:
Opa’s Koralle (coral in German)
Croquet – reminiscent of the faded color on vintage croquet sets.
How about “Parfait??”
One definition for it at Dictionary.com is:
“any frozen dessert in which fruit, nuts, etc., have been folded into whipped cream or egg custard.” If you added red berries to whipped cream or custard, you’d definitely get that gorgeous yummy color!
what about OPALICIOUS
I am late to this party and didn’t read many of the comments so someone else may have thought of this one first…. My suggestion is “Sweet Coraline”.
Roussillon or Roussillon Red . . . It reminds me of the color of that beautiful, quaint village in Provence, France.
Here are some ideas:
Spiced Pumpkin
Sunrise
Dried Papaya
Salomon Swimming Upstream
Heirloom Tomato
Pumpkin Pie
My entry didn’t show up, so I apologize if you’re seeing this twice.
My suggestion is Bittersweet, like the berries.
Same beautiful muted red coral color!
Have fun choosing your new name!
“Cabbage Rose” or “Depression Glass”
Love…Depression Glass!
BREATH OF HEAVEN
DREAM COME TRUE
ELYSIUM
GLORY BE
LADY MARIAN
ALMOST HEAVEN
HOME SWEET HOME
here are my suggestions:
faded barn
wild poppy
crab apple
country sunset
creamsicle
thanks,
michelle
Dreamsicle!
I like Potter’s Clay. Like a potter molds and shapes clay to form something beautiful or purposeful, we who paint furniture (and everything else we can get our hands on) are attempting to take something old or neglected and restore its beauty and purpose.
Hi! I have a few I would like to suggest. I love your milk paint and so do my customers 🙂 It is so easy to use and your tutorials are so informative!
1. Salmon Blush
2. Sea Rose
3. Covered Bridge – (from the historic town of Coral Gables, FL)
4. Sea Salmon
5. Mediterranean Sea
I love this new color and can’t wait to try it!
My suggestions would be:
Pear Blush
Heirloom Pear
Sea Star
Pinwheel
Vintage Rose
Looks just like my clay ” Garden Pots “
I already posted it on Facebook, but my contribution is “Hearthstone” or “Homestead Hearth” or “Weathered Brick” since it looks like bricks in old chimneys or hearths.
Potters house
Persimmon
Autumn leaf
Milk paint red -(my hubs contribution)
Faded brick
Old barn
Barn fresh
Hoping I haven’t duplicated anyone else’s suggestions!
If you look on top of the piece of furniture, you have used flowers that exactly match the paint. I believe they may be thistles?
“Thistle”
“English Thistle”
Just a thought…
Since she created it, maybe it should be called “Abbe’s blush” or “Abbe’s coral”
Barnwood Red
Or Rustic Barnwood
I love this color challenge. So many ideas come to mind: “Terracotta pot,” “Sun-baked clay,” ” Redware clay,” “Unglazed redware bowl,” ” Adobe tile,” “Quarry tile.” When I was first married, I made a desk for my husband from six flue liners topped with a door. The color looks just like those flue liners. So an unromantic suggestion: “Flue liner.” And one more suggestion, a more yummy one, “Lobster bisque.”
I would call it…
“French Poppy” or “Chapel Brick”
Have fun!
Smiles, K
I already had one but was driving and thought of this one.
* Sailor’s Delight
This is from old saying we always said growing up in a seaside New England town, “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight, red sky in morn, sailor’s take warn”. And the sky is never red when colored like the saying goes – it is more a salmon pinkish color just like your beautiful new color!
Country Zinnia ….I was looking at flowers that make me smile today just before I came to your post. I saw a lovely Zinnia that really popped. Living in the country now I can easily see this in my garden next summer and the color matches perfectly!
My vote is:
Serindipity Salmon
How about…
Summer Daze
Autumn Daze
Persimmon Treat
Nostalgia
Persimmon Dreams or
I remember
It reminds me of looking through my grandmother’s lovely and understated makeup all laid out on a silver tray on her dressing table when I was a little girl. Maybe Oma’s Blush?
Sun Baked Saltillo
after the saltillo tiles that are found in France and Spain and wonderful for french country decor, I have imported ones in my sunroom that are that color and they have animal tracks hens and dogs in them where they lay them to bake in the sun in the small towns and animals walk across them….
Just my two scents! It is a nice color
I already submitted some names, but this is too much fun. By the way, I do like the previous suggestion of “Oma’s Blush.” Here’s some more: “Rhubarb margherita,” ” Rhubarb pie,” and “Snow cone.”
It reminds me of watching the Country Sunsets on my Grandmothers farm in Kansas
salmon serendipity
Teaberry, Teaberrry Gum, Teaberry Stick Gum, Teaberry Ice Cream
Wanted to add just plain
Saltillo
French Saltillo
Coral Cotton
Abbe’s Cotton
love the color, it reminds me of a Flamingo
Homestead Coral
Conch Shell or Anjou Pear (like you have on your table on your home page
Chimney pot
Since Thanksgiving is coming up, how about Rustic Farmhouse Pumpkin
Plasma engine
I’m a gardener and love the color:
Poppy
Coral Rose
Azalea
Comfort Coral or
CoralComfort
That’s a nice color. How about simply “Country Coral”? Love the names everyone is choosing.
I like Abbe’s Country Coral.
Someone else may have already suggested this…but how about summer sunset.
oops! one more How about Abbe’s wagon.
The color reminds me of a faded red 🙂
I think it should be dollhouse. It’s kinda pink so that’s my two cents 🙂
Front Porch!
Reminds me of faded wood on the front porch… could be the painted floor or a much loved chair or rocker faded from the sun.
I had the best lobster bisque of my life in this perfect little place called…”Nantucket”
Coral Belle?
Lobster Maine
Three Little Piggies
The color reminds me of the huge brandywine tomatoes I harvested this weekend. So, I’d suggest “Brandywine.”
Coral Bottlecap
Begonia,is my offering for the name of this new melon-colored paint.
Coral Beach…it’s a very soothing color, like the ocean.
Havana
Sunset Reef
Reminds me of….old brick, schoolhouse brick, worn brick, or ‘something’ brick.
It does look like a sunwashed red. How about barn door, pressed poppy or sunwashed poppy?
Zinnia or Abbe’s Zinnia….what a great color that would be!!
New Adventure Coral… In honor of your many new adventures… Including venturing into bold new colors.
Coral Blush- this color reminds me of rosy cheeks- like those of hard working women! 🙂
BEST color yet! Can’t wait to buy this one – I have 3 projects now waiting for it’s release. Perfect name for it is SORBET. Really, it’s scrumpcious and irresistable….just like sorbet. I love both 🙂
Potter’s Clay:) or Vintage Potter’s Clay- I love the color:)
It reminds me of The South and beaches, so my names are French Quarter Crab or Lighthouse Coral, or Delta BeachHouse.
Thank you for the opportunity to have some fun with this ! I love the names that others are choosing!
Coralina!
Grapefruit or Lobster Bisque. I guess I like food names! Ha!
Carnation Blush or Strawberry Creme. Actually, it kinda’ reminds me of Strawberry Yogurt, but somehow that doesn’t seem like a good paint name even though it IS milk paint!
The first thing that came to mind was pomegranate. It reminds me of its skin color.
How about ~ windmill?
How about Coral Sorbet
Postage Stamp
The roses in your bathroom appear to be Talisman . . . so how about Talisman Coral?
Other suggestions might be: Cottage Coral, Shabby Chic Coral, Vintage Coral, Antique Coral, Terra Cotta Coral, Cottage Creole Coral.
Love this color and can’t wait to use it on some furniture . . . it is a perfect color for our home.
How about “Prose”…as in pink/rose?
If you want a name with a story I suggest Kechi Coral because Abbe is getting ready to relocate and launch her All Dolled Up business there officially in October:)
It’s the same color as an old iron farm bell my mom has lugged across 3 states for 40 years. The bell was used on her grandfathers farm when she was young. One day I will be the caretaker of the bell.
So, my suggestion is “Farm Bell”.
“Coastal Coral” thats all I got.
This color reminds me of two things; one, an old faded rose, so I would say “vintage rose” or “faded rose”, and two, the hue of hummingbird nectar, so maybe “sweet nectar”.
‘Canyon Walls’
I just saw an old dry sink on pinterest this same exact color.
Drysink or Front Porch
It evokes “happy serenity” so my brilliant name is: FLAMINGO SUNSET ;-} Being from Arizona I’ve seen my share of sunsets!!
Miss MS, you have your work cut out for you – but what fun!
Abbe’s Pink Eraser
Big Chief Tablet
Coral Shell
Coral Reef
Desert Sky
Indian Summer
Fire Brick
Guava Jam
Low Country Coral
Nantucket Red (that particular very faded red color)
Old Barn
Oma’s Peach Pie
Opa’s Orchard
Sassafras Tea
Looks just like the wild flowers growing in the hills of Sarpy Creek, Montana, where I grew up in the 40’s & 50’s. Found out 50years later the real name was Echinacea. So, Wild Echinacea is my pick.
how about Abbelyn in honor of the two color designers that created it? Or a maybe Abbelyn Coral?
School house brick?
How about Wild strawberry
Oh what a gorgeous color! How about “Flower Pot” for a name? It reminds me of weathered terra cotta pots piled in the shed at the end of summer.
Here is another, “Secondhand Rose”
I think it has that beautiful worn look. 🙂
“Teaberry” It reminds me of the Teaberry Gum that was sold when I was a kid. I guess that makes me vintage! Lovely color.
Has anyone suggested Pepperberry?
You’ve got lots of great options to choose from!
I’m torn between Terra Cotta and Persimmon Crush. Whatever you decide to name it, I think it will be my favorite color.
I love this color, reminds me of the the lobster trap bouys I found in New Bern, NC. My suggestions are:
New Bern
Rosie Posie (a nod to Ring around the Rosie)
Coral Gables
Serendipity
Such a fun color… excited to see which name you pick!
sea urchin
coral bells
Don’t know if anyone suggested this yet or not – Sedona — reminds me of the landscape in Sedona, AZ
Berry Lemonade or Old Brick
“lobster bisque”, “crab blush” a beautifully warm color…….
Love, Love, Love the color. I can picture a piece painted with occasional undertones of Mustard Seed Yellow. I just returned from Georgia and it reminds me of the color of the peaches in season. How about naming it ‘Georgia Peach’.
