Color names

Dodger blue is a rich bright tone of the color azure named for its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers.It is alsoa web color used in the design of web pages.The web color is not used in the Dodgers' uniform but rather resembles the lighter blue used throughout Dodger Stadium.

Pakistan green is a shade of dark green, used in web development and graphic design. It is also the background color of the national flag of Pakistan. It is almost identical to the HTML/X11 dark green in sRGB and HSV values.

Green-blue was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Cyan is the color between green and blue on the visible spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 490 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue. Colors in the cyan color range are teal, turquoise, electric blue, aquamarine, and others described as blue-green. In X11 colors, this color is called both cyan and aqua. Aqua as color name is in use since 1598 and commonly associated with water, such as the appearance of the water at a tropical beach.

CRIMSON FLAME along with Capstone Gray and Victory White is primary color of the Unversity of Alabama

Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue tone.

Moroccan blue (also Chefchaouen blue) is a vivid blue color.

Savoy blue or savoy azure is a shade of saturated blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue. It owes its name to the fact of being the color of the House of Savoy, a ruling dynasty in the County of Savoy from 1003 to 1416, the Duchy of Savoy from 1416 to 1714, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Having become a national color with the unification of Italy (1859–70), its use continued even after the birth of the Italian Republic (1946) with the name "Italian blue". An Italian-blue border is in fact inserted on the edge of the Presidential Standard of Italy, and the use of the blue scarf for the Italian Armed Forces' officers, for the presidents of the Italian provinces during the official ceremonies, and of the blue jersey for Italian national sports teams it was also maintained in the Republican era.

Emerald, also called emerald green, is a tone of green that is particularly light and bright, with a faint bluish cast. The name derives from the typical appearance of the emerald gemstone. The first recorded use of emerald as a color name in English was in 1598. The normalized color coordinates for emerald are identical to the color Paris green, which is the name introduced in England during the 19th century to market the dye that resulted from using the toxic inorganic compound created in Germany. It was notorious for causing deaths due to it being a popular color used for wallpaper. Victorian women used this bright color for dresses, and florists used it on fake flowers.

Umber is a natural brown earth pigment that contains iron oxide and manganese oxide.In its natural form, it is called raw umber. When calcined, the color becomes warmer and it becomes known as burnt umber. Its name derives from terra d'ombra, or earth of Umbria, the Italian name of the pigment. Umbria is a mountainous region in central Italy where the pigment was originally extracted. The word also may be related to the Latin word umbra, meaning "shadow".

Wine dregs, or dregs of wine, is a deep tone of the color wine. It refers to the color of the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of a wine vessel. The first recorded use of wine dregs as a color name in English was in 1924. This color and old gold are the official colors of the Phi Delta Chi and Delta Psi fraternities. The normalized color coordinates for wine dregs are identical to old mauve, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.

The first recorded use of liver as a color name in English was in 1686. Liver may also refer to a group of certain types of dark brown color in dogs and horses. Said nomenclature may also refer to the color of the organ.

The color kobicha is one of the Japanese traditional colors that has been in use since 660 CE in the form of various dyes used in designing kimono. The name kobicha comes from the Japanese for the colour of a type of kelp tea, but the word was often used as a synonym for a form of flattery in a curious parallel with the English usage brown nosing.

The first recorded use of Tuscan brown as a color name in English was in 1913. The normalized color coordinates for Tuscan brown are identical to coffee, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1695.

The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as closer to crimson than purple. The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.

Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate. As a tertiary color, slate is an equal mix of purple and green pigments. Slaty, referring to this color, is often used to describe birds. The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.

The color wine or bordeaux, vinous, vinaceous, is a dark shade of red.It is a representation of the typical color of red wine. The first recorded use of wine as a color name in English was in 1705. The term "bordeaux" is also sometimes used to describe this color.

Maya blue (Spanish: azul maya) is a unique bright azure blue pigment manufactured by cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, such as the Mayans and Aztecs.

The web color called "chocolate" is actually the color of the exterior of an unripe cocoa bean pod, not the color of processed chocolate. Historically, this color is known as cocoa brown, with its first recorded use as a color name in English dating back to 1925. It may also be referred to as light chocolate or cinnamon.

Burgundy is a dark red-purplish color. The color burgundy takes its name from the Burgundy winein France. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized. The color burgundy is similar to Bordeaux (#4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The CMYK percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black. The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.

Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, like that of unripe or green olives. As a color word in the English language, it appears in late Middle English.

Tiffany Blue is the colloquial name for the light medium robin egg blue color associated with Tiffany & Co., the New York City jewelry company created by Charles Tiffany and John Young in 1837. The color was used on the cover of Tiffany's Blue Book, first published in 1845.Since then, Tiffany & Co. has used the color extensively on promotional materials like boxes and bags. Since 1998, the Tiffany Blue color has been registered as a color trademark by Tiffany & Co. It is produced as a private custom color by Pantone, with PMS number 1837, the number deriving from the year of Tiffany's foundation.

