Nomi dei colori

Il primo uso registrato del verde russo come nome di colore in inglese risale agli anni Trenta del XIX secolo (l'anno esatto non è certo). Il termine sembra riferirsi alla tonalità media di verde indossata dalla maggior parte dei reggimenti dell'esercito imperiale russo dal 1700 al 1914.

“Tyrian purple” è il nome inglese contemporaneo del colore che in latino è chiamato ‘purpura’. Altri nomi inglesi contemporanei di purpura sono “imperial purple” e “royal purple”. Lo stesso nome inglese “purple” denominava originariamente il colore specifico purpura. La porpora è il colore di una tintura estratta da un mollusco trovato sulle coste della città di Tiro nell'antica Fenicia (contemporaneamente in Libano), il cui colore nell'antichità classica era un simbolo di regalità e autorità politica perché solo le persone molto ricche potevano permetterselo, compresi gli imperatori romani. Per questo motivo, la porpora di Tiro era anche denominata “porpora imperiale”.

Il grigio-verde (noto anche come grigio-verde, grigio-verde, grigio smeraldo o grigio-verde) è un colore grigio-verde.

La fonte di questo colore è l'elenco dei colori “Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)”, colore #17-4030 TPX-Silver Lake Blue.

Il verde SGBUS è il colore votato dal pubblico e utilizzato da Singapore per colorare tutti gli autobus pubblici di proprietà del governo.

Il colore ebano è una rappresentazione del colore del legno d'ebano, un legno duro tropicale ampiamente utilizzato per produrre mobili pregiati, in particolare per i re francesi. Il primo utilizzo di ebano come nome di colore in inglese risale al 1590.

Cadet color is a dark shade of cadet grey. The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.

For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State University. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal Purple. For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion from Pantone 268+.

Sap green is a green-looking pigment that was traditionally made of ripe buckthorn berries. However, modern colors marketed under this name are usually a blend of other pigments, commonly with a basis of Phthalocyanine Green G. It is one of the greens used in The Joy of Painting.

The source of this colour is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" colour list, colour #18-3937 TPX—Blue Yonder.

Purple navy is a color that has been used by some navies. "Purple navy" in this color terminology usage is regarded as a shade of indigo, a color which can be regarded as a tone of purple when using the common English definition of purple, i.e., a color between blue and red. The first recorded use of purple navy as a color name in English was in 1926. The source of this color is Dictionary of Color Names (1955).

Northwestern Purple is the official color of Northwestern University. Additionally, there are shades and tints that are variations of the base color. Northwestern Purple is a custom ink color and can no longer be referenced by a Pantone number.

The color resembles the shade of blue seen on the flag of the United Nations.

This is the color called artichoke green in Pantone. The source is Pantone 18-0125 TPX.

The first recorded use of celestial blue as a color name in English was in 1535. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Queen blue is a medium tone of royal blue. The first recorded use of queen blue as a color name in English was in 1926. Before that, since 1661, this color had been called queen’s blue.

Ultramarine is a blue pigment in use since medieval times. It was originally derived from lapis lazuli, a bright blue mineral.

The color mint, also known as mint leaf, is a representation of the color of mint. The first recorded use of mint as a color name in English was in 1920.

Magnolia is a colour named after the flowering plant of the genus Magnolia. As magnolias have flowers of more than one colour, mainly cream or pale purple, magnolia may refer to different colours in different countries. An early use of magnolia as a colour name in English was in 1880, describing it as a "tint of cream-color". In the UK, magnolia is a creamy colour defined by British Standard BS 08B15, with the sRGB value (244, 233, 216) and CMYK (Coated) value (0, 5, 25, 0). Although the interiors of houses in the UK have commonly been painted in pale "stone colours" since the 18th century, the use of the name "magnolia" only dates from the 1950s.

The color kombu green is a representation of the color of kombu, edible kelp from the family Laminariaceae widely eaten in East Asia. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-0417 TPX—Kombu Green.