Name the paint should be Old Barn, I think.
How about…coralee!
Watermelon
the color is in the pale coral family ;
a blush of coral
a whisper of coral
As soon as I saw the pic, I started humming “Polly put the kettle on…” because it reminded me of an old chippy tea kettle. My suggested name is “Polly’s Kettle”. Now let’s all have some tea!
Summer Sunset. Kind of a double meaning, it’s that perfect color that’s seen in the clouds on a hot summer evening and the end of summer. Beautiful, I could find a place for it in my home.
Watermelon
how about weathered barn; love the color!
I love Pepperberry (above). Or, how about Sea Coral?
First thing I thought of was Vintage Floridian (or even Captiva) as we just left the cute, vintage bungalows of Captiva, FL on the Gulf of Mexico. But to keep in line with your names, I immediately arrived at “geranium” as my mother always had the old colonial standby of coral geraniums in her pots. And with her passing, I include them each year too!
I like Sunset.
I know what that color reminds me of, those gorgeous Bakelite bracelets. Bakelite? Bakelite Coral?
Bakelite Bracelet?
Clay pot….clay urn? Mid-west clay?
Love your paint. Love the color. Key West would be a great name. Reminds of colorful Key West, FL and a warm glowing sunset. It will add a pop to your wonderful blues and grays.
It reminds me of an old red pickup truck that is rusty now… What about Rusty Pickup? 🙂 Love the color – beautiful!
BISQUE–which is a rich creamy soup made from shellfish.
When I saw the color I thought of lobster, crab, and shrimp, big and plump fresh from the ocean on a beautiful summer day. I think the color is both rich and creamy.
I thought of some more names:
Canyon Breeze
Adobe sunset (sunrise)
Russet Canyon
Russet clay (or clay pot)
Mellow Melon
Primrose, corabelle, blush… i love this color 🙂
Rose Gold
Cola Crate (my husband pointed to our 1977 wooden CocaCola bottle crate and said, “There you go! It’s not true red, it’s not orange…”
Coral Rouge
Rhubarb Rouge
Rolling Pin Rouge (it’s like the faded red paint on vintage red farmhouse rolling pins)
Toolbox
I’m liking so many of your entries-your blog readers are brilliant!
Our first choice is: Cola Crate
canyon sunset…..
Red dirt road
Georgia clay
Field dust
Red brick road
Coral fields
Tuscany
1. Lobster Bisque
2. Coral Gables
or just simply….. “Flamingo”
This is a step away from your normal but a fun switch for a minute like watching a sunset or taking a little trip.. how about …Vacation?
How about “Rusty Pump”? That’s what is reminds me of, an old rusted hand pump.
Rustic Salmon
London Bridge- I see all sorts of beautiful pieces being painted in this for a little girls room or a pop vintage feminine.
“Reef” as in coral reef.
Possible names:
Faded Watermelon
Lobster Bay
Waning Sunset
Comfy Coral
Coral Wash
Easy Melon
Mellow Melon
Faded Melon
Pinched Cheeks
“sweet potato”. Love sweet potato fries, and love your color!!
How about “Pimento” ?
What fun this is..
Poetry Book
Poets Blush
Petite Parasol
Raspberry Lemonade
“Coraleen” came immediately to mind. It is actually a name and popular in the 1950’s. I’m stuck on “Coraleen” (favorite) or “Coraleen’s Dream” for a little added something.
“Chantilly Cimarron” – it has a vintage soft rusty rose glow to it. (and with that description, even “Rusty Rose” is a possibility!)
Thanks again – I’ve had fun all day thinking of names!
Karen
Reminds me of my Grandmother’s vintage Cameo necklace so maybe
Cameo Necklace, Cameo Brooch, Grandmother’s Cameo, or Vintage Cameo.
Dad’s Toolbox
Tennessee fall
Fig preserves
Carolina coral
Foxtail
Candied yam
Oh Susanna
Mississippi mud
Pawleys pink
Bermuda bay
How about “Little CoraLee”….Sounds like a storybook character from the early 1900’s 🙂 I just found your blog this very instant! My friend referred you to me, and I am now ecstatic to try your paint!!! My wheels are spinning!
Rustic Pear….reminds me of the rosy blush on the pears you use in photo shoots.
How about Salmon?
Opa’s Rug
Faded Tapestry
Heirloom Red
French Tile
Hmmm…still thinking!
How about Persimmon? My grandma had a persimmon tree in her backyard and I seem to remember the fruit’s skin being similar to that paint color.
Salmon Blush
Pink Cameo
Salmon Run… or… Lobster Trap (although lobsters are only red AFTER cooking).
Watermelon
We won’t be able to sleep tonight !
How about ” Gelato”
Coral beach
eraser pink
lil ol lady
miss coral
don’t coral with me!
How about Brick or Weathered Brick
Canyon Coral
Blushing Brick
Bavarian Blush
Coral Reef comes to mind. I also thought of coral sunset, San Diego Sunset or San Diego Coral or La Costa Coral . We just came back to our home in CT from our son’d beautiful wedding in San Diego so it reminds me of San Diego!
Marian’s Rose
Ripe Persimmon
Thanks for the fun Miss Mustard Seed!
Rouge
Pomander
Autumn Pear
What about Quince Jelly/Jam – that has a stunning pink hue and smells divine!
Howabout Old Rouge?
How about: Spice Rack or Spiced
How about Raspberry cream?
I used to live at the Grand Canyon, and it reminds me of the sunsets there, or the Sedona Red Rock. So maybe Canyon Sunset, or Arizona Red Rock. The name can commemorate your recent family trip. 🙂
Marian Mango
How’s about Cinnamon Rose… lovely color with any name!
“Kickball coral” – the color takes me back to my old P.E. days in elementary school. Those rubber kickballs always faded to a reddish coral over the course of a school year!
How about Summer Sunset.
I love the color. It’s soft, sweet and cozy. Makes me think of a cottage in the woods, So how about ” Cozy Coral ” or ” Cottage Coral “.
Weathered barn
Sweet grapefruit
Pink Cherry, Sangria, Brick Road
Ocean Coral, Blushing Bride, Sunset Glow, Forever Coral, Mama’s Lipstick, Zinfindel, Rosey Glow. Sea glass,Eraser,
en pointe pink (the table legs reminded me of ballet dancers)
coral blush
Ocean Coral, Blushing Bride, Sunset Glow, Forever Coral, Mama’s Lipstick, Zinfindel, Rosey Glow, Sea Glass, Eraser
Bittersweet
Bouncy Ball
Pickled Beet
Reminds me of what my fingers would look like after we pulled, washed and sliced beets for pickling. Oh the good old days!
conch shell
love this color, although I am with you and my house is all blue and greys…..lol but it is a beautiful color just the same!!!!
How about “Grist Mill”? I used to live near Longfellow’s Wayside Inn (the oldest still-running inn in the US, I think?) in Massachusetts, and the wheel on the grist mill is a red color that reminded me of this one. It’s the same grist mill that you see on the Pepperidge Farm crackers and cookies!
It also reminds me of red flannel shirts…So maybe “Soft Flannel Red” or “Soft Washed Flannel”?
Prom Dress
Blush
Shell
Coral bell, crushing on coral, P J Pink.
Sienna Sky (looks like a color pulled from a gorgeous sunset)
I think, because I am such a southern girl, watermelon blush. You know when you first cut open a watermelon, the smell, the juicy goodness, it’s summertime in a bite!
Paver
Old Bay
Schoolhouse
Mitten
Compass
Chesapeake Bay
Tulip
Prom Dress
Blush
Shell
Cameo
I keep thinking about pottery or brick when I see it….earth tone.
My name would be Blushed Brick or crushed coral
MacIntosh…the beautiful blush of red-coral on a fall apple
Coral Belles
The color reminds me of the reddish pears we saw last year used in your dining table photos. I like the use of Pear in the name, maybe Orchard Pear or Desert Pear.
I have a few more:
Cora-bel Blumen (inclusion of your history and love for Germany)
Sweet Potato
Butternut Squash
Barnyard rose!
Marian,
I love your table! Here are a few suggestions:
Opa’s Attic
Opa’s Patience
Swiss Miss
Cream of Crab
Speculoos
I know you’re getting tons of great ideas – good luck!
Thanks,
Karen
serene tangerine
Rose Hip, Tapestry, Chintz, Orange Peel, Potpourri,
Paprika,
OMG! I can’t stop now! I just know I will be dreaming of this all night! HAHA!
HYDRANGEA, CHIPPY PINK OR CHIPPY CORAL, SPICY TOMATO,
that color looks like…
heirloom tomato!
Coral Gables
Jeweled Peonies
Coral Dahlia
Salmon Sorbet
All things Coral
Peach Jam Tart
peach Gelato
Roseate Spoonbill: an amazing bird with coral feathers, just Google Roseate Spoonbill to see it.
Persica, another name for peach
Good luck with choosing! I am still thinking…….
My one and only suggestion is: Fireside
It reminds me of an old Diner booth so I would say something like…
Diner Booth
Diner stool
or it reminds me of the roses by my grandmothers house…how about…
Vintage Roses
Thanks for the chance to win an awesome prize!!
poppy!
I know it’s not in your usually family of blues, but I think a little splash of this color would look fabulous in your house! It’s a very complimentary red for all of your favorites.
Rustic Rose
quaint coral
gingered peach (because Georgia peaches really are red on the outside when they’re sweetest)
BLUSH!
Gorgeous color! I’d call this:
LOBSTER
Paula
Hibiscus or Coral Bell . They are both beautiful coral colored flowers.
I love the color and everyone’s ideas!
Country Sunset
Old Fashioned Rose
rusty wagon
Coral bells
Tomato Bisque 🙂
Royal Coral
Spit Fire!
October Sky…
Cameo
or
Cameo Rose
Barn door
Georgia Clay
Brick
SWEET TEA
I used to have a vintage Calumet Baking Powder tin where the red had faded to that color. So I guess I would call it Sun Dried Red or Sun Dried Coral.
Canyon Sunset
or
Canyon Rose
straight from your trip out west! I love Amy’s suggestion of Georgia Clay.
Shrimp cocktail
Wild Salmon
Buttered Coral
Baked Pears
weathered pedal car
I have looked at a lot of your pictures and am always seeing some hydrangeas. How about Blushed Hydrangea, Hydrangea Blush, or Blushing Hydrangea. We saw some of the most beautiful hydrangea type flowers when we visited Maine, and the color reminds me of them.
coresinium
a made up word that means the hot fiery core of earth.
