Color names

The web color known as Hunyadi yellow, also referred to as Pear gold, is historically represented on the coat of arms of John Hunyadi, a prominent Hungarian military leader and political figure of the 15th century.

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.

This has been the color called gold in Crayola crayons since 1903. Pale gold is one of the Lithuanian basketball club Lietkabelis Panevėžys primary colors.

Harvest gold is a shade of orange and yellow. It was popular with kitchen and other appliances during the 1970s, along with brown, burnt orange, and avocado green.

Charm pink is a medium shade of purplish pink that first came into use in 1948. Sourced from the Plochere Color System, which is widely used by interior designers, it is characterized as a medium roseish tone of pink.

The color cinnabar derives from the mineral of the same name. It is a slightly orange shade of red, with variations ranging from bright scarlet to brick red.

Red-purple is the color that is called Rojo-Púrpura (the Spanish word for "red-purple") 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. Although red-purple is a seldom-used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded one of the major tones of purple.

This color is a representation of the color of bones. The first recorded use of bone as a color name in English was in the first decade of the 19th century (exact year uncertain).

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.

Butterscotch is a warm, golden-brown color that resembles the appearance of the confectionery it is named after.

Chili red is the color of red chili peppers.It is the shade of red used in the flags of Chile and South Africa.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-2033 TPX—Fandango Pink.

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.

Gainsboro is a pale tone of gray. Prior to standardization as a web color, Gainsboro was included as one of the X11 color names. It was, however, absent from the original 1987 version of the list, but present in Paul Raveling's version which added, amongst other things, "ight and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples".

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 pale tone of copper displayed is the color referred to as copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.

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.

Pear is a desaturated chartreuse yellow color that resembles the color of the exterior surface of Anjou or Bartlett pears.

Soap is a color formulated by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors. This color is a representation of soap scented with lavender, one of the most popular scents for soap.

The color ruber is displayed, showcasing a vivid purplish red tone.

Bronze is a metallic brown color which resembles the metal alloy bronze. The first recorded use of bronze as a color name in English was in 1753.

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

Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia.It is also called artificial vermillion. The first recorded use of Persian red as a color name in English was in 1895. Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian blue and Persian green.

The color satin sheen gold is displayed. This is the name of the color of the Starfleet command personnel uniform worn by Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the TV show and movies Star Trek.

The color copper red is displayed, characterized by its warm, reddish-brown hue reminiscent of the metal copper. The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590.

The first use of the color name bitter lemon was in 2001, when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

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.

The historical name for this color is lavender gray. It is listed in A Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with lavender blue and lavender. (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, called old lavender). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026, Greyed Lavender.

Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops. The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698.

This is the Red color in the NCS or Natural Color System (NCS 1080-R). The Natural Color System (NCS) is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision. The Natural Color System is widely used in Scandinavia.

The color designated as maroon in Crayola crayons since 1949 is a bright medium shade of maroon halfway between brown and rose.

Pictorial carmine is the color that is called Carmín pictórico (Spanish for "pictorial carmine") 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. This is a typical tone of carmine pigment used in painting.

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.

Aero blue is a fluorescent greenish-cyan color. Aero blue was used as rainshower in one of the Sharpie permanent markers but not as bright on the marker. However, there is no mechanism for showing fluorescence on a computer screen.

French gray is a color in the color spectrum. It traditionally has a slightly warmer, more yellow tone than simple gray.

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 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.

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.

Carnelian (or Cornell red) is a color named after the carnelian variety of the mineral chalcedony. This semi-precious gemstone is noted for its rich shade of reddish-brown. The first recorded use of Carnelian as a color name in English was in 1899. Cornell's color is referred to as Cornelian (an alternate spelling of the mineral carnelian) in the World Almanac of 1892 and the Living Church Annual and Whittaker's Churchman's Almanac of 1896.

The color ash gray is a representation of the color of ash. The first recorded use of ash gray as a color name in English was in 1374.

Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

Light turquoise is a lighter tone of turquoise.

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.

Medium ruby is the color called ruby in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of crayons introduced by the Crayola company in 1994.

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 color China rose is a deep tone of rose. The first recorded use of China rose as a color name in English was in 1925.

Blast-off bronze is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which wereformulated by Crayola in 2001.