Color names

Key lime is a light lime color that is named after a Crayola Pearl Brites crayon.

Queen pink is a pale shade of pink that first came into use in 1948. This color is sourced from the Plochere Color System, which was formulated in 1948 and is widely used by interior designers.

Chilean pink color is a shade of Lapageria rosea, commonly known as Chilean bellflower, resembling light pale red-orange, pale vermilion nuance.

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 color name "kobi" for this light tone of red-violet has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona Color List.

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.

The color peridot is a shade of lime with lemon undertones, which represents the color of the peridot gemstone. Peridot is the birthstone for those born in August.

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.

Lust is a rich shade of red. This color is not mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul but is found on the 1955 ISCC-NBS color list.

Spanish red, also known as torch red, is the color that is called rojo (the Spanish word for "red") 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 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.

Mexican pink is a color that is used in clothing such as serapes and in the craft and fine art of traditional Mexican culture. Mexican pink became known as such through the efforts of the journalist, painter, cartoonist and fashion designer Ramón Valdiosera in the mid-1940s. Another name for this color is Mexican rose, a play on the Spanish name rosa mexicano.

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).

The color Razzmatazz is a rich shade of crimson-rose. Razzmatazz was a new Crayola crayon color chosen in 1993 as a part of the Name The New Colors Contest. It was named by then 5-year-old Laura Bartolomei-Hill. She was the youngest winner of Crayola's "Name the New Colors Contest."

Raspberry is a color that resembles the color of raspberries. The first recorded use of raspberry as a color name in English was in 1892.

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.

The rich tone of mauve is referred to as mauve by Crayola.

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.

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.

The web color light cyan is a very pale green shade of cyan.

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.

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion. The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India. The lion was poetically called the king of beasts. The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.

The first recorded use of "blush" as a color name in English was in 1590. "Blush" has been a Crayola color since 1998. It was originally called "cranberry", until 2005.

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".

The color poppy red is named after the poppy flower. Poppy red is a shade of pink-red. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian officer and surgeon in World War I, wrote possibly history's most famous wartime poems, called "In Flanders Fields", written in 1915. It helped the poppy (Papaver rhoeas) become a symbol of remembrance for soldiers who have died during the conflict and later conflicts.

Pale red-violet, identical to the web color "pale violet red," is a pale tone of red-violet.

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.

Rusty red is a color formulated by Crayola in 1990 as one of the colors in its Silver Swirls specialty crayon box of metallic colors.

Persian orangeis a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran. The first recorded use of Persian orange as a color name in English was in 1892. Orange pudding (milk added to pureed oranges that is mixed in a blender with flour and slowly boiled on a stovetop) is colored Persian orange, assuming no food coloring is added. Allis-Chalmers tractors have been colored Persian orange since 1928 so that, even when caked with dirt, they could still be distinguished from landscape features.

This color is the medium tone of vermilion called vermilion on the Plochere color list, which was formulated in 1948 and is used widely by interior designers.

Thistle is a light purple resembling the thistle plant. The first recorded use of Thistle as a color name in English was in 1892. The color thistle is associated with Scotland because the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and Scotland's highest state decoration is the Order of the Thistle.

The source of pink lavender is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.

Steel blue is a shade of blue color that resembles blue steel, i.e., steel which has been subjected to bluing for protection from rust. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue, and is usually identified as a blue-grey color. The first recorded use of steel blue as a color name in English was in 1817. In 1987, Steel blue was included as one of the X11 colors, later also known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

The color New York pink is a dark, desaturated yellow-toned shade of pink. The color name New York pink for this dark tone of pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

The color known as pink in Pantone is designated as Pink U. It is sourced from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list as color #U—Pink.

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.

The rich carmine color tone matches the shade shown as carmine in the 1930 book "A Dictionary of Color". Also known as Chinese carmine, this color is commonly referred to as carmine in fashion and interior design.

Languid lavender is sourced from the Plochere Color System, which was formulated in 1948 and is widely used by interior designers.

A representation of the color metallic gold is displayed, simulating the traditional color of gold, which corresponds to the actual metallic element. 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.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-2120 TPX—Wild Orchid.

This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.

The color Arctic lime is close to electric lime, and was named in 2009. This is one of the colors in Crayola's eXtreme colors ultra-bright colored pencils.