Just another thought……
The new paint color, I love sunset would be a perfect name I have saw many evening sunsets that are this color and they are beautiful.
Rose Cottage, Raspberry Cordial, Marmalade, French Silk, China Rose, Pottery Barn, Empire’s Delight
How about Pale Persimmon?
how about “Popsicle” ?
Summer Sunset or Serene Sunset, Warm Tomato Spice. Love it!
Vintage red rider
How about naming it Abbelynn after the two ladies that created it.
Faded Rose
Sedona
When i saw your new color, I immediately thought of the adorable child’s rocking horse you purchased some time ago that looked so perfect on the curio cabinet. How about ‘Rocking Horse’?
Tomato Soup!
Homestead Red
Got a second wind late at night. Here goes a few tries…
Crumbly red
Scarlet dust
Pennsylvania brick
Vintage rose
Dusty radio flyer
Aged wine
Roasted chestnut
Tricycle
Barnyard Red
Hearthstone
Hello,
I don’t see this as a crazy coral but the fresh LINSEED coating that is what makes all barns red (really a protective coating for the wood). I now it’s a simple word but its just such a pretty symbolic thing of rural living, I think of your cow painting, vegetarian, Young ones playing in a barn or perhaps those barn sales with hidden treasures and it just really reminded me of you from your blogs over the last 7 months. Either way I had a blast reading some of the peoples creative names and how they got them. I’m excited to see your pick. Until then keep the fun blogs coming!
Warmly,
Amanda
Having just come back home from a trip in upstate New York, and having glimpsed wonderful old barns all over New York State’s country side painted in what appears to once have been color red and due to the elements it has weathered to this dusty, powdery, rose color, I say this new milk pain gets christened
“BARNHOUSE RED”
Methinks this name suits it very well.
Paint Name Suggestions-
Morning
or
Shrimp
This color reminds me of the gorgeous coral that floods the sky at sunset… and knowing your love for musical theatre, how about a nod to Broadway with a paint called Sunset Boulevard?
I can hear this piece of furniture speaking “I’m ready for my close-up.”
Fire Engine…it looks like a vintage fire engine toy color.
Child’s Play – reminiscent of vintage game boards, Bingo cards, toy trucks, deck of Hoyle playing cards.
Hobby Horse
Postage Stamp – those lovely vintage red stamps in corally shades.
The first two that came to mind are:
Salmon
Persimmon
It’s a beautiful color, whatever you call it.
Looks like the beautiful Hibiscus flowers all over Florida. I’d call it Hibiscus. 🙂 Love your website!
French Macaroon- I see them made as this lovely coral color on Pinterest all the time. My husband said Guava 😉
Terra Cotta Pot
Dogwood Bloom, Dogwood Flower, Dogwood Blossom, Flowering Dogwood, Blooming Dogwood or just Dogwood
Lovely color! It reminds me of the color of Dogwood Trees in bloom 🙂
It reminded me of 2 things. The inside of a Conch shell and a sunset. That’s my two suggestions. Conch shell or sunset. By the way it’s a beautiful color pared with blue in a room. Think sunset and ocean. So can’t wait to paint something with it.
My suggestion is Sunwashed Barn. The color reminds of a faded red barn.
This is such a pretty color! I would name it Antique Coral
I would call it Bittersweet 🙂
Paradise pink
I know it isn’t your color…but surely you have something that closely resembles it. If you look around your home– I bet you could name it.
But since you’re allowing us a chance…I will play along.
Might I suggest–
FADED ZINNIA— it looks just the right shade of ‘red’ as the zinnia begins to fade this time of year.
Lovely, color too. Pat
Abbeylynn Coral
Anjou Pear
Red Velvet Cake
Sugared Plum
First name that I thought of is Coral Reef. It’s a beautiful color.
Blessings, Aimee
I think it is a lovely dusty coral. It reminds me of when flowers are just past their peak colour. I would call it “mid-summer coral”.
All the best, Jo-Ann
“Coralline”
I thought of “memory lane” because a lot of the furniture we bring back to live, have some kind of history. This color is a gentle tone, that fits perfectly with memories
thanks
Inge De Herdt
De Herdt Gardens
Barrhead AB
It reminds me of the blusher we wore in the 80’s….so how about “BLUSH”??
Lovely colour…
Coraline… pronounced with a long “i”. This color also reminds me of a particular precious little lady with blushed cheeks…her name? Coraline.
Salmon Berry
I should explain that I grew up with salmonberries in British Columbia. It’s really just one word – “salmonberry”, but to market the paint, perhaps splitting up the word into two words is better. Salmonberries grow all along the Pacific Coast – from Alaska to California. The colour reminded me of picking these wonderful berries as a child.
Reminds me of my grandmas cameo brooch. It was carved shell and coral. I would call it Grandmas Cameo or Omas Cameo. (keeping with your German heritage) Beautiful color btw.
I think it should be tied into your grandparents..I did see the color in the needlepoint chairs and the rug. How about “opa’s joy.”
Coral beach or cotton candy
The color reminds me of a SANDSTONE that I had as a little girl from a trip out west to the Grand CANYON.
Good Luck 🙂
I always find coral tones remind me of ladies in the South- their lipstick, painted toes, clothes and jewelry….so my suggestion is Southern Belle ….fresh and updated but yet classic and enduring…..
Watermelon
….or heirloom tomato
This color reminds me of my grandmother’s simple things: Polka dot, Swiss dot, Apron, Powder puff. I also like this color in snapdragon or geranium. It also reminds me of the old Chiclet gum.
Thank you for helping me remember my “pink lady”.
Mademoiselle. Its a very youthful, but sophisticated color.
It reminds me of the color you see on doors and shutters that have been faded by the sun on the beach cottages in the Caribbean –
Caribbean Holiday
I thought of “Sailor’s Delight” as in:
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
Red sky at morning, sailor take warning!
It also reminds me of the colors of coral, lobster and crab. Very nautical. It’s beautiful. I plan to use it as a pop of color with beach inspired, pale blues, misty greens and grays.
What a lovely color!! It reminds me of my grandmother’s rouge. Also of flowers and pink peppercorns. Here are a few ideas?? …….Lol. :)………… magnolia ~~ honeysuckle~~rouge~~hedge rose~~moulin rouge (red mill)~~ peppercorn
~~rose de reims~~primrose~~blossom~~la femme~~dianthus~~
pink cadillac~~shirley temple~~
Beautiful color! Some of my suggestions: CORAL DREAM, ROSEWOOD
Petunia Pink or Salmon Patty!
Pudding Mold
Lovely color indeed!!! I might need to add this to my stash of paints … This is a beauty.
My name suggestion would be “Summer Sunset”, reminds me of the beautiful dusk 🙂
I reminds me of a very old little red wagon that has faded in the sun. So I would call it weathered wagon
rhubarb
Vintage flower pot. Then you can look for the vintage flower pot that is the right color and still have a story
It’s beautiful and reminds me of our time at the Cape. So, Cape Cod Coral is my suggestion.
Good Luck!
Hello:
The following colors come to mind:
Geranium
Carnation
Sweet Pea
Faded Glory
Mother’s Dishes
Copper Pot
Or Coral Stripe as it looks like it would be an accent stripe of color in a grain sack or other material. It’s beautiful by the way – I was just wishing the other day that you had a coral and a brown. Wishes do come true!
Hi; this color is beautiful & reminds me of the Coral Geraniums I used to decorate my previous house. Also the red sunset visible on some spendid evenings (our new country house faces the west). So my suggestions would be:
Coral Geranium
Sweet Sunset
I love your blog and have been so inspired by your book! Thanks for sharing your talents and expertise with us.
Blessing to you & your family,
Melody
Oregon Salmon
Clay Pot….. It’s short and sweet!!!!! I love this color !!!!! Beautiful with any shades of teals!!!
This color reminded me of Anne of Green Gables for some reason. Maybe it’s because I’m feeding my daughter breakfast right now and she is a redhead, and so was Anne, which led me to think of ‘Chrysanthemum’ or ‘Chrysanthemum Coral’. (I even had to look it up to remember how to spell it. Lol) Good luck. I know whatever name you come up with will be a good one!
Ripe peach.
Oma’s coral broach?
I would name it “Milk Maid”, It brings to mind a worn cotton apron that a milk maid would wear.
Beautiful color! I vote for Posy or Bittersweet
If you’re familiar with the south at all , you’ve seen that color a lot ! Our dirt is “red”.
Since Oma’s carpet had this color and I’m sentimental, I’d call it “Virginia Red”
Baby Lip Bloom, Baby’s Lips, Baby Lips, Baby Lip,
I’m having my first granddaughter in 10 weeks. My mind and heart have turned to mush and I see “Eden” (her name) everywhere. When I saw this beautiful color I thought of a baby’s little rosebud mouth.
Hatbox
Smoked coral
Teaberry !
Zinnia
Reminds me of old bricks (at least that is what my eye reads the color as). What about Vintage Brick?
Very pretty! It reminds me of the color of pink hydrangeas in the autumn when they have dried… so I thought Faded Hydrangea. The color also is similar to a 50’s prom dress I found at a yard sale so how about Dance Slippers?
Reclaimed Coral
Cameo
Coral Bell (which is a pretty, festive perennial flower)
Apricot
Brandywine pink-a beautiful heirloom tomato.
Heirloom
Auntie Coral
Aunt Coral
Looks like a color a beloved Auntie of years past would have loved!!
Sanibel or Savannah
It reminds me of the cheeks of old porcelin dolls… In tribute to one of it’s creators, I’d call it “All Dolled Up”
I think of the beach and the inside of a seashell so I would name it Conch Shell.
This coral reminds me of fall. I would name it….Harvest Sunset.
Granny’s Rouge, Polka, Marmalade, Olde Spice, Rusty Bucket, Used Brick, Bittersweet. Love the new color.
First thing I thought about when I saw this color was of a pretty blush. So how about Blush by itself or First Blush. It also reminds me of the way the sky sometimes looks at sunset so how about Sunset Sky.
What about naming it for Abbe? You could call it simply “Abbe” or after her blog?
How about Coral Clay since it looks like Red Clay.
