71 Color names for "Pale Shades"

Displayed here is the color pale aqua which can be described as very pale blue.

Ivory is an off-white color named after, and derived from, the material made from the tusks and teeth of certain animals, such as the elephant and the walrus. It has a very slight tint of yellow. The color is often associated with purity and elegance. In Western culture, it is also associated with weddings and other formal occasions. In Eastern cultures, ivory has been used for centuries in the creation of decorative objects and religious artifacts, such as Buddha statues and other sculptures. The cultural acceptance of the use of ivory as a material has declined over time, with the practice being outlawed in much of the world. The first recorded use of ivory as a color name in English was in 1385. The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987.

Cosmic latte is the average color of the universe, found by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In 2002, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the average color of the universe was a greenish white, but they soon corrected their analysis in a 2003 paper in which they reported that their survey of the light from over 200,000 galaxies averaged to a slightly beigeish white. The hex triplet value for cosmic latte is #FFF8E7.

Pale goldenrod is a light, soft yellow web color with a gentle golden hue.

In a press release, Pantone declared the pale hue of cerulean, shown in the color box here, as the 'Color of the Millennium.' This specific shade comes from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list and is identified as Cerulean with the code #15-4020 TPX.

There is no evidence that 'floral white' name was in use before the X11 color names were formulated in 1987.

Antique white is a web color. The color name antique white began to be used in 1987 when the X11 colors were first formulated.

The color ash gray is a representation of the color of ash. The first recorded use of ash gray as a color name in English was in 1374.

The color pink lace is a very pale purplish pink. The color name pink lace for this pale tone of rose pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List. This color is suggestive of the color of some women's lingerie.

The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a chicken egg. In interior design, the color eggshell is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral, off-white color.

Morning sky, also known as Morning blue is a representation of the color of the morning sky. The year of the first recorded use of morning blue as a color name in English is unknown.

Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan,a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow. It takes its name from French, where the word originally meant natural wool that has been neither bleached nor dyed, hence also the color of natural wool. It has come to be used to describe a variety of light tints chosen for their neutral or pale warm appearance. Beige began to commonly be used as a term for a color in France beginning approximately 1855–60; the writer Edmond de Goncourt used it in the novel La Fille Elisacode in 1877. The first recorded use of beige as a color name in English was in 1887.

Pale purple is the pale tint of purple.

The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use at least since 2001, when it was one of the colors on the Resene color list.

Alabaster has been used as a color in English since at least 1594 (in Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece), but the origin of the RGB coordinates is not known.

Pale Dogwood is a beige-tinted shade of pink. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-1404 TCX—Pale Dogwood.

Light steel blue is a soft, light tint of steel blue, commonly used as a web color.

Displayed in the color box is the color alabaster. It represents the whitish color of the mineral alabaster. Alabaster has been used as a color in English since at least 1594 (in Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece), but the origin of the RGB coordinates is not known.

The color honeydew is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a honeydew melon.

Lemon chiffon is the X11 color and web color lemonchiffon. It was formulated in 1987 when it was first introduced as a named color in the X Window System. After the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991, these colors became known as the X11 web colors.

In 2001, parchment was made into one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. As with most colours, there is no absolute definition of its exact hue. Originally, powder blue, in the 1650s, was powdered smalt (cobalt glass) used in laundering and dyeing applications, and it then came to be used as a colour name from 1894. Powder blue was also used as a colour name in English in 1774, but the exact colour is unclear: it may be a blue-grey or a dark unsaturated blue.

Pale pink is a light, desaturated shade of pink

Cameo pink is a medium light tone of rose pink. The first recorded use of cameo pink as a color name in English was in 1912.

This is the X11/HTML color pale green. Mint green is a pale tint of green that resembles the color of mint green pigment, and was a popular color in the 1990s.

The color piggy pink is a representation of the color of a pink pig. The color piggy pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998. The color was originally called pig pink, but later the name was changed to "piggy pink".

Old lace is a web color that is a very pale yellowish orange that resembles the color of an old lace tablecloth. It is one of the original X11 colors. Old lace is used as a color of a certain kind of Caucasian skin type in art.

Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French. The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Mimi Pink is a very pale shade of purplish pink.

Fairy Tale is a pale and soft purplish pink color resembling typical fairy outfits in fiction. It is similar to orchid pink but slightly paler and more purple-toned. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-2802 TCX—Fairy Tale.

Cool gray is a medium light color gray mixed with the color blue. Another name for this color is gray-blue. This color is a dull shade of blue-gray.

A light orange color was formulated for Crayola colored pencils.

Light Gray is a soft, pale shade of gray, light enough to be used as a neutral background color. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Soap is a color formulated by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors. This color is a representation of soap scented with lavender, one of the most popular scents for soap.

The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.

The first recorded use of champagne as a color name in English was in 1915.

The color Khaki Green is shown, sometimes referred to simply as Khaki in Commonwealth countries. It is more commonly known as Olive Green or Olive Drab.

Queen pink is a pale shade of pink that first came into use in 1948. This color is sourced from the Plochere Color System, which was formulated in 1948 and is widely used by interior designers.

Light yellow is a web color that can be described as pale yellow-green. It is mentioned on Wikipedia as one of the yellow tints.

This Crayola colour was formulated in 2003. It is intended to represent the colour of the sky on a cloudy, stormy day.

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 X11 color system which became a standard for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or whitish cyan rather than a shade of azure. In an artistic context, this color could also be called azure mist or cyan mist.

The medium tone of "champagne" is the color referred to as champagne in the Dictionary of Color Names (1955), listed as color sample #89.

The pale tone of copper displayed is the color referred to as copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.

Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and romance. A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction. In the 21st century, pink is seen as a symbol of femininity, though this has not always been true; in the 1920s, pink was seen as a color that reflected masculinity.

Thistle is a light purple resembling the thistle plant. The first recorded use of Thistle as a color name in English was in 1892. The color thistle is associated with Scotland because the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and Scotland's highest state decoration is the Order of the Thistle.

The web color light cyan is a very pale green shade of cyan.

Pale red-violet, identical to the web color "pale violet red," is a pale tone of red-violet.

The pale tint of lavender is shown as lavender in sample 209 of the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names.

Sandy tan is a color formulated by Crayola in 2000 for use in Crayola markers.