Goldenrod (color)
# Goldenrod (color)

Goldenrod is a color that resembles the goldenrod plant.

A Crayola crayon with this name and color, although a lighter version, was created in 1958.

## Goldenrod

Displayed at right is the web color goldenrod.

The color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.

The first known recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.

## Variations of goldenrod

### Light goldenrod yellow

The web color light goldenrod yellow is displayed at right.

### Pale goldenrod

The web color pale goldenrod is displayed at right.

### Light goldenrod

The web color light goldenrod is displayed at right.

### Dark goldenrod

The web color dark goldenrod is displayed at right.

## Symbolism

* It is the color of paper that the Church of Scientology's Ethics Department prints its suppressive person declarations on, giving rise to the term "golden-rodding".
* Goldenrod is the name of a city in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, and their remakes Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
* The cartoon sitcom 'The Simpsons' referenced Goldenrod in the episode Pygmoelian. In the episode the show within a show 'It Never Ends' producers use Goldenrod coloured pages to signify certain storylines in their scripts.