Maybe Abbe’s flower pot… 🙂
Perfectly Persimmon
I can see that color on the outside of a Victorian house…..Victorian Breeze. 🙂
Sheryl
How fun is this, naming Miss Mustard Seed’s paint?! Seeing the coral color reminds me of the ocean and being a certified scuba diver and lover of snorkeling, it is as pretty as some of the actual coral that I’ve seen in the Caribbean waters in which I have swam. So, I choose Coral Reef Pink, Coral Reef, Reef Pink. Pink Coral, or maybe Sea Urchin, Sea Urchin Pink.. There’s a lot of ladies who live on or near coastal waters and that love to paint, so they might love this name too, I hope! If you want to go with a more country name, I choose, Old Rose, Rosie, Coral Rose, Heirloom Rose or maybe just Heirloom. Good luck every one!
Weathered Wagon
I’m loving the name someone else suggested of “mom’s lipstick”!!!!
I am in the process of redoing my living room and this looks like one of the colors in my inspiration painting. The painting is of 3 angels ( I have 3 daughters) floating on coral colored clouds. So how about Angel Cloud !
Sunset Sky
Cameo Coral
Bakelite Coral
Lucite Coral
Poppy
Color Me Coral
Sunset
Rusty Pink
Rusty Coral
I love the names of your paints for the very reason that they do mean something to you. So naming a color you wouldn’t use in your house is a challenge. Being a southern girl however I’m sure you’ve had your share of southern red clay on your white tennis shoes! So I think Southern Clay might fit the bill! However Faded Hydrangea is hard to beat!
Heirloom Tomato
Rusty Bisque
Rusty Rose
Vine Red
Heirloom Coral
Peach Pit
Vintage Rose
Summer Blush
Zinnia Red
Peach Cobbler
Crisp Coral
Coralme
Lobster Bisque (it reminds me of Nantucket Red – but I suppose that name is already taken)
I will call it…..magnolia coral
The color reminds me of old bricks or faded bricks, so I would call it:
Faded Brick or
Old Brick
Ruby Red Grapefruit
Pink Grapefruit
Old Fashioned Breakfast Grapefruit with a Cherry on Top (How to shorten that??)
I keep looking back at the color and I’m so impressed at how clear and fresh it is. Most coral paints seem muddy to me. I’m thinking I might have to get adventurous and try it!
Thanks for the fun name challenge!
Conch
Breton
Wild salmon
I too tend towards blues and grays, but this new color is gorgeous. A pink, orange, coral shade is flattering in fashion and the home. P.S. You would look great in this color.
I digress . . .. to me this color says “watermelon”
It reminds me of the watermelons grown in backyard gardens as opposed to the bright red ones we find at the supermarket.
This color reminds me of Tuscany buildings, tile roofs, and sunsets. So I suggest:
Tuscany
Tuscany Chateau
Tuscany Brick
Pottery
Pottery Urns
Clay Pottery
Tuscany Sunset
Chateau Coral or Coral Chateau
Coral Clay
Melon
Sunset Coral
Chicago Brick
Antique Brick
This thought came to me last night: Just plain “Lipstick” I bet you have a color similar in your makeup kit!!! Such wonderful names that other people have given, and this one seems so plain, but it speaks volumes! I’ll love it, no matter what you choose!!!!
I’m a lover of all things Hawaiian. The paint color is truly in the coral family, and reminds of the colors in Key West. So pairing my love of Hawaii and the southern coral palette, perhaps something like, “Tropical Coral” or “Tropical Paradise”.
Sedona Sky as in the mountains of Sedona Az. I remember this was one of the colors in that gorgeous landscape.
Coppered Coral
Screen Door-Reminds me of a chippy old screen door on a beach cottage. 🙂
It reminds me of a vintage “doll case” that my grandmother kept in the closet for us to play with; and also of her “snap dragons” in various shades of this color.
I can’t wait to hear what you decide on. Your names always seems so perfect!
Doll case
Snap dragons
It brings to mind a ballerina outfit faded and beautiful. I would call it “coral tutu” . Something that makes you happy enough to do a graceful dance!
Barn wood
Many of the barns here in Tennessee are not really red anymore!
Summer Sunset
this is a challenge because I love that each one of the names in your line tie into your style or your home…but since you are a lover of all things vintage how about:
Vintage Brick, vintage Rose, Vintage conch or Vintage coral or vintage peony, vintage red using the word heirloom..
Heirloom Rose, Heirloom peony, heirloom pink, or simply rosebuds, it looks like my favorite color of rose bushes in my home…its not a red not a pink but a very soft coral color and love to clip them when they are just rosebuds and put them in my robins egg blue vases from Target…
I’ve been dying to try your paint I hope I win!! crossing fingers, toes, eyes, legs,..arms.
Gram’s Apron – my Grandmother had a wonderful apron she would wear while baking that was this color. I loved watching her make pies, her hands were all crippled up with arthritis, but she made the best pies and homemade dinner rolls! When she put that apron on you knew it was a good day for your tummy!!
Looove this color! It reminds me of the many different blushes created by summer. The blush of a sunset. The blush of a rose. The blush on our cheeks as we enjoy summer activities. So I think it should be called Summer Blush.
Evening Sunset
Seashell coral
It really is such a pretty color….Barnwood Rose maybe?
Watermelon?
Love all the colors in your MMSMP line. I haven’t used any yet, but hope to one day.
A synonym for coral comes from the Mediterranean coral known as “stony skeleton” because of its grainy texture. Stony skeleton might sound a bit ghoulish, but it adds a bit of mystery.
Good Luck with this contest. Naming your milk paint colors has to be one of the hardest things to do, like naming your children, they will have it forever, so make it good 🙂
Having grown up in the Southwest (AZ in particular) I think of Sun Dried Adobe tiles on all of the roof’s, or the brilliant shades of coral in the Evening Sky creating Romantic Sunsets. I would be honored to receive a package of your paint delivered to my door. I’m giddy just thinking about it.
Oriental Dream or just Oriental.
Such a beautiful color. Reminds me of a pink Chardonnay wine but I’d call it Blushing Chardonnay.
OOPS!! Meant to say Sedona Sunset instead of Sedona sky. Sorry!!!!!
Bittersweet
I live in Idaho and w/all the fires we have had around here this summer that’s exactly the color of the sunsets we are having…”setting summer sun”…or maybe for a little different direction…”the kettles on”…couldn’t you just picture a cute little antique copper kettle on the old country stove…Or, one last thought…”French rouge” or just “rouge”…kinda reminds me of those old pots of rouge I used to find in my mamma’s purse when I was little. 🙂
It looks like the same color as the Honeysuckle vines climbing on the fences outside our farmhouse in NH, so I might name this color Honeysuckle. It is also the color of dresses my great grandmother wore- maybe Vintage Dress? Or Cameo? Faded barn sounds nice to me as well but not sure as this looks like more of a coral…
wow love the color with hits of red and coral a faded barn over time hit by the sun day by day “Rustic Red”
Very pretty! I think it would look nice with your signature blue.
Don’t know if it’s been suggested — wow, over 2000 comments! — but how about Bittersweet Berry?
Sherbet Chic; Rougir; Georgia; Corail; Sunset Rose
Faded tractor. Like old farm equipment left out in fields to weather.
“Cameo” Because it reminds me of those old vintage necklaces, broaches, and rings that have this color background with the white profile of the lady on them.
For some reason, I’m was thinking of your cow Eulalie and the name “Coralee” popped into my mind!
The first name that popped into my head. Was “crab cakes”( because the table reminds me of a little crab!)Then maybe Faded Barn, Shrimp on the Barbee, maybe I’m just hungry!
See you in Alabama at the Chapel Market.
Caroline Howard
Queen of the Nest
Farm tractor would be wonderful! They fade to that soft red. Or red wagon is good too.
Whatever you choose will be a great fit I am sure.
I look forward to getting to use your MMS milk paint line and the waxes too.
It reminds me of a pinky Jasper brooch my grandmother used to wear, so how about Grandmother’s Brooch.
I would call it “Ferris”!
Reminds me of a ride on the ferris wheel on a magically warm summer night at the state fair, with cotton candy and water melon…mmmm!! 🙂
flower market
I think you should name it Tritan or Foghorn because the color looks similar to the leather from your Opa’s foghorn.
persimmon!
I’m liking the farm trend – Old Farm.
September Rose.
Geranium : )
I live in southern Missouri where the neighbors have barn dances and invite the whoel tri- county area. It’s a summertime tradition to get all gussied up, head out to the barn, and lock eyes with Mr McDreamy…. then waiting for him to get the nerve to shyly ask you to dance. This is the color of the whole experience, so I suggest calling it “barn dance”.
Marietta… Traveling down memory lane, this color reminds me of all I hold dear about the area my grandparents who were farmers, frequented to buy and sell. Scenes of faded and rusty old tractor bodies and seats, and well-worn barns now a faded reddish coral, have forever left wonderful memories of closeness, family and treasuring those who sacrificed much!
Wishing you would reconsider your stance that your latest color, coral ,isn’t your color … it really IS your color, and will make your eyes shine and complexion glow.. try a scarf close to your face and see how it lights up face….
Burnished sunset would be an accurate descriptive name for this beautiful new addition to your color way.
I agree that coral is the color for you to wear. I have the very same complexion and hair color you do. I always get the most complements when I wear coral!!! It makes me feel like a million bucks.
EarIierl today I suggested watermelon, but that just didn’t seem just quite appropriate. In keeping with the true nature of MMS paint colors and their beautiful results I am now thinking “HIERLOOM WATERMELON”
What about Abbelyn — after the ladies who came up with this amazing color! So many great name suggestions.
LOVE the color. Suggestions for names:
Abbe Rose
Peachy Keen
Coralbelle
How does Sunset Quince or Flowering Quince or Persimmon Sound or Persimmon
Sunset Sound?. I would truly love the paint gift box.
Thanks,
Vintage key west cottage
vintage cameo
As I sit making a fall inspired wreath I noticed your new color is the same color as one of the vines I am using – call it Bittersweet. The center bud is a match….and everyone loves Bittersweet. Comfort zone returned!
“Honeysuckle” It reminds me of the vines that are native to this area, not quite pink, not quite red, not quite orange. Plus they are blooming right now, as the color is being debuted!
The first thing that came to mind was mixing bowl, or batter bowl…it reminds me of those old faded red Pyrex bowls. I like biscuit tin too….a nice old painted, and faded, chippy tin. I am anxious to try your paint and waxes.
