Color names

Shocking pink is bold and intense. It takes its name from the tone of pink used in the lettering on the box of the perfume called Shocking, designed by Leonor Fini for the Surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937. The color shown here matches the color of the lettering on the original box. This in turn was inspired by the Tête de Belier (Ram's Head), a 17.27 ct pink diamond from Cartier owned by heiress Daisy Fellowes, who was one of Schiaparelli's best clients.

Tickle Me Pink is a bright shade of pink, formulated by Crayola in 1993. The name was created by Joslyn Davis, who won a Crayola competition.

Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees. Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV (RGB) color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green. Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color FF00CC, which is closer to magenta than to red, corresponding to a hue angle near 320 degrees, or the web-safe color FF0077, which is closer to red than magenta, corresponding to a hue angle of about 340 degrees.

Orange is the color of an orange fruit, which is where the name of the color comes from. Before the orange fruit was introduced to England in the 1500s, this color was called yellow-red. The first recorded use of orange as a color name in English was in 1512, in the court of King Henry VIII.

Salmon pink (or salmon in Crayola crayons) was introduced by Crayola in 1949.

Bisque is a light, warm shade of orange with a slight pink tint, reminiscent of baked goods. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Blanched Almond is a soft, creamy off-white with a hint of almond, often used to create a warm, inviting atmosphere. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color 14-0760 TPX—Cyber Yellow.

Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the interior flesh of the peach fruit. This name may also be substituted for "peachy". Like the color apricot, the color peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color apricot) primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design.

Lavender blush is the web color which can be described as a pale pinkish tone of lavender.

Medium Slate Blue is a medium shade of blue with subtle violet undertones, combining the calmness of blue and the warmth of purple. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

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.

Cream is the color of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a yellow tone to white. The first recorded use of cream as a color name in English was in 1590.

The color unmellow yellow was formulated by Crayola in 1990. The color "unmellow yellow" is a similar fluorescent yellow to laser lemon but the color is brighter. In crayons, the color may appear slightly orange, though the computer display can appear more pale depending on one's monitor. The color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism to display fluorescence on a flat computer screen.

True Red is the color that was chosen as the "2002 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Blue Turquoise is the color that was chosen as the "2005 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Sand Dollar is the color that was chosen as the "2006 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Tangerine Tango is the color that was chosen as the "2012 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

Radiant Orchid is the color that was chosen as the "2014 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

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

Classic Blue is the color that was chosen as the "2020 Pantone color of the year" by the Pantone Color Institute.

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

Saffron is a shade of yellow or orange, the colour of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived. The hue of the spice saffron is primarily due to the carotenoid chemical crocin. India saffron (Kesara/Kesariya), representing courage and sacrifice, was chosen for one of the three bands of the National Flag of India, along with white (peace and truth) and what is now called India green (faith and chivalry).

Spanish emerald is the color that is called 'Esmeralda' 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.

Displayed in the color box is the color called "forest green" in Crayola crayons. Forest green has been a Crayola crayon name since 1958, when it was renamed from dark green.