Color names

The color was approved by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chancellor in October 2013. This is a shade of gold identified by the university for use in their printed publications.

This color is defined as purple in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5P). 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 color printing, the color called process magenta or pigment magenta is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with yellow and cyan, constitute the three subtractive primary colors of pigment. Magenta (subtractive primary) is a bright, vivid shade of pink, often referred to as Bright Pink or Fuchsia.

This is a Crayola color that was formulated in 1949; it was originally called brilliant rose but the name was changed in 1958 to magenta. This color has a hue angle of 329, which is close to the hue angle of the color rose, which is 330.

The medium tone of spring bud, designated as "spring bud" on the ISCC-NBS color list, is displayed. The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) (handbook for stamp collectors to identify the colors of their stamps).

Lemon yellow was a Crayola color from 1949 to 1990.

Light Goldenrod is a web color that can be described as a light greenish-yellow. It is mentioned on Wikipedia as one of the variations of goldenrod, a color that resembles the goldenrod plant.

Golden yellow is the color halfway between amber and yellow on the RGB color wheel. It is a color that is 87.5% yellow and 12.5% red. The first recorded use of golden yellow as a color name in English was in the year 1597. Golden Yellow is one of the colors of the United States Air Force, along with Ultramarine Blue.

Unbleached silk is one of the Japanese traditional colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimonos. The name of this color in Japanese is shironericode.

Peach puff is a web color with a soft, warm tone resembling the color of peach.

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.

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.

Yellow is the color between green and orange on the light spectrum. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, such as painting and printing. In the RGB color model, used for creating colors on television and computer screens, yellow is a secondary color made by combining red and green at equal intensity. The color box shows the most intense yellow representable in the 8-bit RGB color model. This color is also called "color wheel yellow" and is located at 60 degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. Its complementary color is blue.

Orange was one of the original colors formulated by Crayola in 1903.

The web color tomato is a medium reddish-orange color that approximates the color of common supermarket tomatoes. Many vine-ripened tomatoes are a bit redder. The color of tomato soup is slightly less saturated. The first recorded use of tomato as a color name in English was in 1891. When the X11 color names were invented in 1987, the color tomato was formulated as one of them.

Coquelicot is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint. It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795. Claude Monet used this color in Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

Pastel yellow can be described as a light greenish-yellow and is mentioned as a shade of yellow on Wikipedia.

Old lace is a web color that is a very pale yellowish orange that resembles the color of an old lace tablecloth. It is one of the original X11 colors. Old lace is used as a color of a certain kind of Caucasian skin type in art.

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.

French fuchsia is the tone of fuchsia called fuchsia in a color list popular in France.

Icterine is a colour, described as yellowish, jaundice-yellow or marked with yellow.It is derived from Ancient Greek ikteros (jaundice), via the Latin ictericus.It is used as an adjective in the names of birds with yellowish plumage to describe their appearance, including the icterine warbler and icterine greenbul.

Blonde is a light greenish-yellow color, classified as a shade of yellow on Wikipedia.

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.

Light goldenrod yellow is a soft, pale yellow web color with a warm golden hue.

Antique white is a web color. The color name antique white began to be used in 1987 when the X11 colors were first formulated.

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.

Mint cream is a soft, pale pastel shade of spring green. It resembles the color of the creamy, mint-flavored filling found inside a chocolate-coated after-dinner mint.

Cyclamen is a color that is a representation of the color of cyclamens. It is named after the flower. The year of the first recorded use of cyclamen as a color name in English is currently unknown.

There is no evidence that White solid color name was in use before the X11 color names were formulated in 1987. Sometimes also known as Ghost White, the color has marked blue hues, although is otherwise very close to being completely white in the RGB color system.

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had been known, since its inception in 1922, simply as Hollywood.

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

MU Gold is used by the University of Missouri as the official school color along with black. Mizzou Identity Standards designated the color for web development as well as logos and images that developers are asked to follow in the University's Guidelines for using official Mizzou logos.

Light khaki, also known as khaki tan or simply tan, is a pale shade of khaki.

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

The color defined as yellow in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5Y) is shown at apex of color wheel.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.

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.

Alabaster has been used as a color in English since at least 1594 (in Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece), but the origin of the RGB coordinates is not known.

Carrot orange is a tint of orange that is a representation of the color of the raw carrot vegetable. The first recorded use of carrot orange as a color name in English was in 1684.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Terra cotta is a color that resembles terracotta pottery.