Color names

Vivid violet is a color approximately equivalent to the violet seen at the extreme edge of human visual perception. On the CIE chromaticity diagram, it corresponds to a visual stimulus of approximately 380 nm on the spectrum, and it is also known as extreme violet.

A brighter version of Cardinal color is the official color of Stanford University.

The color Japanese carmine, shown in the color box, is called enji-iro (臙脂色) in Japanese, meaning 'cochineal/rouge color.' The term enji (臙脂) refers to rouge, the cosmetic, which historically was made from a dye produced by the cochineal insect, known as enji-mushi (臙脂虫). The name enji is derived from Yan, an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty, as the use of rouge in China is believed to have originated there and was later adopted in Japan.

Olivine is the typical color of the mineral olivine. The first recorded use of olivine as a color name in English was in 1912.

The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.

'Tropical Indigo' is the color that is called añil 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 purple mountain majesty, a Crayola color since 1993, can be described as a medium lavender gray. Before 1958, this color was known as lavender in Crayola crayons, but Crayola later renamed it to lavender pink. As a result, this color is sometimes referred to as lavender purple. It represents the appearance of distant mountains.

Artichoke is a color that is a representation of the color of a raw fresh uncooked artichoke. Another name for this color is artichoke chartreuse or artichoke green. The first recorded use of "artichoke green" as a color name in English was in 1905.

Morning sky, also known as Morning blue is a representation of the color of the morning sky. The year of the first recorded use of morning blue as a color name in English is unknown.

The color is defined as red in Crayola crayons. Red was one of the original colors formulated by Crayola in 1903.

Taupe gray is a muted, warm gray color with brown undertones.

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.

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

The color name Mardi Gras has been in use since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.

The dark tone of raspberry, called "Raspberry" on the Xona Color List, is shown. Dark raspberry is a color that resembles the color of a black raspberry. Dark raspberry is also the color of regular raspberries that have been boiled down into raspberry jam or sauce with sugar to use for cake filling, filling for French pancakes, ice cream topping, etc.

Cambridge Blue is the colour commonly used by sports teams from the University of Cambridge. There is contextual and historical variation. The colour used since the mid-20th century by Cambridge University Boat Club is greener than that used by Cambridge University R.U.F.C. (in rugby union). This rowing colour was created when Alf Twinn, the boatman from 1934 to 1984, added more yellow to this shade, reportedly to distinguish it from the rugby club's colour.

Marengo is a shade of gray (black with gray tinge) or blue colors. Sometimes the color is described as a color of a wet asphalt. In the cloth manufacturing industry, marengo usually refers to the color of the fabric and means black or dark brown with small inclusions of white. Sometimes the word refers to black fabric with white threads. Marengo color became popular in Russia, and, at the beginning of the 19th century, there appeared another, light gray variation of the color called marengo-claire (marengo light).

Medium sky blue, also known as sky blue in Crayola crayons, was introduced by Crayola in 1958. This color can be found in the 32, 48, 64, 96, and 120 packs of crayons.

Falu red or falun red (Swedish: falu rödfärg ) is a permeable red paint commonly used on wooden cottages and barns in Sweden, Finland, and Norway.

The color Claret is shown. Another name for this color is bordeaux. This color is a representation of the average color of bordeaux wine. The first recorded use of claret as a color name in English was in 1547.

Horizon blue is a color name famously associated with the blue-grey uniforms worn by French metropolitan troops from 1915 to 1921. The name refers to the indistinct color that separates the sky from the earth. Before its military use, the shade was already popular in the fashion world and has remained in use since then. During World War I, it also became a symbol for political groups aligned with the army.

Old lavender is a dark grayish-violet color, also known as dark lavender gray. The first recorded use of "old lavender" as a color name in English was in 1924.

Shadow blue is a color formulated by Crayola in 1990 as one of the colors in its Silver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors. Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Light slate gray is a pale, cool gray with blue undertones.

Marengo is a shade of gray (black with gray tinge) or blue colors. Sometimes the color is described as a color of a wet asphalt. In the cloth manufacturing industry, marengo usually refers to the color of the fabric and means black or dark brown with small inclusions of white. Sometimes the word refers to black fabric with white threads.

The color Xanadu (#738678) has its origins in the natural world, specifically named after the Philodendron xanadu plant. The color Xanadu is a grayish-green hue, and it takes inspiration from the muted tones often found in the plant's leaves. The color ultimately comes from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List.

