Color names

Green (Pantone) is the color that is called green in Pantone. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list.

Jungle green is a rich tone of medium spring green. The specific tone called "jungle green" by Crayola was formulated in 1990. The first recorded use of jungle green as a color name in English dates back to 1926.

Verdigris is the common name for blue-green, poisonous, copper-based pigments that form a patina on copper, bronze, and brass.

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.

This color is defined as purple in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5P). The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The Munsell colors displayed are only approximate as they have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut.

The color is defined as red in Pantone. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color No. 032M—Red.

The medium tone of spring bud, designated as "spring bud" on the ISCC-NBS color list, is displayed. The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) (handbook for stamp collectors to identify the colors of their stamps).

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.

Mustard is a dull/dark yellow color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax. The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886.

Peach puff is a web color with a soft, warm tone resembling the color of peach.

The name of the web color is written as "lightpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display. Although this color is called "light pink", as can be ascertained by inspecting its hex code, it is actually a slightly deeper, not a lighter, tint of pink than the color pink itself.A more accurate name for it in terms of traditional color nomenclature would therefore be medium light pink.

Carnation pink resembles the flower color of a carnation plant. This shade was formulated by Crayola in 1903 and is included in Crayola's boxes of 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 96 colors. The first recorded use of "carnation" as a color name in English dates back to 1535.

Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins. The first recorded use of pumpkin as a color name in English was in 1922. Pumpkin or orange is used with black for Halloween decorations.

A light orange color was formulated for Crayola colored pencils.

Pastel yellow can be described as a light greenish-yellow and is mentioned as a shade of yellow on Wikipedia.

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.

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

This color can be described as light tone of apricot or pale orange yellow. It was called apricot since 1958 in Crayola crayons.

Icterine is a colour, described as yellowish, jaundice-yellow or marked with yellow.It is derived from Ancient Greek ikteros (jaundice), via the Latin ictericus.It is used as an adjective in the names of birds with yellowish plumage to describe their appearance, including the icterine warbler and icterine greenbul.

Blonde is a light greenish-yellow color, classified as a shade of yellow on Wikipedia.

Light goldenrod yellow is a soft, pale yellow web color with a warm golden hue.

Maximum yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1926 to 1944.

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 orangish tone known as tan has been used in Crayola crayons since 1958 and in Crayola markers since 1990.

Bone white is a yellowish-gray shade of white which represents the color of natural, unbleached bones.

Pale pink is a light, desaturated shade of pink

Orange-yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Lemon meringue is a color sourced from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, identified as color #12-0711 TPX.

Cyclamen is a color that is a representation of the color of cyclamens. It is named after the flower. The year of the first recorded use of cyclamen as a color name in English is currently unknown.

There is no evidence that White solid color name was in use before the X11 color names were formulated in 1987. Sometimes also known as Ghost White, the color has marked blue hues, although is otherwise very close to being completely white in the RGB color system.

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had been known, since its inception in 1922, simply as Hollywood.

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

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.

Light khaki, also known as khaki tan or simply tan, is a pale shade of khaki.

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

Titanium yellow, also nickel antimony titanium yellow, nickel antimony titanium yellow rutile, CI Pigment Yellow 53, or C.I. 77788, is a yellow pigment with the chemical composition of NiO·Sb2O3·20TiO2. It is a complex inorganic compound.

Rose Pompadour is a desaturated, purplish pink color designed by Sèvres for Madame de Pompadour in 18th century France.

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name. It is currently unknown when marigold was first used as a colour name, although the New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield used it to describe a hair colour in her short story Something Childish But Very Natural (1914).

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.

This variation of burnt sienna is from the Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" from 1930. It is considerably lighter than most other versions of burnt sienna. It was a mix of burnt orange and raw sienna.

Spanish orange is the color that is called anaranjado (the Spanish word for the colour "orange") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

The color name "kobi" for this light tone of red-violet has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona Color List.

The first recorded use of Princeton orange as a color name in English was in 1928. The color symbolizes Princeton University and is defined as Pantone 158. The equivalent RGB values vary among sources.

Lust is a rich shade of red. This color is not mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul but is found on the 1955 ISCC-NBS color list.

Spanish red, also known as torch red, is the color that is called rojo (the Spanish word for "red") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Lemon-lime is a fluorescent chartreuse color that is named after the carbonated soft drinks such as Sprite, 7 Up, and Sierra Mist. The red value to this neon color is almost to yellow.

Cadmium red is a pigment used in painting, made from cadmium sulfide. It has been used for centuries by artists due to its bright and durable properties. The color shown here with hex code #006B3C resembles this cadmium red pigment.

Terra cotta is a color that resembles terracotta pottery.

The first recorded use of flame as a color name in English was in 1590. The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps. A sample of the color "Flame" (color sample #34) is also displayed in the Dictionary online version.

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