Color names

Raw sienna is a yellowish-brown natural earth pigment, composed primarily of iron oxide hydroxide. The box shows the colour of the pigment in its natural, or raw state. It contains a large quantity of iron oxide and a small quantity (about five percent) of manganese oxide. This kind of pigment is known as yellow ochre, yellow earth, limonite, or terra gialla.The pigment name for natural raw sienna from the Colour Index International, shown on the labels of oil paints,is PY-43. This color box shows a variation of Raw Sienna from the Italian Ferrario 1919 color list.

Midnight blue became an official crayola color in 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1903, it was called Prussian blue.

Stone gray is a color represented in the list of RAL classic colors from RAL colour standard. This is the main color on the Indian 500-rupee note.

The first recorded use of antique fuchsia as a color name in English was in 1928. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Electric violet is the closest approximation to middle spectrum violet that can be made on a computer screen, given the limitations of the sRGB color gamut. It is an approximation of the color violet at about 400 nanometers as plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram, in the middle of the violet range of from 380 nanometers to 420 nanometers, assuming indigo as a separate spectrum color from 420 to 450 nanometers. Other names for this color are middle violet or simply violet.

Darker shade of Columbia blue, a color named after Columbia University. In a 2009 publication, the university officially lists Columbia blue as Pantone 290, though Pantone 292, may still be called Columbia blue when used on a light background.

The color name jordy blue has been in use since 2001, when this color was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Moss green is a tone of green that resembles moss. The first recorded use of moss green as a color name in English was in 1884.

Twilight lavender is a color created by Crayola in 1990 as part of its Silver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors. Although it's intended to be a metallic shade, there is no way to display metallic colors accurately on a computer.

Asparagus is a tone of chartreuse that is named after the vegetable. Crayola created this color in 1993 as one of the 16 to be named in the Name the Color Contest. It is also the color of a wild asparagus plant blowing in the wind of the 1949 classic film Sands of Iwo Jima. Another name for this color is asparagus green. The first recorded use of "asparagus green" as a color name in English was in 1805.

French bistre is the tone of bistre called bistre in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.

Smokey topaz, classified as a red-brown or orange-brown with a hue of exactly 15, can also be referred to as vermilion-brown. This color was created by Crayola in 1994 as part of the Gem Tones set.

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.

Coyote brown, also known as nutria, is a color, often used in military camouflage.Coyote brown belongs to the dull yellow color subspectrum.

Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of spring green, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.

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.

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.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-6442 TPX—Bud Green.

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

Sonic silver is a tone of silver included in Metallic FX crayons, specialty crayons formulated by Crayola in 2001.

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.

Persian plum, found in the Xona.com Color List, is traditionally referred to as prune, representing the average color of prunes. While "prune" is the French word for "plum," in English, it specifically refers to dried plums. This color reflects the hue of cooked dried plums (prunes). The first recorded use of "prune" as a color name in English dates back to 1789.

Grape is a color that is a representation of the color of grapes. It is currently unknown when grape was first used as a color name in English, but in 1994, "grape" was made into one of the Crayola Magic Scent crayon colors.

Cerulean frost is one of the colours in the special set of metallic coloured Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colours of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Reseda green, is a shade of greyish green in the classic range of colors of the German RAL colour standard, in which it is named "RAL 6011". The name derives from the color of the leaves of Reseda odorata, commonly known as mignonette.

The color name eminence, used since the 1800s, has been in modern use for this color since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.

The web color dim gray is a dark tone of gray. The color name dim gray first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the colors on the X11 color list, introduced that year.After the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991, these colors became known as the "X11 web colors".

Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of spring green, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.

The first recorded use of "antique bronze" as a color name in English was in 1910. The name derives from its resemblance to the look of aged or weathered bronze, which over time develops a rich, dark patina. This color evokes the appearance of bronze objects that have been exposed to the elements for many years, giving them a timeless, vintage quality often associated with historical artifacts and classic craftsmanship.

Rebecca purple was named after the daughter of CSS pioneer Eric A. Meyer and added to CSS 4.1.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-3838 TPX—Ultra Violet. Ultra Violet was named as Pantone's Color of the Year for 2018.

Cadet blue is a grayish blue web color, with its first recorded use as a color name in English occurring in 1892. In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which later became known as the X11 web colors in the early 1990s.

Dark brown is a dark tone of color brown. At a hue of 19, it is classified as a black-brown.

Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal.

The color ebony is a representation of the color of the wood ebony, a tropical hardwood widely used to make fine furniture, notably for French kings. The first use of ebony as a color name in English was in 1590.

Liberty is a strong blue color. The first recorded use of liberty as a color name in English was in 1918.

Bright mint is a lively, fresh shade of mint green.

Oxblood or ox-blood is a dark shade of red. It resembles burgundy, but has less purple and more dark brown hues. The French term sang-de-bœuf, or sang de bœuf, with the same meaning (but also "ox blood") is used in various contexts in English, but especially in pottery, where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in Chinese ceramics. The name is often used in fashion, especially for shoes. The term oxblood can be used to describe a range of colors from red to reddish-purple to nearly black with red, brown and blue undertones.

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.

The pigment was originally prepared by making a solution of sodium carbonate at a temperature of around 90 °C (194 °F), then slowly adding arsenious oxide, while constantly stirring until everything had dissolved. This produced a sodium arsenite solution. Added to a copper sulfate solution, it produced a green precipitate of effectively insoluble copper arsenite. After filtration the product was dried at about 43 °C (109 °F). To enhance the color, the salt was subsequently heated to 60–70 °C (140–158 °F). The intensity of the color depends on the copper : arsenic ratio, which in turn was affected by the ratio of the starting materials, as well as the temperature. It has been found that Scheele's green was composed of a variety of different compounds, including copper metaarsenite (CuO·As2O3), copper arsenite salt (CuHAsO3 and Cu(AsO3)2·3H2O)), neutral copper orthoarsenite (3CuO·As2O3·2H2O), copper arsenate (CuAsO2 and Cu(AsO2)2), and copper diarsenite (2CuO·As2O3·2H2O).

The color Outer Space is a metaphorical representation of the color of outer space. The color Outer Space was formulated by Crayola in 1998.

Bistre (or bister) can refer to two things: a very dark shade of grayish brown (the version shown in the color box); a shade of brown made from soot, or the name for a color resembling the brownish pigment. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast. Beechwood was burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many Old Masters used bistre as the ink for their drawings. The first recorded use of bistre as a color name in English was in 1727; another name for the color bistre issoot brown.

Neon green is a bright tone of green used in psychedelic art and in fashion.

The color jet, also called jet black, is a representation of the color of the mineraloid jet. The first recorded use of jet as a color name in English was in 1450.

The color defined as blue in the CMYK color system used in printing, also known as pigment blue, is the tone of blue that is achieved by mixing process (printer's) cyan and process (printer's) magenta in equal proportions. The purpose of the CMYK color system is to provide the maximum possible gamut of color reproducible in printing by the use of only three primaries. The color indicated is only approximate as the colors of printing inks may vary.

The color known as brown in the RYB color model is created by mixing equal parts of red, yellow, and blue.

Myrtle green, also called myrtle, is a color which is a representation of the color of the leaves of the myrtle plant. The first recorded use of myrtle green as a color name in English was in 1835.

Dark slate gray is a deep, dark gray with blue undertones.

B'dazzled blue is a color in Crayola Metallic FX, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 2001.

Marian blue is a tone of the color ultramarine named for its use with the Virgin Mary.