46 Color names for "Colors Named After Places"

Magenta is a color that is variously defined as pinkish-purplish-red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson. Magenta took its name from an aniline dye made and patented in 1859 by the French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin, who originally called it fuchsine. It was renamed to celebrate the Italian-French victory at the Battle of Magenta fought between the French and Austrians on 4 June 1859 near the Italian town of Magenta in Lombardy. A virtually identical color, called roseine, was created in 1860 by two British chemists, Edward Chambers Nicholson and George Maule. The web color magenta is also called fuchsia. The web color magenta is one of the three secondary colors in the RGB color model.

Chili red is the color of red chili peppers.It is the shade of red used in the flags of Chile and South Africa.

The first recorded use of Tuscan brown as a color name in English was in 1913. The normalized color coordinates for Tuscan brown are identical to coffee, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1695.

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.

Bondi blue is a color belonging to the cyan family of blues. It is very similar to the Crayola crayon color "blue-green". Apple, Inc. christened the color of the back of the original iMac computer "Bondi Blue" when it was introduced in 1998. It is said to be named for the color of the water at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia.

Moroccan blue (also Chefchaouen blue) is a vivid blue color.

Mexican pink is a color that is used in clothing such as serapes and in the craft and fine art of traditional Mexican culture. Mexican pink became known as such through the efforts of the journalist, painter, cartoonist and fashion designer Ramón Valdiosera in the mid-1940s. Another name for this color is Mexican rose, a play on the Spanish name rosa mexicano.

In cosmetology, a brighter tone of burgundy called vivid burgundy is used for coloring hair.

One of variations of Heliotrope color mentioned on Wikipedia. Can be described as vivid purple.

Burgundy is a dark red-purplish color. The color burgundy takes its name from the Burgundy winein France. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized. The color burgundy is similar to Bordeaux (#4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The CMYK percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black. The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.

"Tyrian purple" is the contemporary English name of the color that in Latin is denominated "purpura". Other contemporary English names for purpura are "imperial purple" and "royal purple". The English name "purple" itself originally denominated the specific color purpura. Purpura is the color of a dye extracted from a mollusk found on the shores of the city of Tyre in ancient Phoenicia (contemporarily in Lebanon), which color in classical antiquity was a symbol of royalty and political authority because only the very wealthy could afford it, including the Roman Emperors. Therefore, Tyrian purple was also denominated "imperial purple".

The first recorded use of Tuscan as a color name in English was in 1887.

This variation of burnt sienna is from the Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" from 1930. It is considerably lighter than most other versions of burnt sienna. It was a mix of burnt orange and raw sienna.

Manhattan is a pale light grayish brown color.

Gotham green is the official color of the New York Jets as of 4 April 2019. The name is a reference to one of the Nicknames of New York City.

Umber is a natural brown earth pigment that contains iron oxide and manganese oxide.In its natural form, it is called raw umber. When calcined, the color becomes warmer and it becomes known as burnt umber. Its name derives from terra d'ombra, or earth of Umbria, the Italian name of the pigment. Umbria is a mountainous region in central Italy where the pigment was originally extracted. The word also may be related to the Latin word umbra, meaning "shadow".

Dark magenta is a deep, rich shade of magenta, leaning towards purple.

Before the invention of printer’s magenta in the 1890s for CMYK printing and electric magenta in the 1980s for computer displays, the original magenta color was created from coal tar dyes and introduced in 1859. This original magenta is sometimes referred to as "rich magenta" to distinguish it from printer’s magenta and electric magenta. Magenta was one of the first aniline dyes, discovered shortly after the Battle of Magenta in 1859, which took place near the town of Magenta in northern Italy. Initially called fuchsine or roseine, the dye's name was changed to "magenta" in 1860 for marketing purposes, after the battle. As a result, the color is indirectly named after the town of Magenta.

The color Amazon is named after the specific rainforest. The first recorded use of Amazon as a color name in English was in 1924.

Brunswick green is a common name for green pigments made from copper compounds, although the name has also been used for other formulations that produce a similar hue, such as mixtures of chrome yellow and Prussian blue. The pigment is named after Braunschweig, Germany (also known as Brunswick in English) where it was first manufactured. It is a deep, dark green, which may vary from intense to very dark, almost black. The first recorded use of Brunswick green as a color name in English was in 1764. Another name for this color is English green. The first use of English green as a synonym for Brunswick green was in 1923. Deep Brunswick green is commonly recognized as part of the British racing green spectrum, the national auto racing color of the United Kingdom.

Naples yellow, also called antimony yellow, is an inorganic pigment used in paintings during the period 1700–1850. Colors range from a muted, or earthy, reddish yellow pigment to a bright light yellow.It is the chemical compound lead antimonate. Also known as jaune d'antimoine, it is one of the oldest synthetic pigments. The Ancient Egyptians were known to create it. The first recorded use of Naples yellow as a color name in English was in 1738. After 1800, Naples Yellow was superseded by chrome yellow (lead chromate), cadmium sulfide, and cobalt yellow.