Roman silver, a blue-gray tone of silver, is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand.

Tawny (also called tenné) is a light brown to brownish-orange color. The word means "tan-colored", from Anglo-Norman tauné "associated with the brownish-yellow of tanned leather", from Old French tané "to tan hides", from Medieval Latin tannare, from tannum "crushed oak bark", used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann, "oak tree").

Old silver is a color formulated to resemble tarnished silver. The first recorded use of old silver as a color name in English was in 1905. The normalized color coordinates for old silver are identical to battleship gray.

The color pomp and power is not found in the 1930 first edition of the Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul, but it is found in the second edition of 1950. The normalized color coordinates for pomp and power are identical to french lilac, first recorded as a color name in English in 1814.

Baby blue is a tint of azure, one of the pastel colors. The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.

The first recorded use of mauve taupe as a color name in English was in 1925. The normalized color coordinates for raspberry glacé are identical to raspberry glacé, first recorded as a color name in English in 1926.

Chestnut or castaneous is a colour, a medium reddish shade of brown, and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. An alternate name for the colour is badious. Indian red is a similar but separate and distinct colour from chestnut. Chestnut is also a very dark tan that almost appears brown.

The color Sandy Taupe is a warm, earthy shade of brown, often referred to as Olive Brown. It has golden undertones, giving it a rich and rustic appearance. Another name of this color is Taupe sand.

The color Light Mustard (#EEDD62) was introduced to the X11 color system in 1999. It is one of the colors added in the later updates of the X11 color specifications.

The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.

This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. The first recorded use of amaranth purple as a color name in English was in 1912.

Fire brick is the web color, a medium dark shade of scarlet/red.

The color candy apple red is not mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colorby Maerz and Paul.However, a color called candy pink is mentioned, the first recorded use of which as a color name is recorded as being in 1926.

Columbia blue is a light blue color named after Columbia University. The color itself derives from the official hue of the Philolexian Society, the university's oldest student organization. Although Columbia blue is often identified with Pantone 292, the Philolexian Society first used it in the early 19th century, before the standardization of colors. Pantone 290, a slightly lighter shade of blue, has also been specified by some Columbia University offices, and is the current official color listed by the Columbia University visual communications office.

Displayed here is the web colorrosy brown. At a hue of 359, it is classified as a red-brown. The color name rosy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.

Wood brown is a color that resembles wood. At a hue of 33, it is classified as an orange-brown. The first recorded use of wood brown as a color name in English was in Robert Ridgway's 1886 book Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists. Ridgway further refined the details of its color coordinates in his 1912 publication Color Standards and Color Nomenclature. The normalized color coordinates for wood brown are identical to fallow, camel and desert, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1916, and 1920, respectively.

Desert is a color that resembles the color of the flat areas of a desert. The first recorded use of desert as a color name in English was in 1920. The normalized color coordinates for desert are identical to fallow, wood brown and camel, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1886, and 1916, respectively.

Camel is a color that resembles the color of the hair of a camel. The first recorded use of camel as a color name in English was in 1916. The normalized color coordinates for camel are identical to fallow, wood brown and desert, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1886, and 1920, respectively.

Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields. Fallow is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of Fallow as a color name in English was in the year 1000. The color was historically often used to describe the coats of some animals, such as fallow deer. The normalized color coordinates for Fallow are identical to Wood brown, Camel and Desert, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1886, 1916, and 1920, respectively.

The dark tone of "champagne" is the color referred to as champagne in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), listed as color sample #90.

Sand is a color that resembles the color of beach sand. In fact, another name for this color is beach, an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923. The first recorded use of sand as a color name in English was in 1627. The normalized color coordinates for sand are identical to ecru, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1836. The San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball currently use Sand as one of their team colors.

Red-violet or pigment purple (pigment red-violet) represents the way the color purple (red-violet) was normally reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencils in the 1950s on an old-fashioned RYB color wheel. The normalized color coordinates for red-violet are identical to medium violet red, which was first recorded as a color name in English with the formalization of the X11 color names over 1985–1989.

Fuchsia rose is the color that was chosen as the 2001 Pantone color of the year by Pantone.

Fire engine red is an informal name for an intense, bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles in many countries on fire service vehicles. There is no unique shade, although different fire services may have a required specification. The color has long been used, although not by all fire vehicles.

Buff is a pale yellow-brown color that got its name from the color of buffed leather. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, buff as a descriptor of a color was first used in the London Gazette of 1686, describing a uniform to be "A Red Coat with a Buff-colour'd lining".

Pale lilac is the color represented as lilac in the ISCC-NBS color list. The source of this color is sample 209 in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955).

The first recorded use of chartreuse for the color that is now called chartreuse yellow in American English was in 1892. In the book Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912), "Chartreuse Yellow" is listed and illustrated.

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.