My suggestions:
Grosgrain (can’t you see a pretty grosgrain ribbon in this color?)
Apple Cart (picture a weathered old cart, with faded paint)
Fall Leaf (many of our leaves turn this color in Autumn)
Tractor (it reminds me of the color of my great uncle’s old farm tractor)
Betsy
Faded Glory, it reminds me of the red color in the flag when it’s been in the hot sultry sun.
What about ‘Tea Kettle’? It reminds me of a vintage tea kettle you would pick up from a flea market.
Coralbelle.
It’s a great coral color! It actually reminds me of vintage Fiesta Ware dishes. I think the color I’m envisioning was called “Rose”–so I’d call it Fiesta Rose.
An amazing giveaway! Thanks so much for the chance to win! 🙂
Oh I love this color. It reminds me of the coral and sea star specimens in an old Victorian cabinet of curiosities . I suggest “Victorian Curio” or “Coral Curio.” Or even “Haeckel’s Starfish” after the Victorian illustrator.
This color also reminds me of the tomatoes I’m harvesting right now, so how about: “Heirloom Tomato” or “Pink Brandywine.”
I love this color, maybe because it reminds me of a sweater that I have had forever and is so comfortable that I cannot get rid of…even though it’s totally shapeless by now. So….
Cardigan Coral
Abbe’s Coral
Georgia Clay (I lived in Georgia and it reminds me of the color the clay gets when it dries.)
Good luck with naming…I would love to win cause I want to use it!
Hibiscus Happiness
Summer Blush
I would love to see it called “Trumpet Vine”. It is a pretty color and reminds me of a childhood summer day spent keeping “Wooly”(one of Grandma’s) great sheep, away from her precious Trumpet Vine. That Trumpet Vine would spill over a large gate, and Wooly just love to eat those sweet flowers. I spent so much time bargaining,cajoling and distracting that sheep.
It was truly a losing battle.
My Grandmother had beautiful garden’s which she loved, that Trumpet Vine was one of her favorites such a pretty flowers.
I would be pleased to have it called Trumpet Vine, such a lovely color full of memories.
In honor of the history of your favorite places, Opa’s door or Berry Hill.
Just happened to see this rose on Witherspoon Rose Culture’s website, it is called Tiffany rose- it appears to be a perfect match-
http://www.witherspoonrose.com/brag-board/
What a beautiful color! It reminds me of the red rock in Sedona Arizona. I like the name Sedona Sand which brings to mind the sunrises and sunsets reflected on the beautiful terra cotta rocks.
Apple Cider, Cinnamon Stick, Fruit Punch, Rose of Sharon.
*The color reminds me of the inside of the Rose of Sharon bloom 🙂
I’m from the mid-west, the farm lands of Iowa and this color reminds me of the big harvest moon that would appear at dusk as the sun would sink into the horizon causing all the colors to melt together into this beautiful choral color that you could see for miles! I can smell the brisk fall air right now! I’d name it HARVEST MOON!
I like Abbe’s Peachy Keen
I also like Jennylyn’s Coral Sunset
Watermelon. (Not sure if that’s already been suggested – i didn’t read through all 2000+ of the previous comments)
I just had a popsicle….and thought…a good name: Popsicle
CANYON CLAY
It reminds me of the clay dirt trails in the Grand Canyon. My legs would be this color after hiking the switchback trails down to the Colorado River.
Vintage Coral Cameo
Pink Copper Pot
Sea Coral
Red Anjou Pear
Rosehip
Bermuda Coast
Sorry if this came through twice… Grandma’s Polish, Grandmother’s kiss, Jabbe, muddy tire,
Grandmas laugh, bouquet, ….reminds me of my grandmas nail Polish and lipstick she wore.
thanks!!
Pomegranate!! Like the fruits that blushed outside my home in Arizona! Beautiful color!
Sedona chalk
Canyon pottery
Coral reef
This color reminds me of “Sherbert”…..now I’ll never be able to pick my favorite MMSMP color!
I adore this color, for I have inherited several antique oriental rugs that boast several shades of your new addition! The color always welcomes me home! Some ideas for names include:
soft salmon
welcome glow
antique brick
terra cotta
Georgia clay
clay pot
rustic rust
brick beauty
sunset sigh
sizzle
sailor’s delight (after that old saying,”Red sky at morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailor’s delight!)
warm sigh
Thanks, Carol Edington
My first pick is Gooseberry (the vintage pyrex color)
Also like:
Shirley Temple
Bittersweet
Scarlet O’Hara
“Boho Blush” – So many to choose from – good luck to everyone!!
Crushed Clay
I did not read through all of them. It is going to be difficult to choose….here are my suggestions—-Salmon Red, or Dixie Clay
I like Baton Rouge, it reminds me of a pety cheek blush!!
Kitchen Paver
What a fun color! Reminds me of the 1930’s coral. And an apron that my great grandma had. So how about “Adeline’s Apron”. It’s also the same color as the gladiolas I have on my table. Maybe just “gladiola”. That would be pretty! 🙂
The color is yummy…. It reminds me of a watermelon, but a little spicy.
How about Melon Cider????
My mind started wondering, so there is not theme to my suggestions.
-Sweet Cheeks – because it reminds me of a young child, or doll’s, pink cheeks
-Just a Pinch – for what your cheeks looked like as a child when Mommy pinched them to “put some color in your cheeks.”
-Anniversary Roses – my husband buys me the most beautiful coral roses for my anniversary every year.
-Magic Hour – is the time just before (and just after) sunset when the sky is that fabulous, intense explosion of colors. It’s exhilarating and soothing at the same time. It can be anything to anybody.
Thanks for the opportunity to exercise my imagination for a while. I do love the color very much. I can’t wait to try it. Good luck with the naming process! You’ve received some good suggestions.
How about : Brick Red or Shed Red
Old Flame
Spicy Shrimp
Lobster Trap
Wild Salmon
Chinook Salmon (this is also the name of a type of wind)
Chinook
Coho
Heirloom Tomato
Vintage Love
Old International
Salty Coral
I hope you like my suggestions! Their is a story to go with all of them. I love this new color! Tiffany
“Rusty Wagon” ~ it reminds me of a well used child’s wagon. The one that a child would have put all his or her backyard treasures in. A wagon that would sit outside all summer long with the heat and rain, with a little metal showing because of all of the love the child gave it.
I like the name summer melon or Coralee
one look and it has to be:
Bittersweet
I would say one of these:
freckles (for the peachy look they give your face)
lantana (I love the peachy shade that shows up in this flower)
zinnia (the pink is my favorite color in these blooms)
or something funny…”I’m not blue,” “Out of the blue,” “Not Gray Today” since you like blue and gray so much!!
When I think of vintage anything in this colour I think of a piece of beautiful old jewellery. My suggestion is “Cameo”.
I have a thing for glassware so my suggestion stems from that. Love how the light reflects off glass and plays with it in window. My suggestion is Carnival Glass Coral. Carnival glass comes in a full range of colors yellow, pink, green, orange, blue, red and the richer coral color.
Rhubarb Pie, my grandmothers favorite dessert
Love Abbe’s Coral, after the designer and the color is so perfect. Just found your paint’s here in Lancaster at Fresh Vintage by Amy. Loving the luckett’s green and mustard seed yellow.
Wagon. A perfect compliment to “Tricycle” 🙂
Vintage radio flyer I have one exactly that color in my backyard that has been bleached by the sun :). Or it reminds me of chinaberry beads. It also reminds me of earthenware 🙂
I like Key West Coral, slice of melon, Peachy Keen.
Such a beautiful color!
Georgia Peach or Savannah Sunset
Holy Moly,
Two thousand comments!!! and so many good names, i wouldn’t even attempt to compete… I kind of like the suggestion “Salty Coral”… I think “Rusty Wagon” sounds like something you’d like… and i like “heirloom tomato” too, but that is as far as i could get reading suggestions!
Cindy
I would call it “Curiosity” The shade reminds me of spunk and zest and “let’s see what’s around the next bend, shall we?”
Our fire hydrant by our house has faded with time……hydrant?
Fleece…I’m never without one.
Flickering Flame
Ragged Rug
A shot of Coral
Cardinal
First Kiss
I can’t help myself……I could keep going. Thank you!
I think the PERFECT name is Corabelle. Why Corabelle you say ? Because that is the perfect name for a beautiful Coral paint and also the perfect name for Eulalie ( your Cow paintings), best cow friend. And you thought Eulalie was just sitting there keeping watch over her pasture. Nope, she was waiting for Corabelle, her best bud !
Paintspatter, Coral Paintspatter,
Coral Putty
Rose Hip
Opa’s favorite color?
Dreamin’ of Coral
I mean Paintsplatter, Coral Paint Splatter………..darn spell check.
Irish Setter
Sunrise
Paintbrush (The Indian Paintbrush of Texas)
Bellini
Beautiful color, reminds me of an “Heirloom Tomato”
This is the color my grandma wore to my wedding. She was a feisty beatiful lady who lived to be 102. She had snow white hair and strong opinions. She was gentle and loving with all the grandchildren, but very free advice giving to the adults. Her name was Erma, and she had so much spunk she wouldn’t let anyone take her Christmas tree out of the house when she was 100 years old. So the name I would choose is “lovely lady”- in rememberance of all the fiesty, sweet ladies of that generation.
Since you were out in the west (my backyard) when this color came out, why not something to do with that? This coral falls right into the beautiful array of pinks, tans and corals of our beautiful canyons and desert areas. In fact, there are dunes in Utah called “Coral Sand Dunes.” The sand is just this color when wet. Since you vacationed at the Grand Canyon, why not “South Rim” or “North Rim”? Think about the favorite spot where you saw this color while visiting this summer. Phantom Ranch? Lee’s Ferry? Native Coral? Good luck!
Daylily
How about Coralee?
… so all of your other MMS paint colors are named for the things you love, right? Do you love the brilliant peachy pink of the sunset just after the sun has dropped below the horizon? I LOVE that color! Your new coral reminds me of it, so you could go with “Sunset Coral”, or go geographical with “Eastern Sunset” or “Pennsylvania Sunset”. My personal favorite, however would be to call it just “Sunset”, period.
Looks like a redwood picnic table.. So maybe Redwood or Picnic
How about …..Stoneware, Pebble, Clay Rock, Clay Mountain, or Clay Marble
Parsons Peach
How about “Barn Door”?
