Color names

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. As with most colours, there is no absolute definition of its exact hue. Originally, powder blue, in the 1650s, was powdered smalt (cobalt glass) used in laundering and dyeing applications, and it then came to be used as a colour name from 1894. Powder blue was also used as a colour name in English in 1774, but the exact colour is unclear: it may be a blue-grey or a dark unsaturated blue.

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

"Popstar" is one of the colors on the Resene Color List. It was formulated in 2006.

Apple red is the color of the peel of an apple.

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.

Titian is a tint of red hair, most commonly described as brownish-orange in color. It is often confused with Venetian and auburn.

The color Byzantine is a rich tone of medium purple toned toward magenta. The first recorded use of byzantine as a color name in English was in 1924.

Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French. The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

Medium red-violet is the medium tone of the color red-violet that is called "red-violet" in Crayola crayons. It has been a Crayola color since 1930.

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.

Dark goldenrod is a rich, deep yellow-brown web color.

Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the metal copper. The first recorded use of copper as a color name in English was in 1594.

Opera mauve is a color whose first recorded use as a color name in English dates back to 1927.

Rust is an orange-brown color resembling iron oxide. It is a commonly used color in stage lighting and appears roughly the same color as photographic safelights when used over a standard tungsten light source. The first recorded use of rust as a color name in English was in 1692.

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.

The color tiger’s eye is named for the tiger’s eye gemstone, so named because its banding resembles the eye of a tiger. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as part of the Gem Tones set.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

English lavender is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.

Light taupe (dark tan) is the light tone of taupe that is the color called taupe in Crayola colored pencils.

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.

Dark pink (PerBang) is a bold, vibrant shade of pink.

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.

The web color Powder blue is a light bluish green. The first recorded use of powder blue as a color name in English was in 1774.

University of Pennsylvania Blue is one of the official colors of the Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania.

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

Displayed in the color box is the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon.

Light turquoise is a lighter tone of turquoise.

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.

Windsor tan is a color that was first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.

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.

Copper penny is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

The color name silver chalice for this tone of silver has been in use since 2001 when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

The color Magic Mint, a light tint of spring green, is displayed. The color magic mint is a light tint of the color mint. Ceramic tiles in a similar color, often with a contrasting black border, were a popular choice for bathroom, kitchen and upmarket hotel swimming pool décor during the 1930s. This is a Crayola color formulated in 1990 (later retired in 2003).

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

Chinese red or China red is the name used for the vermilion shade used in Chinese lacquerware. The shade of the color can vary from dark to light depending upon how the pigment is made and how the lacquer was applied. Chinese red was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, but beginning in about the 8th century it was made more commonly by a chemical process combining mercury and sulfur. Vermilion has significance in Taoist culture, and is regarded as the color of life and eternity. "Chinese red" appears in English in 1924.

Variation of acid green mentioned on Wikipedia. Acid green is a shade of yellow-green. Sources differ as to the exact color.

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.

Laurel green is a medium light hue of chartreuish gray similar to asparagus, but lighter. The first recorded use of laurel green as a name of a color in the English language was in 1705.

The color box shows the color called Puce from the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color.

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.

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.

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.

The web color "brown" is a medium dark red traditionally known as red-brown. Its hue code is 0, indicating it's a shade of red, not orange. The first recorded use of "red-brown" as a color name in English was in 1682.

Jazzberry color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola in 2003.

The color madder is named for a dye produced from plants of the genus Rubia.

University of Pennsylvania Red is one of the official colors of the Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania.

The color redwood is a representation of color of the wood of the redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens). The first recorded use of redwood as a color name in English was in 1917. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color #18-1443—Redwood.