1. List of colors
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See also: List of colors (compact), List of color palettes, and Index of color-related articles
Color is an important part of the visual arts, fashion, interior design and many other fields and
disciplines.
The following is a comprehensive list of colors that are included in the Wikipedia articles about
color. A large portion of the color swatches below are taken from domain-specific naming
schemes such as X11 or HTML4. RGB values are given for each swatch because such standards
are defined in terms of the sRGBcolor space. It is not possible to accurately convert many of
these swatches to CMYK values because of the differing gamuts of the two spaces, but the color
management systems built into operating systems and image editing software attempt such
conversions as accurately as possible.
The HSV (hue, saturation, value) color space values, also known as HSB (hue, saturation,
brightness), and the hex triplets (for HTML web colors) are also given in the following table.
Colors that appear on the web-safe color palette — which includes the sixteen named colors —
are noted.[1] (Those four named colors corresponding to the neutral grays can be rendered with
any hue value, which is effectively ignored — i.e., left blank.)
The appearance of the actual color swatches displayed below will look different on your
computer depending on many parameters, such as the properties of your display device, your
color management settings and the viewing surround conditions, most notably the color spectrum
of the illumination source.[2] Also, Color naming is ambiguous and arbitrary, and varies among
people and cultures, with no single swatch adequately representing any particular color name.
Computer displays have a somewhat limited gamut, so many colorfulpigments cannot be
represented on a screen at all and computer simulation of the natural world is, at best, a rough
approximation.
Contents:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
White - Pink - Red - Orange - Brown - Yellow - Gray - Green - Cyan - Blue - Violet
Web colors - Fictional colors - See also - Footnotes - References
[edit] A
28. Violet (color wheel) #7F00FF 50% 0% 100% 270° 100% 50% 100% 100%
Violet (RYB) #8601AF 53% 0% 69% 270° 99% 35% 100% 71%
Violet (web) #EE82EE 93% 51% 93% 300° 76% 72% 45% 93%
Viridian #40826D 25% 51% 43% 161° 34% 38% 51% 51%
Vivid auburn #922724 58% 15% 14% 7° 61% 36% 72% 52%
Vivid burgundy #9F1D35 62% 11% 21% 345° 69% 37% 55% 60%
Vivid cerise #DA1D81 85% 11% 51% 328° 77% 48% 87% 86%
Vivid tangerine #FFA089 100% 63% 54% 12° 100% 77% 46% 100%
Vivid violet #9F00FF 62% 0% 100% 277° 100% 50% 100% 100%
[edit] W
Color names
W3C
Hex Green Blue Hue Satur Light Satur Value name
Name Red
triplet
Warm black #004242 0% 26% 26% 180° 100% 13% 100% 26%
Wenge #645452 39% 33% 32% 7° 10% 36% 18% 39%
Wheat #F5DEB3 96% 87% 70% 39° 77% 83% 26% 96%
White #FFFFFF 100% 100% 100% — 0% 100% 0% 100% White
White smoke #F5F5F5 96% 96% 96% — 0% 96% 0% 96%
Wild blue yonder #A2ADD0 64% 68% 82% 226° 33% 73% 22% 81%
Wild Strawberry #FF43A4 100% 26% 64% 329° 100% 63% 74% 100%
Wild Watermelon #FC6C85 99% 42% 52% 350° 96% 71% 57% 99%
Wine #722F37 45% 18% 22% 353° 42% 32% 59% 45%
Wisteria #C9A0DC 79% 63% 86% 281° 46% 75% 27% 86%
[edit] X
Color names
W3C
Hex Red Green Blue Hue Satur Light Satur Value name
Name
triplet
Xanadu #738678 45% 53% 47% 136° 8% 49% 14% 52%
[edit] Y
29. Color names
W3C
Hex Green Blue Hue Satur Light Satur Value name
Name Red
triplet
Yale Blue #0F4D92 6% 30% 57% 212° 81% 32% 90% 57%
Yellow #FFFF00 100% 100% 0% 60° 100% 50% 100% 100% Yellow
Yellow (Munsell) #EFCC00 94% 80% 0% 50° 100% 47% 100% 100%
Yellow (NCS) #FFD300 100% 83% 0% 50° 100% 50% 100% 100%
Yellow (process) #FFEF00 100% 94% 0% 56° 100% 50% 100% 100%
Yellow (RYB) #FEFE33 100% 100% 20% 60° 99% 60% 80% 99%
Yellow-green #9ACD32 60% 80% 20% 80° 61% 50% 76% 80%
Yellow Orange #FFAE42 100% 68% 26% 34° 100% 63% 74% 100%
[edit] Z
Color names
W3C
Hex Red Green Blue Hue Satur Light Satur Value name
Name
triplet
Zaffre #0014A8 0% 8% 66% 233° 100% 33% 100% 66%
Zinnwaldite brown #2C1608 17% 9% 3% 23° 69% 10% 82% 17%
[edit] Colors by shade
[edit] White
Main articles: White and Variations of white
White is a balanced combination of all the colors of the visible light spectrum, or of a pair of
complementary colors, or of three or more colors, such as additive primarycolors. It is a neutral
or achromatic (without color) color, like black and gray.
