Color names

A color name is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. This section includes over 1,000 color names mentioned in Wikipedia articles.

Cerulean frost is one of the colours in the special set of metallic coloured Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colours of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Cerulean Frost
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Cigar brown is a brown shade resembling the color of cigars.
Cigar Brown
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Reseda green, is a shade of greyish green in the classic range of colors of the German RAL colour standard, in which it is named "RAL 6011". The name derives from the color of the leaves of Reseda odorata, commonly known as mignonette.
Reseda chartreuse
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Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.
Field Drab
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The color name eminence, used since the 1800s, has been in modern use for this color since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.
Eminence
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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.
Liver (organ)
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Air Force blue, more specifically Air Force blue (RAF) or RAF blue, is a medium shade of the colour azure. The shade derives from the light blue uniforms issued to the newly formed British Royal Air Force in 1920, which were influential in the design of the uniforms of some other air forces around the world. Similar shades are still used in Royal Air Force uniforms and the Royal Air Force Ensign.
Air Force Blue (RAF)
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Slate blue is a web color with its first recorded use as a color name in English dating back to 1796.
Slate blue
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The web color dim gray is a dark tone of gray. The color name dim gray first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the colors on the X11 color list, introduced that year.After the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991, these colors became known as the "X11 web colors".
Dim gray
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Finn is a dark magenta color.
Finn
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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.
Russian green
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The first recorded use of rose ebony as a color name in English was in 1924.
Rose ebony
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This is the color bright green.
Bright green
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Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of spring green, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.
Medium aquamarine
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The first recorded use of "antique bronze" as a color name in English was in 1910. The name derives from its resemblance to the look of aged or weathered bronze, which over time develops a rich, dark patina. This color evokes the appearance of bronze objects that have been exposed to the elements for many years, giving them a timeless, vintage quality often associated with historical artifacts and classic craftsmanship.
Antique Bronze
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Rebecca purple was named after the daughter of CSS pioneer Eric A. Meyer and added to CSS 4.1.
Rebecca purple
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"Tyrian purple" is the contemporary English name of the color that in Latin is denominated "purpura". Other contemporary English names for purpura are "imperial purple" and "royal purple". The English name "purple" itself originally denominated the specific color purpura. Purpura is the color of a dye extracted from a mollusk found on the shores of the city of Tyre in ancient Phoenicia (contemporarily in Lebanon), which color in classical antiquity was a symbol of royalty and political authority because only the very wealthy could afford it, including the Roman Emperors. Therefore, Tyrian purple was also denominated "imperial purple".
Tyrian Purple
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The color rosewood is named after rosewood. The first recorded use of rosewood as a color name in English was in 1892. Actual rosewood exhibits a wide range of colors.
Rosewood
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The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-3838 TPX—Ultra Violet. Ultra Violet was named as Pantone's Color of the Year for 2018.
Ultra Violet
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Fern green is a color that resembles ferns. A Crayola crayon named fern was created in 1998. The first recorded use of fern green as a color name in English was in 1902.
Fern
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Cadet blue is a grayish blue web color, with its first recorded use as a color name in English occurring in 1892. In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which later became known as the X11 web colors in the early 1990s.
Cadet Blue
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Gray-green (also known as grayish-green, greenish-gray, emerald-gray, or green-gray) is a greenish-gray color.
Gray-green
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The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-4030 TPX—Silver Lake Blue.
Silver Lake Blue
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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."
Liver (Dogs)
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Dark Byzantium is a rich, dark shade of purple with blue and gray undertones.
Dark Byzantium
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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.
Walnut Brown
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Dark brown is a dark tone of color brown. At a hue of 19, it is classified as a black-brown.
Dark Brown
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Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal.
Seal brown
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Blurple is a vivid purplish blue hue. It is used in the new Discord logo.
Blurple
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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.
Avocado
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SGBUS green is the color voted by the public and used by Singapore to color all its government-owned public buses.
SGBUS green
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The color ebony is a representation of the color of the wood ebony, a tropical hardwood widely used to make fine furniture, notably for French kings. The first use of ebony as a color name in English was in 1590.
Ebony
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Liberty is a strong blue color. The first recorded use of liberty as a color name in English was in 1918.
Liberty
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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.
Liver Chestnut (horses)
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Cadet color is a dark shade of cadet grey. The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.
Cadet
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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+.
KSU Purple
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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.
Sap green
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The source of this colour is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" colour list, colour #18-3937 TPX—Blue Yonder.
Blue Yonder
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Pixie Powder is a vibrant, shimmery blue color.
Pixie Powder
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Bright mint is a lively, fresh shade of mint green.
Bright mint
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Fern green is a color that resembles ferns. A Crayola crayon named fern was created in 1998. The first recorded use of fern green as a color name in English was in 1902.
Fern green
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The color shown is called Puce in the Pantone color list. It is sourced from the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce.
Puce (Pantone)
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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).
Purple navy
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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.
Northwestern Purple
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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.
Puce (Pourpre.com)
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Neon blue is a vivid purplish blue.
Neon Blue
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Kelly green is an intense, pure green named after the common Irish family name, Kelly. It evokes the lush green Irish meadows and is also commonly associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
Kelly green
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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.
May Green
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Independence is a dark blue color. The first recorded use of independence as a color name in English was in 1927.
Independence
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Spanish violet is the color that is called Violeta (the Spanish word for "violet") 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.
Spanish violet
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