Palatinate is a color (a pale shade of violet) associated with the University of Durham (and with Newcastle University Medical School, this being the former medical school of Durham University.) A separate color, 'Palatinate Blue', is derived from the Coat of Arms of County Durham. The name 'Palatinate' in both instances alludes to the historic status of Durham as a County Palatine.

Palatinate or palatinate purple is a purple colour associated with Durham University and the City of Durham. The term has been used to refer to a number of different shades of purple.The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as a "light purple or lavender colour", which is used for Durham (and Newcastle) academic hoods. For corporate purposes Durham University uses a darker shade. A separate colour, 'palatinate blue', is derived from the Coat of Arms of County Durham. The name 'Palatinate' in both instances alludes to the historic status of Durham as a County Palatine.

The first recorded use of Tuscany as a color name in English was in 1922. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-1219 TPX—Tuscany.

Portland Orange (desaturated approximation) is the color of light emitted by the "dont walk" phase of pedestrian crossing signals in the United States and Canada. The color was chosen to avoid confusion with regular traffic lights in conditions of poor visibility. Its chromaticity is specified by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in that body's technical standards, along with lunar white for the walk lights. Its application is stipulated in the U.S. federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Various jurisdictional standards also require Portland Orange for dont walk signs. The color can be created with some LEDs, and the ITE specifies the precision of its wavelength to 3 nanometers. In practice, the most brilliant color of gaseous tubing is similar to Portland Orange.

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had been known, since its inception in 1922, simply as Hollywood.

Cambridge blue is the color commonly used by sports teams from Cambridge University. This color is actually a medium tone of spring green.Spring green colors are colors with an h code (hue code) of between 135 and 165; this color has an h code of 140, putting it within the range of spring green colors on the RGB color wheel.

Paris green is an arsenic-based organic pigment. As a green pigment it is also known as Schweinfurt green, emerald or Vienna green. It is a highly toxic emerald-green crystalline powder that has been used as a rodenticide and insecticide, and also as a pigment, despite its toxicity. It is also used as a blue colorant for fireworks. The color of Paris green is said to range from a pale blue green when very finely ground, to a deeper green when coarsely ground.

Peru is a web color classified as an orange-brown, with a hue of 30. This color was originally called Peruvian brown with the first recorded use in 1924 of Peruvian brown as a color name in English. The color name was changed to peru in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.

The web colour sienna is defined by the list of X11 colours used in web browsers and web design.

Polynesian blue is a dark blue color, almost navy.

The color New York pink is a dark, desaturated yellow-toned shade of pink. The color name New York pink for this dark tone of pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Caribbean green is a Crayola color formulated in 1997.

Honolulu blue is the tone of azure used in association with the Detroit Lions football team.

Caribbean Current is a rich, tropical shade of teal.

California Gold is one of the official colors of the University of California, Berkeley, as identified in their graphic style guide for use in on-screen representations of the gold color in the university's seal. For print media, the guide recommends to, "se Pantone 7750 metallic or Pantone 123 yellow and 282 blue". The color is one of two most used by Berkeley, the other being Berkeley Blue; these, together, are the original colors of the University of California system, of which variations of blue and gold can be found in each campus' school colors.

Tuscan red is a shade of red that was used on some railroad cars, particularly passenger cars. The color is most closely associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, which used it on passenger cars and on its TrucTrain flatcars. It also was used extensively by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia, in a similar fashion to the PRR. The Norfolk and Western Railway used it as an accent color on its J class steam locomotives. The Canadian Pacific Railway used it historically and painted its luxury revival cars in this color. It is also a Prismacolor colored pencil.

Delft blue is a dark blue color. The name is derived from the Dutch pottery Delftware, also known simply as "Delft Blue".

The color Thulian pink is also called Thulite pink; the first recorded use of Thulite pink as a color name in English was in 1912. The term Thulian pink refers to the land of Thule, the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. Another name for this color is first lady. The first use of first lady as a color name in English was in 1948 when the Plochere Color System, (a color system that is widely used by interior designers) was inaugurated in 1948. The hex code for Thulian pink is identical to that of China pink and Liseran purple. The first recorded use of liseran purple as a color name in English was in 1912.

The color Byzantine is a rich tone of medium purple toned toward magenta. The first recorded use of byzantine as a color name in English was in 1924.

Uranian blue is a light greenish blue, the color of Uranus.

The color old burgundy is a dark tone of burgundy. The first recorded use of old burgundy as a color name in English was in 1926.

In color printing, the color called process magenta or pigment magenta is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with yellow and cyan, constitute the three subtractive primary colors of pigment. Magenta (subtractive primary) is a bright, vivid shade of pink, often referred to as Bright Pink or Fuchsia.

The color Charleston green originated after the American Civil War, when the North provided black paint to the South for use in its reconstruction. Charlestonians, i.e., the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina, mixed the black with a little bit of yellow and blue and created Charleston green. Since this color has a hue code of 180, it is actually an extremely dark shade of cyan.

Windsor tan is a color that was first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.

Dark Byzantium is a rich, dark shade of purple with blue and gray undertones.