The color garnet can be considered a dark tone of red, with some slight purple tints. This color represents the hue of an average garnet gemstone, though garnets can range in color from orange to (very rarely) green. Garnet is the birthstone for those born in January.

Bright lime is a luminous vivid chartreuse green web-color.

The color Air Superiority Blue, also known as PRU Blue, is shown. Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) Blue was devised by Sidney Cotton for the RAF during WW II as a low visibility camouflage colour for its high-flying Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft. As "air superiority blue" it was then adopted by the US Army Air Forces and was added as one of the colours when the Federal Standard 595 colour list was set up in 1956. This colour is used as camouflage by being painted on the bottom sides of reconnaissance aircraft to make them less visible from the ground.

Palatinate is a color (a pale shade of violet) associated with the University of Durham (and with Newcastle University Medical School, this being the former medical school of Durham University.) A separate color, 'Palatinate Blue', is derived from the Coat of Arms of County Durham. The name 'Palatinate' in both instances alludes to the historic status of Durham as a County Palatine.

Fawn is a light yellowish tan colour. It is usually used in reference to clothing, soft furnishings and bedding, as well as to a dog's coat colour. It occurs in varying shades, ranging between pale tan to pale fawn to dark deer-red. The first recorded use of fawn as a colour name in English was in 1789.

Cigar brown is a brown shade resembling the color of cigars.

Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.

This is the color of a healthy human liver. It may range from brown to reddish brown, and the color represented in the adjacent box is the gross average of these shades. These healthy tones usually indicate blood flow, which is why livers and other meat turn grayish-brown when cooked.

Slate blue is a web color with its first recorded use as a color name in English dating back to 1796.

The first recorded use of Russian green as a color name in English was in the 1830s (exact year uncertain). The term appears to refer to the medium shade of green worn by most regiments of the Imperial Russian Army from 1700 to 1914.

This is the color bright green.

The web color Liver (dogs) is a dark brown shade, similar to the coat color of some liver-colored dogs. This coat color is the result of a dilution of eumelanin (black pigment), producing various shades of brown. The color associated with #5D3B1A fits within the spectrum of what is often referred to as "Liver," "Chocolate," or "Brown."

Walnut brown is a dark brown color; a representation of the color made from walnut hulls. At a hue of 30, it is classified as an orange-brown.

Blurple is a vivid purplish blue hue. It is used in the new Discord logo.

Avocado is a dark yellow-green color that is a representation of the color of the outer surface of an avocado. Avocado, along with other earthy tones like harvest gold and burnt orange, was a common color for consumer goods like automobiles, shag carpets, and household appliances during the 1970s.

SGBUS green is the color voted by the public and used by Singapore to color all its government-owned public buses.

Liver Chestnut (horses) web color corresponds to a dark brown color, which can resemble the coat color of chocolate-colored chestnut horse. A dark liver chestnut has the same recessive base genetics as a regular chestnut, but the shade is a dark brown rather than the reddish or rust color more typical of chestnut. A horse that appears to be a dark liver chestnut but has a flaxen-colored mane and tail, sometimes colloquially though incorrectly called a "chocolate palomino", could be genetically chestnut but could also be a black horse manifesting the silver dapple gene.

Cadet color is a dark shade of cadet grey. The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.

For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State University. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal Purple. For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion from Pantone 268+.

Sap green is a green-looking pigment that was traditionally made of ripe buckthorn berries. However, modern colors marketed under this name are usually a blend of other pigments, commonly with a basis of Phthalocyanine Green G. It is one of the greens used in The Joy of Painting.

Purple navy is a color that has been used by some navies. "Purple navy" in this color terminology usage is regarded as a shade of indigo, a color which can be regarded as a tone of purple when using the common English definition of purple, i.e., a color between blue and red. The first recorded use of purple navy as a color name in English was in 1926. The source of this color is Dictionary of Color Names (1955).

Northwestern Purple is the official color of Northwestern University. Additionally, there are shades and tints that are variations of the base color. Northwestern Purple is a custom ink color and can no longer be referenced by a Pantone number.

The color shown is called Puce in the Pourpre.com color list, which is widely popular in France. This is the original puce, from which all other tones of puce ultimately derive.

This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe.The RAL color list originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.