Color names

Rose madder (also known as madder) is a red paint made from the pigment madder lake, a traditional lake pigment extracted from the common madder plant Rubia tinctorum. Madder lake contains two organic red dyes: alizarin and purpurin.As a paint, it has been described as a fugitive, transparent, nonstaining, mid valued, moderately dull violet red pigment in tints and medium solutions, darkening to an impermanent, dull magenta red in masstone.

Indian yellow is a complex pigment consisting primarily of euxanthic acid salts (magnesium euxanthate and calcium euxanthate), euxanthone and sulphonated euxanthone. It is also known as purree, snowshoe yellow, gaugoli, gogili, Hardwari peori, Monghyr puri, peoli, peori, peri rung, pioury, piuri, purrea arabica, pwree, jaune indien (French, Dutch), Indischgelb (German), yìndù huáng (Chinese), giallo indiano (Italian), amarillo indio (Spanish). The crystalline form dissolved in water or mixed with oil to produce a transparent yellow paint which was used in Indian frescoes, oil painting and watercolors. After application Indian yellow produced a clear, deep and luminescent orange-yellow color which, due to its fluorescence, appears especially vivid and bright in sunlight. It was said to be of a disagreeable odour. It was most used in India in the Mughal period and in Europe in the nineteenth century, before becoming commercially unavailable circa 1921.

Tango pink is a moderate reddish pink, also known simply as tango. The first recorded use of tango pink as a color name in English was in 1925. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax.The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915, but "flaxen" had been used to describe hair color in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens in 1849: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."

Alice blue is a pale tint of azure that was favored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American painter and daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States. The hit song "Alice Blue Gown", inspired by Longworth's signature gown, premiered in Harry Tierney's 1919 Broadway musical Irene. The color is specified by the United States Navy for use in insignia and trim on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. "AliceBlue" is also one of the original 1987 X11 color names list.

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.

Named after the fruit, the color tangerine is a tone of orange.

The source of the color orchid pink is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #13-2010 TPX—Orchid Pink.

Persian pink is a bright, purplish pink. The first recorded use of Persian pink as a color name in English dates back to 1923.

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

Coral pink is a pinkish color. The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892. Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish. Still today, some people call Coral Red as Coral Pink due to this old attribution. The normalized color coordinates for coral pink are identical to Congo pink, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1912.

The color jasmine is a pale tint of yellow. It is a representation of the average color of the more yellowish lower part of the pale yellowish white colored jasmine flower.The first recorded use of jasmine as a color name in English was in 1925.

The color royal yellow is a representation of the color of the robes worn by the Emperor of China. The first recorded use of royal yellow as a color name in English was in 1548. Other names for this color are Chinese yellow and imperial yellow.

The color brink pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998. Since 2005 it is called pink sherbert.

The color melon is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a cantaloupe, the most commonly consumed melon. The first recorded use of melon as a color name in English was in 1892. In 1958, melon was formulated as one of the Crayola colors.

Lemon is a color somewhat resembling yellow and named after the fruit. The color lemon is a representation of the color of the outer skin of a lemon. The first recorded use of lemon as a color name in English was in 1598.

Lemon glacier is a fluorescent color, presented here in its non-fluorescent form. The color lemon glacier was released by Crayola in 2009 in the extreme twistable crayons. This color is very slightly greenish looking to the naked eye (just barely detectable).

The Advanced Crew Escape Suits pressure suits worn by NASA astronauts and the previous Launch Entry Suit use this color, as opposed to the lighter tone of safety orange used by the United States Air Force's high-altitude suits. This was also planned for the Constellation Space Suit systems that were to be flight-ready by 2015. The Bell X-1, the first airplane to break the sound barrier, was also painted in International Orange.

Ultra pink is a Crayola crayon color formulated in 1972. In 1990, the name was changed in error to shocking pink; however, properly speaking, the name shocking pink should be reserved for only the original shocking pink formulated by Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937.

The web color coral is a shade of orange. Other modern color schemes use various shades of orange or red. The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.

