The first recorded use of peach as a color name in English was in 1588.

[2] The etymology of the color peach (and the fruit): the word comes from the Middle English peche, derived from Middle French, in turn derived from Latin persica, i.e., the fruit from Persia.

In actuality, the ultimate origin of the peach fruit was from China.

[3] Displayed at right is the web color peach puff.

Prior to 1962, it was known as flesh, but the name was changed to peach, ostensibly in recognition of the Civil Rights Movement.