What is Your Favorite Color of Rose?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181642)
United States
September 23, 2023 2:00pm CST
Here is just a sampling of the various colors of roses and what the colors mean. You can send a message to the recipient depending on the color/s you choose:
Lavender - "Love at first sight", fascination, adoration, enchantment
White - "I'm thinking of you", purity, innocence, rememberances, marriages, new beginnings
Green - Fertility, wishes for recovery of good health or a prosperous new life
Yellow - Friendship and care, rememberance
Pink - Sweetness, admiration, appreciation
Red - "I love you", passion and strong romantic love
Blue - Unattainable love, desire, uniqueness, mystery
Black - End of a relationship, farewell, death
Ivory - Letting someone know you care without any romantic involvement, class
Purple - Royalty, luxury, grandeur
Burgundy - Loyalty, unconscious beauty, affection, passion
Peach - Expressing gratitude, loyalty, purity
Multicolored (Rainbow) - Happiness and joy
The number of roses you send, sending long-stemmed roses or sending petite all have a special meaning.
I have a little story to tell: On my 21st birthday my boyfriend (now my husband), sent me a dozen red roses. His brother sent me a dozen carnations. His brother had a smaller budget. His brother always wanted to marry me; so this caused a little bit of friction at the time.
My favorite color of roses is white. I think they are so beautiful.
What is/are your favorite color/s? Have you ever sent or received roses? What was the occasion?
Photo Credit: Pixabay - White rose
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
23 Sep 23
When I could still care for roses like they needed, I grew miniatures... I had red, pink, yellow and my favorite, green. (I stopped growing roses when I had skin cancer and didn't have the energy to care for them anymore...)
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@much2say (56049)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Sep 23
@DaddyEvil Under the snow 
. . . oh how beautiful and adorable that must've been ! I like the way they grow. We had a few of the big rose bushes here, but the owner before maintained them so oddly that they were crazy straggly - had to rip them out eventually.
. . . oh how beautiful and adorable that must've been ! I like the way they grow. We had a few of the big rose bushes here, but the owner before maintained them so oddly that they were crazy straggly - had to rip them out eventually.4 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
24 Sep 23
@much2say Yup! I bought a lot of them. At our last house, I lined the front porch with them. They even bloomed under the snow...
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Sep 23
My favorite are yellow roses. Of course I also loved the roses in my garden in Latvia we had red, pink, pink and white, and white roses,
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Sep 23
@marlina there were every year I miss that garden
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@AmbiePam (93896)
• United States
23 Sep 23
That really must have put you in a tricky position for sure!
I saw a movie once that had a plot point about Sterling roses, and I fell in love with the look of those. They are lavender roses with silver undertones. I think those are my favorite color of roses.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
Yes it was. Silver and lavender would be so pretty.
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@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Sep 23
Interesting. I like the peace rose. The petals are yellow on one side and pink on the other. I have received roses in the past. In facot one time the guy went to pull a wild rose off a branch and ended up bringing me the entire bush.
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@celticeagle (168269)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep 23
@LindaOHio .......The earth was dry. It was really cute.
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@xFiacre (13147)
• Ireland
23 Sep 23
@lindaohio I’ve been known to give my wife pink roses. My favourite are yellow.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
That's nice that you give your wife roses.
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@Deepizzaguy (104160)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Sep 23
I like red roses a lot.
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@Deepizzaguy (104160)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Sep 23
@LindaOHio They really are beautiful.
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
24 Sep 23
I didn't know they had roses in so many colors. Hard to beat a dark red rose. I hope the brother went on to be happily married to someone else.
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
24 Sep 23
@LindaOHio Oh my, sounds like you dodged a bullet
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
@snowy22315 Yes ma'm. He and I wouldn't have gotten along.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
He passed away recently but was on wife #5.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
Signifies passion, excitement and enthusiasm (salmon).
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@LadyDuck (472097)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 23
@LindaOHio Roses are beautiful, I have pink, red and white in the garden. I want to plant a vine-rose at the entrance of the patio.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Sep 23
Mine have always been yellow roses. But of course, I enjoyed all the roses we had in our garden in Latvia there were red, pink, white, and even pink and white ones I called peppermint roses.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Sep 23
@LindaOHio Leo gave me roses before he passed away.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
25 Sep 23
@RubyHawk That's very sweet. I'm sorry he's gone.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
Very nice. I haven't received roses in over 50 years!
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
25 Sep 23
lol Yes, I probably could write a book! Yes, that's a lovely color.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
26 Sep 23
My favorite is pink. It's my favorite color too. My boyfriend gave me pink roses once. I can't remember the occasion.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
27 Sep 23
That was very nice. Pink stands for sweetness and admiration! Have a good day.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
24 Sep 23
@LindaOHio
I like red and yellow ones. I think I received roses once but do not know if it was a special occasion or not.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
24 Sep 23
That was nice that you received roses.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84226)
• Rupert, Idaho
24 Sep 23
I knew what some of them meant, didn't know the number meant different things. White is a pretty color for roses. Of course, I like multi-colored/rainbow best! Or the dark red would be a close second, my great grandma had those in her garden
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84226)
• Rupert, Idaho
25 Sep 23
@LindaOHio they were always nice. Almost look black, but you can definitely see the red in the sun.
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