It looks like a red barn faded after decades of sun.
The Other Marian
It makes me think of jewelry, like an old cameo. How about cameo, or coral rose.
The coral color reminds me of PALE WATERMELON.
Reminds me a bit of French Clay, that’s my choice!
Screen Door. My husband’s parents had a cute cabin in Colorado that had a screen door that same coral color. The color looked so cheerful next to the dark stained log siding. I love the sound of an old screen door closing…..reminds me of Summer and days gone by.
I am crazy about this color, and trying to name it!
Old Ballet Slipper
Tiffany Rose
Lady- Like (another type of rose)
Coral Slate
Puppy’s Tongue
I like Abbelyn Coral – for the two talented gals who make up your team.
instantly reminded me of shrimp and lobster hues…
How about
1.Gulf Shrimp Bisque
2.Maine Lobster
3.Louisiana Crawdad
It looks like “Pink Grapefruit”.. or if its more of a coral in person then coral reef. Those would be my two.
Heirloom Tomato. It reminds me of the color of one of the delicious heirloom tomatoes a friend gave us
Coral bells, a beautiful old fashioned flower 🙂
Rusty Hinge
Fire Fly
Grandpa’s Tie
Crushed Red Pepper
It makes me think of rhubarb. Also, the flowers on top of the table look like a pretty good match…. I don’t know what they are called but maybe you could name the color after them.
How about “Sea Shell”?
Begonia! It reminds me of begonias! The perfect peachy coral, summer flower!
How about: Say hello to Hollyhock! It is the color of one of the hollyhocks, now spent, by my back porch.
Rustic Brick, Firebrick or Aged Brick
Opals antique carpet would be the perfect name.
I love the name. Radio flyer. Just like the faded color of an old red wagon!!!
I first opened my retail store in 2007 which at the time seemed “edgy” We wanted to feature local artists and craftsman!! I have always held a special place in my heart for creative people (my mother is a canvas artist) and I wanted to try and give them a space to sell their wares. I also wanted to be in the business of repurposing items that other people wanted to throw away. One of the very first things I bought were two very crunchy, very old corbels. They spoke to me right away. They had a mixture of chippy white and coral paint on them. I still have them and they are proudly holding a piece of barn wood where I display candles and many other items. So I vote for the name of “CORBEL” or “CORA BELL”
Thanks for all you do!!!
Marty Simmons
I have a summer sundress this color,so I think “Sundress” would be a nice name. A lot of people have commented that it reminds them of a beautiful sunset, so it has a nice meaning because you can “dress” your furniture, etc. in this sunny color.
Salmon cake
I used to love playing dress up with my grandmother’s make up and this looks like the shade of her rouge. It always gave her such a beautiful glow, so my ideas are “Rouge” or “Grandma’s Rouge” 🙂
Barnwood
It looks similar to the coloring in a ‘Marianum’ it’s a thistle. Red Thistle, Marianum, Rusted Dahlia all come to mind.
Rusted Thistle
‘Red Factor’ Charolais- for your love of cows!
Mountain Coral- after the jewelry this color but I like the name for the significance of mustard seeds and mountains!
Love the new color!
Looks just like the color in the antique wool rug you wanted most from your grandparent’s house. Oma’s rug?
I was immediately reminded of cubby cheeks on the adorable Cupids found on vintage Valentine cards. How about “Cupid” , “Valentine” or “Vintage Valentine”
I vote for ‘Rolling Pin’ or ‘Cookie Cutter’ because the wooden handles on my Nanny’s favorite kitchen tools where such a similar shade of rich coral. She also painted her Garden Shed Door that same shade and it was a place of wonder and joy when I was a girl! I still remember potting up tomato plants with my Poppa as he hummed ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’. Good for you for going outside your comfort zone Marian and including a color that will compliment so many of the comfortable colors in your wonderful paint line!
Just had another idea….how about “Turban Squash”…it has the same reddish orange hue and if it were painted over Boxwood and then chipped off, it would have the same organic appeal!
It reminds me of the first antique I bought with my mom when I was a little girl. I would call it “carnival glass.”
Virginia
cotillion dress or cotillion ball
First of all, great color! I love coral. Second, you’ve got your work cut out for you with all of the great suggestions you’re getting! Here are my suggestions:
Farm Stand – this color just reminds me of some farm stands I have seen
Awning – same reason as above
Milking Stool – I realize it’s not a traditional milking stool color, but it would look fantastic on one!
Parlour – old houses often had parlours painted in a shade of pink
Peony – a gorgeous flower
Old Tin Roof – this color reminds me of a faded red tin roof
Porch Swing – this color would look gorgeous on a wooden porch swing
Spanish Clay – this color is reminiscent of terra cotta roof tiles
Weathered Barnwood – this color looks like a faded red barn
Sunwashed Wagon – like a little red wagon left too long in the sun
I didn’t read all of the thousands of comments, so I hope none of these is a repeat!
How about “Inspired”? I can’t help but wonder if the rich color in your Oma’s rug may have been an inspiration for this color without anyone even realizing it. So I would say Oma’s Rug or Inspired. I also think “Lipstick” would be a great name for it.
Good Luck!
Susan
It makes me think of a coral colored cameo necklace. So Coral Cameo or Vintage Cameo.
LOVE this color! Can’t wait to try it!
Coralina Plantation
Maybe Coral Beach?
Tangerine washboard
PEI sands (Homestead House will understand)
Beautiful color. Makes me think of summer also. What about Summer’s Blush? The color your cheeks turn in the summer’s heat. Love your style!!!
What about naming new paint colors after sights around the United States? Having just walked over the Golden Gate Bridge today, your new color reminds me of that bridge! Or a Sonoran Desert sunset. Great new color!
Adirondack
Had another thought – you could call it Lynette, for the owner of Wild Rose. Though it’s not quick pink enough.
When we got married in 1982, I carried a rose of that colour. So my pick would be ” peach blush” after that colour.
Fraulein
Fraulein Koralle
Oktoberfest
Schatzi
Some more ideas (I haven’t been back to read the comments, so I hope none are repeats!)
Barn Door (because it reminds me of a weathered old barn door)
Tin Toy (I had a wind-up tin elephant as a kid, and he had this color on him)
Circus Car (similar to the Tin Toy idea)
Old Glory (it looks like the red color of a faded antique flag)
Betsy
As soon as I saw your new color.. Victorian Heart… came to mind. I have seen this hue in my Daughters Victorian Home. I love it. I have used your paint on customers projects and can see great possibilities for this color.
Desert Rose….. for an awesome color of the desert
Pink Cinnamon….. for the yummy foods that could be made on it
Pipestone…..for the color of rock at Pipestone, MN
Prairie Sky or Desert Sky….. for a color of the summer evening sky
Salmon King….for the color of the salmon fish
Antique Pink…..for the color of pink on an old cotton tea towel that belonged to my Mother
Pink sunset
Garden Strawberry
Strawberry
I love the idea of gables as added architecture on farmhouses…. I also like cupolas with weather vanes….I just like the way cupcake sounds with coral….
1) coral gables ( gables can mask the roof pitch, as paint can mask the not so pretty furniture )
2) coral cupola…..(
3) coral gable…..(
4) coral cupolas ( small structures and small color changes can make a BIG difference)
5) coral cupcake ( home sweet home)
6) coral castle ( we should all view our homes as castles)
that’s easy……Tomato Soup!
This is so much fun…and I have so many ideas. (and yes, I actually have dreamed of naming paint colors).
Here goes:
Because you love antiques and vintage things so much, here are a few suggestions along that vein. FIrst off, this soft coral color reminds me so much of my french mattress ticking and my french grain sacks. While you have collected blue…I have collected red. The old ones have faded into this beautiful coral color. How about:
*Vintage Red French Ticking or
*Faded Red French Ticking
Other antique related names:
*Pink Depression Glass
*Vintage Prom Dress (think about all those faded chiffon pick dresses)
Or, some food related names:
*Strawberry Lemonade (inspired from your love of Izze soda)
*Pink Pearl Apple
*Pink Lady Apple
*Pink Applesauce
Other ideas:
*Coral Nymph (this is a flower…and it’s just this color)
*Coral Peony
And last idea:
*Flamingo. (if you look at pictures of a real flamingo…they are this pretty coral color, not pink)
Thanks for the opportunity.
I’d name it Pink Guava.
But then I’m Malaysian.
And in the hope that you have some secret desires to travel to exotic lands, you may want to call it Pink Guava Possibilities 🙂
Reminds me of an antique coral colored tea cup my mother had, so I would choose the name “Tea Cup”,
Such an intriguing color. It reminds me of an old wagon my children had, so I would name it “Faded Red Flyer” or “Rusty Red Flyer”. I also like the name “Hide and Seek Pink”.
Thanks for allowing your followers to name it!
Desire Red
Rusty Red
Tulip Red
Picnic Red
Canyon
Spice Jar
Spice Rack
How about,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, terra cotta poppies? 🙂
Came up with two more!
Grapefruit
Raspberry lemonade (my favorite drink)
Oooh or sangria (my other favorite drink)
I have three so far…. 🙂
Crush
Red Sky at Night, Sailors Delight
Coral Blush
Jennifer in Virginia
One more:
This color reminds me of a little doll I had with a pink dress…
So how about the name Dolly for this paint color?
Jennifer in Virginia
Nantucket red. It’s the exact color of those famous preppy chinos that start out red and fade to that salmony pink.
When I was growing up we had a elderly lady who lived in a beautiful Victorian home a few blocks down the street. She always wore a cameo at her neckline and I always admired it. This color reminds of that cameo. Her name was Esther so I would name it Esther’s Cameo. It’s a beautiful color. It would be beautiful on bedroom furniture for a little girls room. Love all your colors!
Reminds me of Reclaimed Brick.
Hi, Marian. Have you picked a color name yet?
In remembrance of your family’s vacation to Colorado, how about:
Mesa Verde
or
Colorado sunrise?
Hope you had a fabulous trip and enjoyed our beautiful state!
p.s.
or Colorado sunset
We Coloradoans see this color either sunrise or sunset, depending . . .
rosewater
I love the name “Early Sunrise Coral”.
I’m thinking “seahorse” …. It evokes a vintage-beachy feel.
