Color names

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.

The BISU Visual Identity, or BISU Visual Identity System (VIS) is a set of coherent graphic styles that underlines the visual recognisability of Beijing International Studies University (BISU), providing clarity for the University's graphic identity. The system was developed by the University Relations and was officially launched on 30 December 2003. BISU Silver is described as a light grey and is used accompanied with BISU Maroon as the official color of Beijing International Studies University. The hexadecimal value of BISU Silver is DCDDDE. It is a CMYK color.

This color was originally called harvest in the 1920s. The first recorded use of harvest as a color name in English was in 1923. Harvest gold was a common color for metal surfaces (including automobiles and household appliances), as was the color avocado, during the whole decade of the 1970s. They were both also popular colors for shag carpets. Both colors (as well as shag carpets) went out of style by the early 1980s.

The source of pink lavender is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.

The color Dogwood Rose, sometimes referred to as Dogwood Red, is often described as a vivid red. It is listed under variations of the rose color in Wikipedia.

The rich carmine color tone matches the shade shown as carmine in the 1930 book "A Dictionary of Color". Also known as Chinese carmine, this color is commonly referred to as carmine in fashion and interior design.

Languid lavender is sourced from the Plochere Color System, which was formulated in 1948 and is widely used by interior designers.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-2120 TPX—Wild Orchid.

The color Arctic lime is close to electric lime, and was named in 2009. This is one of the colors in Crayola's eXtreme colors ultra-bright colored pencils.

Super pink is a very purple-toned shade of pink sourced from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list as color #17-2625 TPX—Super Pink.

The color Volt is used by Nike in several of their athletic products, most notably their Air Max 90 Hyperfuse sneakers, which were introduced in 2011. This color is similar to electric lime.

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 source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-0751 TPX—Lemon Curry.

Light French beige is the color called beige on the pourpre.com website, a color list widely popular in France.

"Smitten" is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color was formulated in 2011.

Cal Poly Pomona gold was one of the two official colors of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The official university colors were green (PMS 349) and gold (PMS 131). Cal Poly Pomona's Office of Public Affairs created the colors for web development and has technical guidelines, copyright and privacy protection; as well as logos and images that developers are asked to follow in the University's Guidelines for using official Cal Poly Pomona logos.

Cardinal and blue are the official school colors of California State University, Fresno.

Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that shown in the color box, or a reddish purple, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit. As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel, plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate. The first recorded use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805.

The color known as "powder blue" in Crayola crayons was introduced in 2022 for the Colors of Kindness set.

Mahogany is a reddish-brown color. It is approximately the color of the wood mahogany. However,the wood itself, like most woods, is not uniformly the same color and is not recognized as a color by most. The first recorded use of mahogany as a color name in English was in 1737.

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915. This color is one variation that is used as a school color of The University of Texas at Austin, Auburn University, and Virginia Tech. Burnt orange is not a standard color; for example, it is defined differently by Auburn University and the University of Texas at Austin. The National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks use burnt orange as a secondary color, and it is one of three colors of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns. The Chicago Bears also use it as an alternate color.

Bittersweet shimmer is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001. Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Twin Bed is so named since its HEX color code spells out "BED" twice.The color is also recognized for bearing very close semblance to that of many commonly-used bed sheets.

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.

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.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

The adjacent box displays the generic tone of international orange used by military contractors and in engineering generally. The source of this color is Federal Standard 595, a U.S. federal government standard set up in 1956 for paint colors which is mostly used by military contractors and also in engineering. International Orange is designated as Federal Standard 595 color #FS 12197. In accordance with air safety regulations, some tall towers, e.g. Tokyo Tower and the Yerevan TV Tower, are painted in white and international orange.

Opera mauve is a color whose first recorded use as a color name in English dates back to 1927.

Rich lilac, a rich tone of lilac labeled lilac at Pourpre.com (a popular French color list), is shown in color box. Another name for this color is bright French lilac.

The color tiger’s eye is named for the tiger’s eye gemstone, so named because its banding resembles the eye of a tiger. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as part of the Gem Tones set.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

English lavender is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.

The web color Powder blue is a light bluish green. The first recorded use of powder blue as a color name in English was in 1774.

Displayed in the color box is the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon.

Green-yellow is a mixture of the colors green and yellow. It is a web color. It is a light tint of chartreuse. "Green-yellow" is an official Crayola crayon color which was formulated in 1958. Green-yellow is near the center of the light spectrum visible to the human eye, and is very eye-catching. For this reason, many emergency vehicles and uniforms exhibit green-yellow.

The color name silver chalice for this tone of silver has been in use since 2001 when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

Chinese red or China red is the name used for the vermilion shade used in Chinese lacquerware. The shade of the color can vary from dark to light depending upon how the pigment is made and how the lacquer was applied. Chinese red was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, but beginning in about the 8th century it was made more commonly by a chemical process combining mercury and sulfur. Vermilion has significance in Taoist culture, and is regarded as the color of life and eternity. "Chinese red" appears in English in 1924.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

It is a pale shade of cyan that is reminiscent of the color of an opal gemstone, although as with many gemstones, opals come in a wide variety of colors.

The BISU Visual Identity, or BISU Visual Identity System (VIS) is a set of coherent graphic styles that underlines the visual recognisability of Beijing International Studies University (BISU), providing clarity for the University's graphic identity. The system was developed by the University Relations and was officially launched on 30 December 2003.

Jazzberry color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola in 2003.

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

The color redwood is a representation of color of the wood of the redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens). The first recorded use of redwood as a color name in English was in 1917. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color #18-1443—Redwood.

Sea Foam Green is a Crayola color which was introduced in 2001. It is soft, pastel shade of green, often referred to as Pale Spring Green.

Beaver is a shade of brown representative of the color of a beaver. At a hue of 22, it is classified as an orange-brown. The first recorded use of beaver as a color name in English was in 1705. The color "beaver" was formulated as one of the Crayola colors in 1998. Etymologically, it's believed that the words "brown" and "beaver" ultimately stem from the same root word in English.

Amaranth deep purple is the tone of amaranth that is called amaranth in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color.

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.

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.

Cinereous is a color, ashy gray in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a gray color tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin cinereous, from cinis (ashes). The first recorded use of cinereous as a color name in English was in 1661.