Color names

In Western culture, pastel pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys.

Cotton candy is a light purplish pink color that was formulated by Crayola in 1998.

The color cherry blossom pink is a moderately light pink. The first recorded use of cherry blossom pink as a color name in English was in 1867. Cherry blossom pink is an important color in Japanese culture.In the spring, the Japanese people gather to watch the cherry blossoms bloom during the Hanami festival.This custom has spread to the United States with the institution of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. Cherry blossom pink colored shirts are often worn to work on 15 September (a day a few days before the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere) to celebrate "Cherry Blossom Day" in Brisbane, Australia.

This is the color hot pink light on the Xona.com Color List.

The web color called orange is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.

Light salmon resembles the color salmon, but is lighter, not to be confused with dark salmon, which resembles salmon pink but is darker.

Atomic tangerine was formulated by Crayola in 1990. (Atomic tangerine is supposed to be a fluorescent color, but there is no mechanism for showing fluorescence on a flat computer screen.)

Saffron is a shade of yellow or orange, the colour of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived. The hue of the spice saffron is primarily due to the carotenoid chemical crocin. The color Saffron (Hindi: भगवा, romanized: Bhagawā) is considered as a sacred color in Hinduism. According to Hindu mythology, Saffron (or Kesariya) is the color of Sunset (Sandhya) and Fire (Agni) which symbolises sacrifice, light, and quest of salvation.

The color light red, though very similar to pink, is a shade of red that is roughly 50% lighter than red.

The color calledorange in Pantone is taken from the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #021 TPX—Orange.

The web color orange-red was formulated in 1987 as one of the X11 colors, which became known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

Coral red is a vibrant color, often described as a mix of red and orange tones.

Electric ultramarine is the tone of ultramarine that is halfway between blue and violet on the RGB (HSV) color wheel, the expression of the HSV color space of the RGB color model.

This is the color Folly. It is mentioned as variations of rose color on Wikipedia article.

The Crayola crayon color 'Baby Powder' was introduced in 1994 as part of its specialty Magic Scent crayon collection.

The color piggy pink is a representation of the color of a pink pig. The color piggy pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998. The color was originally called pig pink, but later the name was changed to "piggy pink".

French pink is the tone of pink referred to as "rose" in French, according to the widely popular Pourpre.com color list in France.

Golden poppy is a tone of gold that is the color of the California poppy—the official state flower of California—the Golden State. The first recorded use of golden poppy as a color name in English was in 1927.

Chalk white is a tint of white resembling the chalk color.

The shade maize or corn refers to a specific tone of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name—maize (called corn in the United States and Canada).In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange, since the color of maize (the actual corn) may vary. The first recorded use of maize as a color name in English was in 1861.

Manhattan is a pale light grayish brown color.

Mellow apricot is one of the colors on the British Standards 5252 color list, listed as #06E50. This color list is used for color coordination and building construction. The British Standard color lists were first established in 1930 and reached their current form in 1955.

Spanish pink is the color that is called Rosa (the Spanish word for "pink") 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.

Violet red is a bright tone of red-violet and has been part of the Crayola color collection since 1958.

The color French rose is also called France rose. The first recorded use of France rose as a color name in English was in 1926. This color shown here matches exactly the color sample shown as "France rose" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color.

The color is defined as red in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5R). The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions:hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The Munsell colors displayed are only approximate as they have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut.

In 2001, parchment was made into one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.

The name of the color xanthous is derived from xantho (meaning yellow or golden), from the Ancient Greek ξανθός and "ous" (meaning full of), from the Latin adjectival suffix -ōsus.

The color honeydew is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a honeydew melon.

Violet-red (PerBang) is the bright color of red-violet.

Cameo pink is a medium light tone of rose pink. The first recorded use of cameo pink as a color name in English was in 1912.

Pale Dogwood is a beige-tinted shade of pink. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-1404 TCX—Pale Dogwood.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-2033 TPX—Fandango Pink.