You say that the colour comes from your “Wheelhouse”,
perhaps then “Waterstone Red”…
Trixie, lovinglymadeltd – Sussex, England
Hi Marian! Hope you had a wonderful vacation :0). Thank you so much for the enjoyment I receive from your blog~~~truly an inspiration~~~thank you for sharing from your heart.
The paint colors in the line are beautiful to say the least! I would like to add CANDIED YAM to the suggestion mix. The new color just reminds me of a warm, fall, comfort food.
XO,
Linda, Chino Valley, AZ
How about :
1. AbbeLyn
2. AbbeLyn’s Love
3. AbbeLyn’s Lipstick
In honor of its creators!
This color reminds me of the sunsets over the beaches where I live on the coast of Florida. I often run the beach in the early evening and I love having this color as my companion. Here are my suggestions:
* Coral Coast
* Setting Sun
* Sea Me Coral
“SEA SHELL”
A few years back we found perfect sea shells for “listening to the ocean” in Myrtle Beach.
These shells had a beautiful coral color on their insides, much the same as your new paint color.
It reminds me of rosey little doll cheeks so how about:
Rosy Cheeks
Paper Doll Cheeks
Paper Doll Blush
Blushing Doll
Also looks like grandma’s rhubarb so maybe:
Rhubarb jam
Rhubarb pie
Truly Scrumptious.
Looks good enough to eat for afternoon tea.
Grandmother’s Rouge.
It reminds me of going to my grandmother’s and peeking through her make up, which contained those small tins of rouge in an array of colors that looked far too red to actually wear! 🙂
Fiesta Coral. I love this shade of coral. It’s such
an upbeat color and good to mix with most any color.
It’s a party all by itself too!
I couldn’t possibly read through all of these suggestions, but I sure hope “Sun Faded Radio Flyer Wagon” hasn’t been suggested yet. Because that’s what color I see and FEEL!
Thanks for another wonderful post!
Coral Sunrise or Sunset
Nana’s Lipstick
Oma’s lipstick or Oma’s cheeks
Vintage Rose
My first thought was
“Coraline” because it is a lovely old fashioned name
then
“Peaches and Cream” and lastly
“Faded Rose”
Hope i didn’t miss the deadline, been busy on projects :0)
Ooooooooooooohh….I love this color! I would call it Vintage Rose. I can’t wait for it to be on the market!
A couple more suggestions: Breadboard, cream of tomato soup, pumpkin.
Make that pumpkin seed!
This color reminds me of two things: my Grandma’s old juice pitcher and her rouge. Going off that inspiration, I came up with these names:
Blushing Bride, Tea Cozy, June’s Blush, June’s Rouge
I think I’d better call my Grandma 🙂
I just went back and read everyone’s suggestions! Sorry Lori I didn’t see you had already suggested Vintage Rose. I do think it’s a great name though! Some of the others are pretty good too!
Coral Sea
Alaskan Salmon
ALHAMBRA
One of the most amazing place’s on earth. One word one color & so Spanish
This is the color that reminds me of this beautiful place. in Granada
I’d call it Sweet Heart❤
Marian,
I think it is a stand out color and not sure if anyone else suggested “Coral Bell” as a name.
fingers crossed
rick
The new color brings to mind the name “Antique Geranium”. Grandma always had those coral colored geraniums in her flower beds!
Red Dirt Road 😉
Flamingo Feather ??? Have you chosen a name yet ? Anyone suggested this ?
LOVE this new color!! I am an ‘orange’ person. I love to use shades of orange/coral/peach. I’m really inspired to try something with this new color. Can’t wait for it to hit the shelf of the distributor in my little town. So here are a few of my suggestions…
Peachpit, Tangelo, Country Sunset, Georgia Peach, Coral Lily, Campfire, Clementine, Georgia Clay, Cedar Chest, Orange Crush, Grilled Peach, Peach Spice, Peach Jelly Bean
Another idea:
Pennant (it brings to mind some of the decorative flag pennants I’ve seen at Lucketts!)
Betsy
Forgot to include this one:
Fireworks (because it reminds me of the color of some of the July 4th sparklers we see in our local shows)
Betsy
Ferkel – German for piglet 🙂
I love this color! Out of all your beautiful colors,
this is my favorite! It is absolutely yummy! I’m going to
see what I need to paint.
Salmon Marinade
Salmon Spawn
Cosmetic Coral
Carousel Coral
“Cameo”. it looks like the coral they used in antique Cameo jewelry. 🙂
“October Sky” reminds me of the beautiful orangey pink sunsets during the fall months.
“Parsons’ Pink”
Simply put “Rosa”. I love this color and that’s the word that popped into my mind. Reminds me of sunsets in Sedona AZ. One of the most beautiful places in the world!
Coral Reef
Rhubarb Crisp 🙂
Autumn Acres – At first glance it reminds me of fall, especially in the heart of the Midwest!
Cottage Rose
Beautiful!
Two things come to mind:
1. Grapefruit (or, Grapefruit Zest)
2. [Favorite/meaningful location] Sunrise
Coral Patina, -reminds me of a chippy paint with stain on top
Pink Quartz—–or Pink Mica—-this is the Color!
Tea Cup—–I picture a tea cup covered with Roses, in a coral color
Geranium—-They come in all colors.
I have totally enjoyed participating in this survey, my mind hasn’t stopped. Thank You!
Faded geranium
Rhubarb
The color makes me think “copper tureen”.
This awesome color reminds me of the rug you got from Opa’s house.
Oma’s rug
Also reminds me of an old petticoat I played dress up in at my Grandma’s
Petticoat Blush
Love this color!
How about…
Easter or
Easter Morning
Warmth
Miami
Peony
Macaron
Turkish Rug
How about Coraline?
Sunset Coral
It’s exactly the color of Blood Orange sorbet.
“Ferkel” made me giggle.
i think it should be named after Abbe. i read her story and it’s a strong, engaging one. the color reminds me of the earth and should be named after her because of her strength… maybe “downtown Abbe” … has a nice ring to it.
And another one (am I becoming obsessed)?
Firecracker (in the same theme as the fireworks suggestion)
Betsy
Tool Chest….because it reminds me of faded red old tool chests….and that seems like your style. (I like it being named something more masculine, don’t know why!).
Kelley
This reminds me of the inside of a fig.
How about “figgy pudding”, “figgy”, or
Also, the flower “coral bells”.
I thought of one more to add to my list:
Wheelbarrow
(Again, I hope it’s not a repeat.)
You are right. It is a tricky color. How about Perfect Persimmon?
Pale Poppy!
Love this color. I will be using this on my french dresser when it comes out. Here are a few name ideas:
1. Dolly Cheeks
2. Blushing
3. Lovely
4. Blushes
5. Celebrate
6. Amore
7.Surprise
8. Purty
9. Vintage Pinky
10. Cheeky
Old World Brick or Faded Brick
It reminds me of old brick buildings, softened by weather and age.
I’ve been thinking about this some more. I loved how you said that this color was “out of your wheelhouse”. That’s a fun name right there! Wheelhouse!
On the other hand, since this isn’t an “easy” color for you, how about calling it “Persuasion”?
“Cheeky”….. It looks like my grandmothers old cheek blush!
Here goes:
Bryce Canyon
Tucson
Mediterranean Sky
Painted Desert
Citrus
Ambrosia
Dawn to Dusk
Mesa
Casa
Clay
Hyperion Sunset
Apricot
Sea Shell
Made me Blush
Sherbet
Reminds me of steamed “Maine Lobster”
Coral Villa
Ballet Slipper
Miss Coral Kiss
Pink Fizz
Kiss me Coral
Such a fun competition, good luck!
Abbelyn Rose or Abbelyn Blush
Wow…there are some great suggestions…good luck picking the best:). I know you will know when you see it!
I was thinking you just went out west and experienced the sights of the Grand Canyon and hopefully you got to see Sedona, AZ so what about:
Sedona Sunset or maybe
Midwest Coral (for all that fabulous jewelry out there)
Or even just Grand Canyon
Makes me think of the color of clouds sometimes at sunset–hence Sunset Cloud.
I have another. Flowerpot. Or patio umbrella
SALMON SKY
PRETTY IN SALMON
CORAL REEF
Here’s a couple more that popped into my head….
Melon slice or watermelon slice or just Watermelon
Summer melon
Melon salad
Melon picnic
Summer sunset
Blushing bride
Innocence
Young love
Good luck. This was fun. Can’t wait to see what you pick. I know it will be lovely and charming.
Cloche
After the 1920’s style flapper hat.
After reading your vacation highlight post I think you should name your new paint color
Grand Canyon Red !
Sea Oat , Sweet potato, Chimney, Chimney Top, Abbe Shell, Clay Tile, Clay Pot…..
Hi Marion
How lucky we are to get to participate.
How about AJ’s Sunset? I see this colour in the summer sky in the evening as the sun sets over the water – caught in the clouds after a beautiful summer’s day
Indian Summer
How about ” Depression Glass Pink” , or my favorite, ” Pink Velvet” or ” Coral Velvet”? Oh what fun and I can so many possibilities using this color!
I like “Heirloom Tomato” because of so many of these old-seed tomatoes are this beautiful coral color.
I live near the beach in Southern California “Summer Sunset” is what that color reminds me of. As I watch the sun set every day on the mighty Pacific Ocean.
Your description on your trip of the Grand Canyon was “At first glance, everything is brown, but then your eye discerns layers of reds, pinks, oranges, rusts”
Grand Canyon
Well… I love this new color, and it reminds me of a pomegranate…lovely
How about “Sweet Clementine”? Am anxious to give it a try — and soon!
Okay love the color! Can’t wait for it!!
I think the name “Indian paintbrush” is very fitting!
This is something very personal to me! It’s a flower that is coral and grows wild like crazy at my grandparents house in Arizona! Such great memories of running around looking for pottery and collecting these flowers for a vase! Use “google images” to see how pretty they are! They won’t disappoint!
Curried Peach – lovely color.
Pumpkinberry (who cares if pumpkins do not have berries? If they did they would be this color!)
Or…
Pumpkin Chiffon
Heirloom begonia (like the ones in the planters in Herald Square in NYC – an oasis in the city)
Weathered Barn
Canyon Sunset
Tomato Bisque
This was fun! The experience reminded me of a grown up version of naming crayons. Thanks for including your readers in the process. I loved reading the latest responses.
I love this color!!! It reminds me of the old fashioned flower Coral Bells……I think a great name would be “CORAL BELLE”…………(suggests a coral lady).