v·d·e
Shades of white
Anti-flash Antique Cosmic Floral Ghost
white white Beige Blond Cornsilk latte Cream Eggshell white white
Lavender Lemon Mint Navajo
Honeydew Isabelline Ivory blush chiffon Linen Magnolia cream Munsell white
30. Papaya Splashed White
Old lace whip Pearl Seashell Snow white Vanilla White smoke
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Pink
Main article: Pink
Pink is a tint of red, created by adding some white.
v·d·e
Shades of pink
Amaranth Brink Carnation Coral Deep Deep French
Amaranth pink pink pink Cerise pink carmine pink Fandango rose
Hollywood Hot Lavender Persian
Fuchsia cerise magenta Hot pink pink Magenta Rose Pink Puce Rose
Rose Salmon Shocking Thulian Ultra
pink pink pink pink pink
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Red
Main articles: Red and Variations of red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light, consisting predominantly of the longest
wavelengths discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625–750 nm. It is
considered one of the additiveprimary colors.
v·d·e
Shades of red
Electric
Amaranth Auburn Burgundy Cardinal Carmine Cerise Chestnut Crimson Dark red crimson
Red-
Fire brick Flame Folly Fuchsia Lust Magenta Pink Raspberry Red violet
31. Terra Tuscan
Redwood Rose Rosewood Rust Scarlet cotta red Vermilion Wine
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Orange
Main article: Orange (colour)
Orange is the color in the visible spectrum between red and yellow with a wavelength around
585 – 620 nm. In the HSV color space, it has a hue of around 30º.
v·d·e
Shades of orange
Atomic Dark
tangerin Bitterswee Burnt Carrot Champagn salmo
Amber Apricot e t Brown orange orange e Coral n
Deep Gold
carrot ECE/SA (metallic Internationa Mahogan Old
orange E Amber Flame Gamboge Gold ) l orange Lion y gold
Orange Orange- Orange Papaya Peach- Peach- Persian
Orange (web) red peel whip Peach orange yellow orange
Portland Princeton Pumpki Safety Satin sheen
Orange orange n Rust orange Salmon gold Sunset Tangelo
Tangerin Vermilio
e Tea rose Tenné Tomato n
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Brown
Main article: Brown
Brown colors are dark or muted shades of reds, oranges, and yellows on the RGB and CMYK
color schemes. In practice, browns are created by mixing two complementary colors from the
RYB color scheme (combining all three primary colors). In theory, such combinations should
produce black, but produce brown because most commercially-available blue pigments tend to
be comparatively weaker; the stronger red and yellow colors prevail, thus creating the following
tones.
32. v·d·e
Shades of brown
Burnt
Auburn Beaver Beige Bistre Bole Bronze Brown Buff Burgundy sienna
Burnt Desert
umber Camel Chamoisee Chestnut Chocolate Citrine Coffee Copper Cordovan sand
Earth Field
yellow Ecru Fallow Fawn drab Fulvous Isabelline Khaki Lion Liver
Raw Sandy
Mahogany Maroon Ochre umber Redwood Rufous Russet Rust Sand brown
Seal
brown Sepia Sienna Sinopia Tan Taupe Tawny Umber Wenge Wheat
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Yellow
Main article: Yellow
Yellow is the color of light with wavelengths predominately in the range of roughly 570–
580 nm. In the HSV color space, it has a hue of around 60º. It is considered one of the
subtractiveprimary colors.
v·d·e
Shades of yellow
Dark Gold
Amber Apricot Beige Buff Cream goldenrod Ecru Gold (metallic) Goldenrod
Green- Lemon Mikado Naples
yellow Jasmine Jonquil Khaki chiffon Lime Lion Maize yellow yellow
School Stil de
Navajo Papaya bus Selective grain
white Olive whip Saffron yellow yellow yellow Sunglow Vanilla Yellow
The samples shown above are only indicative.
