color names

Color Names

A handpicked list of 30242 unique color names from various sources and thousands of curated user submissions.

The names of color function like a thread attached to a frightfully slender needle, capable of stitching together our most delicate emotions and memories. When the needle hits the target, we feel either pleasure or empathy. Kenya Hara – White

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About ?

The aim of this project is to create a list of color names as large as possible, while keeping a good name quality. We've merged various lists, modified the names when there were duplicates with different hex values, and shifted the colors a bit when there were identical colors with different names.

Explore ?

• Color Picker & Name Search Click the wheel to get name for a color, or just use the full text search.
• Color Picker: Click the colored surface to change the color or type in a hex value below the name.
• Color Picker II: Move your mouse and scroll to choose a color.
• Name Search: full text search on the color list.
• Color Distribution 3D view of all color names in different color spaces.
• Twitter Bot: Posts random colors and lets you submit new ones.

Color Name Submission ?

via form ? / or twitter ?

Make sure to read the naming rules before you contribute!

Color Count: 30242 ?

~0.18% of the RGB color space

Color distribution ?