Paprika….first thing that came to me when I saw this beautiful addition to your colors. Love it!
Great color! I would name it Heart of Salmon.
Hey Marian- I think you should call it Rhubarb Pie. I think the colour you have created is lovely. It has a really great warmth too it without being too bright- kinda like the brightest part of the Rhubarb plant. It really is one of those colours that defies a definitive definition. It changes as the light does. So good luck with the naming. Either way you name it, it is a great colour.
It does look like rhubarb!!!
I suggest “Coral Cameo” the color reminds me of my favorite cameo ring made from coral.
Oh! I thought of a another one – Dress Form! I think its perfect for the vintage girlish color.
My choice for the name of the new color is “Canyon Sunset”.
Floursack – looks like a color used on flour and sugar sacks a lot in the 30s (ish)
Gorgeous! That color reminds me of an old radio flyer that has sat in the sun for years. But to my dismay, I believe that name is trademarked! So my spin off of that would be “Rustic Wagon” or “Wheelbarrow”. I believe that compliments your love for antiques and the playfulness of having two boys.
Here are some more name suggestions:
1. Salmon
2. Antiqued Salmon
3. Navajo Princess
4. Rose de Paris (Paris Pink in French)
5 Romantique
6.Vintage Romance
7. Vintage Lady
8. Watermelon
9. Vintage Watermelon
10. Raspberry Sorbet
Love the new color! Actually, I love them all; you have a great eye for color. My name suggestions are:
1. Grand Canyon
2. Weathered Brick
3. Crush
4. Setting Sun
5. Sailor’s Delight (i.e. when you see a beautiful sunset….sailor’s delight)
6. Autumn Leaves
Good luck!
I love the ‘Pomegranite’ suggestion! I thought of ‘Cameo Pin’…
…and thank you so much to the Homestead House Paint Company (and You, of course, Miss Mustard Seed)! Making Milk Paint and tutorials available in Canada…you’ve helped me make my apartment a home!
Autumn Sunset or Vermillion Cliff (in honor of your recent trip)
I think it looks like a persimmon. So “Persimmon” is my vote.
Burnt Kiss is my vote
Dolly Cheeks (like a vintage baby doll) 🙂
Or Baby Cheeks
Wind chimes…I love the whimsy they add to the air when they dance in the wind just like this color could add a whimsical addition to one’s decor.
Poppy or Poppy Passion 🙂
After reading your post on your vacation it seems GRAND CANYON may be a good name for this or SEDONA =-)
I live in NC and here we have lots of red clay for dirt. This color sort of reminds me of the stains it can leave on things. I think Carolina Clay would be a great name! I love all your colors!!
As a young girl I loved to watch the show, Bewitched. Most kids wanted to be Sam. Me? Darren. That’s right I said Darren. Why? I thought he had the best job I had ever seen or heard of. I LOVE the creative process. With that said, here goes…
Love ALL of your colors…including your newest. I saw your post just hours after it was posted. It took me a few days for it to “speak” to me. Here is my suggestion, “RUSTED GERANIUM”
Thanks for the fun opportunity to audition for you
Bermuda sand
Shabby Chic
Shabby Coral
Vintage Melon
maybe faded brick
Coral Creme
Rosie Cheeks , Grammie’s Garden, Geranium Pot ,Garden Brick, Weathered Conch Shell, GrandPa’s Tractor, Watermelon Summer, Faded Foxglove, heirloom tomato
I think Chilli red or just Chilli match the color. Or chilli powder or chilli con carne.
Hi Marion. I love your blog. Finding it 18 months ago inspired me to return to my hobby of “refreshing” antique furniture with paint. You introduced me to milk paint and I love it!
Tonight I was about to order some Eulalie’s Sky and more MMS furniture wax and I thought I would pop on the blog since I myself just returned from a family vacation with limited electronic devices.
I was delighted to see that you have added coral to your collection. I adore coral! I myself am a blue, turquoise, grey kinda gal, but coral adds that unexpected pop in decorating. It also happens to look fabulous with grey, turquoise and cream.
This summer I planted coral pink “Gypsy” dahlias in pots on my deck and have been delighted by their color all summer long.
I have your book, and noticed you also enjoy flowers in your home, (although they are mostly hydrangea and dried lavender, blue and greyish, lol) Since you just added “dried lavender”, my vote for the new name is;
“Gypsy” or “Dahlia” or “Coral Gypsy”
I cannot add an image of my flowers, but copy and paste this link to see what mine look like.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/166323/#b
typewriter, mustard seed, tricycle, gypsy, ironstone, grain sack- see, fits right in 🙂
P.s I love Furniture Fridays. I am hoping to submit a few of my furniture projects for consideration once they are complete!
Sincerely,
Gillian Ronald
Calgary, Alberta
Poppy
Coral Rose
Your new coral color looks like “Sponge Coral”, that just came straight from the sea.
Dried Bittersweet….I had said bittersweet earlier, but I like adding “dried.” Okay, I used to be a copywriter! LOL Thanks Marian, this was fun and I LOVE all your new colors!
Terracotta
Keeping with the vintage theme,
CARDIGAN
CORDUROY
WAFER- Pink wafers
POUT- For the actress in us
SIMPLY SALMON
SHELLY
I think it should be called Reef.
Persimmon or cameo. Love them both 🙂
I think it looks a bit like rusty intage metl, so how about “Rusty Wheelbarrow”?
I love anything red brick, old, used up and faded even better. This color reminds me of “faded brick”.
Moss Rose
Portulaca
Zinnia
Bittersweet,
just right for a paint color being introduced this time of year, like the bittersweet berries that will soon be showing up in fall vignettes.
I thought of:
Juicer
Naval
Cantaloupe
Produce
Orchard
This color reminds me of the color of my grandmothers pantry shelves. They were always clean but the color looked a bit dusty so I think of Dusty Pantry.
Other names that come to me are Dusty Rose, Dusty Coral and Sunburst.
Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Dusty Pantry
Dusty Rose
Dusty Coral
Sunburst
Grand Canyon Sunrise
How about wheelhouse =-)
or Rust
Grandmas Apron
I absolutely love that table. I’d call that color ” peachy keen “.
A beautiful color, I like the name “Canyon Coral”
Faded flag
I had a dream about the color last night, after reading about your visit to the Grand Canyon.
Looks like others had the same idea. But I like the name “Canyon”.
I’ve never been there but the pretty coral makes me feel like that’s is what I would see if I were to visit.
Enjoying your blog and following your journey.
I LOVE your new colour and think that a good name would be Saltwater Rose. My husband and I recently visited the Oregon Coast and bought a bag (or two) of saltwater taffy. It reminded me of your new colour mixed with a hint of a late summer rose. Thanks for all your wonderful ideas!
I know that you have chosen the paint color name already but I’m really hoping that someone thought of “Opa’s Rug”. When I was looking over your new camera shots I thought that the background color of that rug was very much like the new paint!
I like this color although like you Marion, I love blue tones. this color reminds me of an old faded BARN. I also like the other suggestion, Canyon right on. very south western look.
All of your colors are great, no matter what they are named. go girl keep them coming.
best wishes,
Linda, from the OC
I think the name “Sunday Dress”, would be perfect. It reminds me of a color that I would see the older ladies in church wearing on Sunday. It has that old fashion yet fancy feeling; and reminds me of things I have seen my great grandmother wear. I love all of your beautiful colors!
it looks to me like a ‘faded wagon’ coral. I have one on my cabinet in my living room.
Hi Marion,
It looks like watermelon on my monitor so an obvious name would be Watered Melon; however it also looks like a worn forever, washed to death T-shirt coverup I wear in the summer so my suggestion is Sunburned Watermelon.
I love the table also.
Maureen
Have you decided on the name? When will it be available to buy?
My suggestion: Flower Girl
Rosewater….reminds me of my grandma and the pale soft pink color.
I am not sure if you have found your name for your new color yet, but here are four different ideas for names: Heirloom Rose, Summer Rose, Rose Petal or Brick.
I would call it APRICOT BRANDY: it looks warm, rich, lush and yummy, just like the it’s namesake 😉
Good luck with your name search!
I am sure I am too late but I will put my two cents in anyway in hopes of being timely!
This color reminds me of growing up in NW Philadelphia. There are so many historical home in the city. I grew up in Roxborough and there are still some beauties there. I remember walking to the library on Ridge Ave and passing these beautiful homes with tons of coral and red azaleas in full bloom. Back then all they had were coral and red! Now we are inundated with purple, pink and white. I am still on the hunt to find my “Vintage Azalea”!
And another recent memory triggered by your new color…my oldest daughter and I had the opportunity to travel to Paris when she graduated from High School 3 years ago. So many of the flower boxes that adorned the beautiful architectural buildings contained these beautiful coral colored geraniums! I have been on the hunt to find some and one day I wandered into Lowes and they had 2…so I bought them! I was so excited because in Alabama it is not uncommon for geraniums to come back year after year due to the mild AL winter. Not my luck! Still hunting for more of my “Paris Geraniums”!
Peaches ‘N Cream
I love that color…reminds me of the color in the setting sun at our summer lake house. Thererfore the name I would choose would be Lake House Sunset!
Hope I win..can’t wait to try your product!!:D
“Wheelhouse Inn”…It’s rustic and beautiful, soft and pretty. It opens up our senses and allows new ideas to take seed and blossom. It’s new and welcoming and no longer ‘outside’ of your wheelhouse.
I can’t wait for this beauty to launch.
Oh dear, my page has just refreshed itself and I missed again! Too late…It’s just like my Momma always said (and lovingly, named me) “Debbie, you are “The Last Rose of Summer”.”
Hi there, have you named your colour yet? I would love love love to win as ive never used milk paint before and would love to be introduced to it this way. I think …………………..
Lemon,lime and bitters, because its such a yummy drink and it reminds me of this colour ,or
Red skye at night..shepherds delight
coral hue
fresh watermelon
‘ i carried a watermelon………!’
Rusty Scooter
Hoola Hoop
Pumpkin Pie
Salmon Dahlia
Coral Dahlia
Peach Blossom
How about “Rhubarb Red” or just “Rhubarb”. It appears to be in color family of raw rhubarb
Here is a photo of a bunch of fresh rhubarb. The shade that runs from middle upward is what reminds me of your table color.
Sorry I didn’t add it in my suggestion above.
Thx
Rhonda