106 Color names for "Dark Colors"

The colour blood red is a dark shade of the colour red meant to resemble the colour of human blood. It is the iron in hemoglobin specifically that gives blood its red colour. The actual colour ranges from crimson to a dark brown-blood depending on how oxygenated the blood is, and may have a slightly orange hue. Different sources have proposed different color schemes for the color blood red. This is one of these.

NDHU green is the official color of National Dong Hwa University, adopted in 1994. The university officially set NDHU green as part of a larger university branding effort. It represents the books, forest of knowledge, and its campus with nature-based setting.

Dark khaki is a deep, muted yellow-greenish shade that evokes a natural, earthy feel. It corresponds to Dark Khaki in the X11 color names.

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+.

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 official colors of the university and used by the athletic teams are UNH Blue and white. UNH Blue is a dark blue matching Pantone color 287. New Hampshire is known as the "Granite State." White resembles the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located an hour north of Durham. The University of New Hampshire campus is located about a mile from the Great Bay estuary, which runs out to the Atlantic Ocean. Blue resembles the Atlantic Ocean.

Indigo is a shade of blue, more specifically, purplish blue or dark blue. Isaac Newton named and defined indigo as a spectrum color when he divided up the spectrum into the seven colors of the rainbow. The name of the color indigo originally came from the indigo plant culitvated in India. Indigo is a dye made from the indigo plant, used to dye cloth. Indigo dye also is used to dye denim cloth, which is used to make what are called blue jeans. The Ancient Greek language word for the dye is indikon. The Romans used the term indicum, which passed into Italian dialect and eventually into English as the word indigo.

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.

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

Dark cyan is the web color mentioned on Wikipedia as shade of cyan. It can be described as strong bluish green

The color peacock blue is a deep greenish blue, from the iridescent color of a peacock.As a color between blue and cyan, peacock blue has been used as the process-blue ink in four-color printing. Kelly Moore Paint's "color of the year" for 2019 was their peacock blue.

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.

Charcoal is a color that is a representation of the dark gray color of burned wood. The first recorded use of charcoal as a color name in English was in 1606.

Davy's gray is a dark gray color, made from powdered slate, iron oxide and carbon black named for Henry Davy. The first recorded use of Davy’s gray as a color name in English was around 1940.

The first recorded use of old mauve as a color name in English was in 1925. The normalized color coordinates for old mauve are identical to wine dregs, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1924.

The web color Hungarian green is a dark green color seen on the national flag of Hungary.

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 Gray is a deep, neutral gray, darker than average gray but still versatile and modern. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Black olive is a color in the RAL color matching system. It is designated as RAL 6015. The color "black olive" is a representation of the color of black olives. This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

The first recorded use of English violet as a color name in English was in 1928.

The color Japanese violet or Sumire is shown in color box. This is the color called "violet" in the traditional Japanese colors group, a group of colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimono. The name of this color in Japanese is sumire-iro, meaning "violet color".

Dark Sea Green is a medium to dark shade of green with blue undertones, resembling the color of ocean water. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Dark goldenrod is a rich, deep yellow-brown web color.

"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 source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper Extended (TPX) color list color #18-4231 "Blue Sapphire".

British racing green, or BRG, is a colour similar to Brunswick green, hunter green, forest green or moss green (RAL 6005). It takes its name from the green international motor racing colour of the United Kingdom. This originated with the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup, held in Ireland (then still part of the UK), as motor-racing on public roads was illegal in Great Britain. As a mark of respect, the British cars were painted shamrock green. There is no exact hue for BRG – currently the term is used to denote a spectrum of deep, rich greens. "British racing green" in motorsport terms meant only the colour green in general – its application to a specific shade has developed outside the sport.

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.

Medium electric blue is the electric blue that "had an immense vogue in the latter 19th century," sourced from a textile sample from the 1890s. Today, this tone remains typical of "electric blue" fabrics in the mass market.

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).

The color #8B0000, known as Dark Red, was introduced as part of the X11 color system in 1987.

Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. When this color name, taken from the usual color of the uniforms of sailors, originally came into use in the early 19th century, it was initially called marine blue, but the name of the color soon changed to navy blue. An early use of navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840 though the Oxford English Dictionary has a citation from 1813.

Dark turquoise is web color mentioned on Wikipedia as variations of turquoise. It can described as brilliant bluish green

Wenge refers to the distinctive color of the dark-colored wood that is the product of Millettia laurentii, a legume tree from Africa. At a hue of 9, it is classified as a red-brown.

University of Pennsylvania Blue is one of the official colors of the Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania.

Brown can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. The color brown is seen widely in nature, wood, soil, human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation. Brown is the color of dark wood or rich soil. According to public opinion surveys in Europe and the United States, brown is the least favorite color of the public; it is often associated with plainness, the rustic, feces, and poverty, although it does also have positive associations include baking, warmth, wildlife, and the autumn.

Evergreen is a color that resembles evergreens. It is currently unknown when evergreen was first used as a color name.

Dark blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.

Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915. The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998. Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (the term eggplant originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs).Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color.Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green. Purple is a more used term.

Mountbatten pink, also called Plymouth pink, is a naval camouflage color, a grayish tone of mauve, invented by Louis Mountbatten of the British Royal Navy in autumn 1940 during World War II.

Dark pink (PerBang) is a bold, vibrant shade of pink.

Dark electric blue is a dark cyan color that is the color called electric blue, formalized as a color in the ISCC–NBS system in 1955. The normalized color coordinates for dark electric blue are identical to Payne's grey, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1835.

#FF8C00 is a bright shade of orange known as Dark Orange. The color became widely recognized as HTML/CSS standards were established in the late 1990s.

Ultimate Gray is the color that was chosen as the "2021 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Duke blue is a dark blue color associated with Duke University. A lighter shade called Duke Royal Blue is used in the Iron Duke logo and the branding for Duke Athletics.

Dark orchid is a vibrant shade of purple with a hint of pink.

Fern green is a color that resembles ferns. A Crayola crayon named fern was created in 1998. The first recorded use of fern green as a color name in English was in 1902.

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

Dark salmon is a darker shade of the color salmon. Like the related web colors light salmon and salmon, it is commonly used in HTML and CSS for web design.

The web color dark spring green is a deep and rich shade of green.