Baker-Miller Pink, also known as P-618, Schauss pink, or Drunk-Tank Pink is a tone of pink which has been observed to temporarily reduce hostile, violent or aggressive behavior. It was originally created by mixing white indoor latex paint with red trim semi-gloss outdoor paint in a 1:8 ratio by volume. Alexander Schauss did extensive research into the effects of the color on emotions at the Naval Correctional Facility in Seattle, and named it after the institute directors, Baker and Miller.

The first recorded use of sunglow as a color name in English was in 1924. The Crayola crayon color was formulated in 1990.

Lusty gallant is a colour that originated in 16th century Elizabethan England. Named after a popular Tudor dance (which in turn came from a ballad), it is a shade of light pink. The connection between the colour and dance is unknown. However, Lusty gallant's name is said to have come from the practice of dressmakers attempting to catch consumer's attention with eccentric colour names. It proved effective and Lusty gallant became a popular choice for dresses. The oldest surviving mention of the colour is William Harrison's 1577 book The Description of England, in which he describes it as a hue "devised to please fantastical heads".

Dark Olive Green is a muted green with a hint of brown, evoking the color of olive leaves and dark forests. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

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.

The web color Misty rose is a pale shade of rose.

Process yellow (also called pigment yellow or printer's yellow), also known as canary yellow, is one of the three colors typically used as subtractive primary colors, along with magenta and cyan. Canary yellow is derived from the colour of an average canary bird, though canaries can vary in colour from dark yellow to light pink. Process yellow is not an RGB color, and in the CMYK color model there is no fixed conversion from CMYK primaries to RGB. Different formulations are used for printer's ink, so there can be variations in the printed color that is pure yellow ink. The first recorded use of canary yellow as a color name in English was in 1789.

Moccasin is a warm, light tan color that resembles the color of traditional moccasins. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Saddle Brown is a mid brown common for the stained leather of a saddle. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Amber is one of several technically defined colors used in automotive signal lamps. In North America, SAE standard J578 governs the colorimetry of vehicle lights, while outside North America the internationalized European ECE regulations hold force. Both standards designate a range of orange-yellow hues in the CIE color space as "amber". In the past, the ECE amber definition was more restrictive than the SAE definition, but the current ECE definition is identical to the more permissive SAE standard. The SAE formally uses the term "yellow amber", though the color is most often referred to as "yellow". This is not the same as selective yellow, a color used in some fog lamps and headlamps.

Cerulean is the color that was chosen as the "2000 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Laser lemon is a fluorescent color, shown here in its non-fluorescent form. The color laser lemon was named by Crayola in 1990.Before that, from its formulation in 1972 to 1990, it had been incorrectly been named chartreuse. In actuality, a chartreuse color is one in which the green hex code has a slightly higher value than the red hex code in the RGB values of the color.

Chili Pepper is the color that was chosen as the "2007 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Blue Iris is the color that was chosen as the "2008 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Mimosa is the color that was chosen as the "2009 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Turquoise is the color that was chosen as the "2010 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Serenity is the color that was chosen as the "2016 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Greenery is the color that was chosen as the "2017 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Living Coral is the color that was chosen as the "2019 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

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

Viva Magenta is the color that was chosen as the "2023 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Peach Fuzz is the color that was chosen as the "2024 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

It is a cyan green shade of the chromatic circle. It is spectral with a wavelength of 516nm.

Displayed here is the color called "Illuminating Emerald" in Crayola Metallic FX Crayons from 2001, a set of 16 metallic crayons whose names were chosen through a contest open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.

The color known as "steel blue" has been part of Crayola's Metallic FX collection since 2001.

Quinacridone magenta is a color made from quinacridone pigment. It is sold in tubes at art supply stores. By mixing various amounts of white with it, artists may create a wide range of light, bright, brilliant, vivid, rich, or deep tints of magenta.

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.

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender matches the color of the palest part of the flower. Another name of the color is Lavender Mist

Original Blurple is a brilliant purplish blue hue. It is the older version of Blurple color. It was used in the old Discord logo. Before 13 May 2021, it was simply called Blurple.

Salmon is a range of pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh. The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776. The actual color of salmon flesh varies from almost white to light orange, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin due to how rich a diet of krill and shrimp the fish feeds on; salmon raised on fish farms are given non-synthetic or artificial coloring in their food.