carneum
/KAR-nee-um/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
A colour epithet for the muted pink-buff of flesh, a tone that sits between white and true pink and often reads as salmon in the garden. This is the neuter form, paired with neuter genus names. Appears as carneus (masculine), carnea (feminine), or carneum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin carneus, meaning "flesh-coloured," from caro (flesh).
Example
“Polemonium carneum (salmon Jacob's ladder) carries the pale salmon-pink flowers its epithet and common name both record.”