Noms des couleurs

Le Rosso Corsa (littéralement « rouge de course » en italien) est la livrée nationale utilisée par les automobiles de courses italiennes en compétition internationale jusqu'à la fin des années 1960, date à laquelle est abandonnée la distinction de couleur par nationalité. Le triplet hexadécimal de la teinte exacte est D40000.

Rich black, in printing, is an ink mixture of solid black over one or more of the other CMYK colors, resulting in a darker tone than black ink alone generates in a printing process. Rich black is often regarded as a color that is "blacker than black". While this is impossible from the point of view of color theory, the difference can often be seen in the printed piece. The difference is most apparent in backlit (also known as "translite") pieces, where rich black more thoroughly blocks the light from coming through.

Yale Blue is the dark azure color used in association with Yale University.

Erin is a color that is halfway between green and spring green on the color wheel. It is named after Erin, a poetic name for Ireland. One of the earliest known uses of the word "erin" to describe a color appears in the poetry of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842). In a poem titled To the Pine Trees, Schoolcraft reflects on her arrival back to North America after spending years in England she writes "Not all the trees of England bright, / Not Erin's lawns of green and light / are half so sweet to memory's eye, / As this dear type of northern sky."

Raisin black is a color that is a representation of the color of black raisins.

Les verts-de-gris (ou vert de gris) sont des pigments verts, généralement des acétates de cuivre, en usage depuis l'Antiquité ; ils ont été pratiquement abandonnés à cause de leur toxicité.Ces pigments ne doivent pas être confondus avec la patine verte appelée vulgairement « vert-de-gris  » qui résulte de la corrosion atmosphérique de la surface des objets en cuivre et de ses alliages. Cette patine, de nature purement minérale, est constituée principalement de sels de cuivre basiques qui peuvent être selon les conditions atmosphériques des hydroxy-carbonates, des hydrosulfates ou des hydrochlorures,.Le vert-de-gris est par dérivation, un nom de couleur.

Feldgrau (English: field-grey) is a grayish green color. It was the official basic color of military uniforms of the German armed forces from the early 20th century until 1945 (West Germany) or 1989 (East Germany). Armed forces of other countries also used various shades of that color. Feldgrau was used to refer to the color of uniforms of the armies of Germany, first the Imperial German Army and later the Heer (ground forces) of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht.

Aubergine est un nom de couleur utilisé pour désigner une couleur violet sombre ou bordeaux, d'après la couleur de la peau d'une variété courante d'aubergine.L'emploi de aubergine pour désigner une couleur est attesté en 1866.

Bole is a shade of reddish brown. The color term derives from Latin bōlus (or dirt) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, and as a coating in panel paintings and frames underneath the paint or gold leaf.Under gold leaf, it "warms" the colour, which can have a greenish shade otherwise.However, bole in art is a good deal more red and less brown than the modern shade; it is often called Armenian bole. Although bole also means the trunk of a tree, these words are simply homographs that do not share an etymological origin.

Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose.Cordovan takes its name from the city of Córdoba, Spain, where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.The term cordovan has come to describe the colour of clothing – leather in particular; in this sense, the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood. The first recorded use of cordovan as a colour name in English was in 1925.

Camel is a color that resembles the color of the hair of a camel. The first recorded use of camel as a color name in English was in 1916. The normalized color coordinates for camel are identical to fallow, wood brown and desert, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1886, and 1920, respectively.

Old gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow, generally on the darker side of this range. The first recorded use of old gold as a color name in English was in the early 19th century (exact year uncertain).

Le jaune indien est un colorant naturel jaune orangé.Il fut particulièrement utilisé en Inde à partir du XVe siècle comme couleur pour les miniatures.

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax.The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915, but "flaxen" had been used to describe hair color in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens in 1849: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."

Baker-Miller Pink, also known as P-618, Schauss pink, or Drunk-Tank Pink is a tone of pink which has been observed to temporarily reduce hostile, violent or aggressive behavior. It was originally created by mixing white indoor latex paint with red trim semi-gloss outdoor paint in a 1:8 ratio by volume. Alexander Schauss did extensive research into the effects of the color on emotions at the Naval Correctional Facility in Seattle, and named it after the institute directors, Baker and Miller.

Tigerlily is the color that was chosen as the "2004 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Blue Turquoise is the color that was chosen as the "2005 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Chili Pepper is the color that was chosen as the "2007 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Turquoise is the color that was chosen as the "2010 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Emerald is the color that was chosen as the "2013 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.