What Color Is Patrick Star?

The dusty pink of SpongeBob's lovable starfish best friend

Hue

340°

Saturation

42%

Brightness

92%

Patrick Star's Color: An Overview

Patrick Star, SpongeBob's dim-witted but lovable best friend, is one of the most recognized secondary characters in animation. His pink coloring is distinct from typical cartoon pinks — it's not the bright hot pink of a Barbie or a flamingo, but a softer, more muted dusty pink that suits his lazy, laid-back personality. Patrick's color sits at a relatively low saturation, making it feel warm rather than vivid.

Patrick Star's Full Color Palette

Body Pink

Body (starfish)

#EB7EB0

H:340° S:42% B:92%

Shorts Brown

Shorts pattern

#C86010

H:30° S:75% B:75%

Shorts Yellow

Flower pattern

#D9C200

H:55° S:90% B:85%

The Color Theory Behind Patrick Star's Look

Patrick's pink sits at H:340°, S:42%, B:92% — a pinkish-magenta with moderate saturation and high brightness. The low saturation (42%) is key: it keeps the pink soft and warm rather than vivid or shocking. H:340° places it close to magenta-pink but with enough red in it to feel warm. This is why Patrick reads as 'pink' rather than 'magenta' — the reduced saturation shifts the perceived hue toward a more neutral rosy tone.

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Color Fun Fact

Real starfish come in a huge variety of colors — red, orange, purple, and blue are all common. The creative team chose pink specifically because it reads as the friendliest and least threatening shade for a character who needs to appear harmless despite his considerable size.

Can You Match Patrick Star's Color From Memory?

Knowing the HSB values is one thing — reproducing them by memory is a different skill entirely. Test your color intuition in Cartoon Color Quiz.

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