33. [edit] Gray
Main article: Gray
Achromatic grays are colors between black and white with no hue. Chromatic grays are
achromatic grays mixed with warm hues such as orange (warm grays) or cool hues such as azure
(cool grays). This graycolor template includes both achromatic and chromatic grays.
v·d·e
Shades of gray
Battleship Cadet Davy's Payne's
Gray Ash gray gray Black gray Charcoal Cool gray gray gray Silver
Slate Purple Medium Taupe Rose
gray Taupe taupe taupe gray quartz White
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Green
Main articles: Green and Variations of green
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by
energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary
colors.
v·d·e
Shades of green
Dark Dark
Apple Bright olive spring Dartmouth Electric Fern Forest
green Asparagus green Chartreuse green green green green green green
Green- Hunter India Islamic Jungle Lawn
Green yellow Harlequin Honeydew green green green green green Lime
Lime Mint Office Pakistan Paris Persian
green Mantis Mint cream green Olive Olive drab green Green green
Phthalo Pigment Pine Sea Shamrock Spring Spring Yellow-
green green green Pistachio green green bud green Teal green
The samples shown above are only indicative.
34. [edit] Cyan
Main article: Cyan
Cyan is any of the colors in the blue-green range of the visible spectrum, i.e., between
approximately 520 and 420 nm. It is considered one of the subtractiveprimary colors.
v·d·e
Shades of cyan
Alice Electric Jungle Magic
blue Aqua Aquamarine Celeste Cerulean Cyan blue green mint Mint
Persian Pine Robin egg Sea
green green blue green Skobeloff Teal Turquoise
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Blue
Main articles: Blue and Variations of blue
Blue is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by
energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary
colors.
v·d·e
Shades of blue
Air Force Alice Baby Bleu de Brandei Cambridg Carolina
blue blue Azure blue France Blue Bondi blue s blue e Blue blue
Cobal Columbi Cornflowe Deep Dodger Duke
Celeste Cerulean t blue a blue r blue Cyan Dark blue sky blue blue blue
Egyptian Electric Eton Federal Electric Internationa Majorell
blue blue blue blue Glaucous indigo l Klein Blue Iris Light blue e Blue
Non-
Midnigh Navy photo Palatinate Periwinkl Phthalo Powder Prussian
Maya blue t blue blue blue blue e Persian blue blue blue blue
Sky Steel Tiffany Tufts UCLA
Royal blue Sapphire blue blue Teal Blue True Blue Blue Turquoise Blue
35. Ultramarin Yale
e Blue
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Violet
Main articles: Violet (color) and Purple
Violet is any of the colors the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum
dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 380–450 nm. Tones of violet tending towards
the blue are called indigo. Purple colors are colors that are various blends of violet light or blue
light and red light.
v·d·e
Shades of violet
Lavender
Amethyst Byzantium Cerise Eggplant Fandango Fuchsia Heliotrope Indigo blush Magenta
Red-
Orchid Plum Purple violet Thistle Violet Wisteria
The samples shown above are only indicative.
[edit] Web colors
Main article: Web colors
These are the colors used by computer graphic designers for web page designing. These colors
are displayed on the monitors of computers.
v·d·e
Web colors
black gray silver white maroon red purple fuchsia green lime olive yellow navy blue teal aqua
[edit] Fictional colors
Garrow and Infra-White –colors invented in the Nebulous episode "Madness is a
Strange Co lour". The first color both colors affect the human mind in odd ways, either
36. destroying or creating sanity. Professor Nebulous claims that he discovered Infra-White
by looking underneath and behind the visible spectrum.
Fuligin – both a color and a textile having that color, associated with the Guild of
Torturers in Gene Wolfe's book, The Shadow of the Torturer. The color is defined as "the
color that is darker than black" and also as "the color of soot."
Grue and bleen – colors that change after an arbitrary, but fixed time; coined by Charles
Dodgson[citation needed] and used by philosopher Nelson Goodman to illustrate what he calls
"the new riddle of induction."
Hooloovoo – a superintelligent shade of the color blue in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
Octarine – the color of magic in the Disc world fantasy novels, described as resembling
a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple.
Squant – a fourth primary color publicized by the experimental band Negativland in
1993.
Jale and Ulfire – new primary colors (shades of ultraviolet?) in A Voyage to Arcturus by
David Lindsay.
The Colour Out of Space – a vaguely-described alien hue, from the story of that name
by H. P. Lovecraft.
The colorstang and burn are colors in the infrared range seen by the albinomutant Olivia
Presteign (whose vision only functions in the infrared) in the 1956 science fiction novel
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.[3]
Htun is a color similar to black only seen by gnomes in the book Fairest by Gail Carson
Levine.
Sangoire is a color of red 'so dark and saturated it [is] almost black', seen in the
Kushiel's Legacy Series by Jacqueline Carey.
Blellow is the name given to the color created by Reece of "Malcolm in the Middle"
when he mixed blue and yellow together. Otherwise known as green.
Silentropae is the name given to the color of the cloud of debris following earth's
destruction by asteroid 'Apophis' in the short story Silentropae by author Book Sim.[4]
Celestewhite is a color invented by Carlos Argentino for his lengthy topographical poem
intended to describe the entire world, in Jorge Luis Borges'The Aleph. It "actually
suggests the sky, an element of utmost importance in the landscape of the Down Under."