Color names

The below table shows the RGB values for colors and their names (in alphabetical order).

RGB codes consist of 3 numbers, for Red Green and Blue. The RGB codes can be shown either as a decimal number between 0 and 255 or as a hexidecimal number between 00 and FF.

Note that some names are used for different colors (e.g. there are two different colors that are called green, and two colors are called gray). Also sometimes the same color may have different name (e.g. aqua and cyan are different names for the same color).

 

Name Color

RGB codes
hexadecimal

  

RGB codes
decimal
AliceBlue   F0 F8 FF   240 248 255
AntiqueWhite   FA EB D7   250 235 215
Aqua   00 FF FF   0 255 255
Aquamarine   7F FF D4   127 255 212
Azure   F0 FF FF   240 255 255
Beige   F5 F5 DC   245 245 220
Bisque   FF E4 C4   255 228 196
Black   00 00 00   0 0 0
BlanchedAlmond   FF EB CD   255 235 205
Blue   00 00 FF   0 0 255
BlueViolet   8A 2B E2   138 43 226
Brown   A5 2A 2A   165 42 42
BurlyWood   DE B8 87   222 184 135
CadetBlue   5F 9E A0   95 158 160
Chartreuse   7F FF 00   127 255 0
Chocolate   D2 69 1E   210 105 30
Coral   FF 7F 50   255 127 80
CornflowerBlue   64 95 ED   100 149 237
Cornsilk   FF F8 DC   255 248 220
Crimson   DC 14 3C   220 20 60
Cyan   00 FF FF   0 255 255
DarkBlue   00 00 8B   0 0 139
DarkCyan   00 8B 8B   0 139 139
DarkGoldenrod   B8 86 0B   184 134 11
DarkGray   A9 A9 A9   169 169 169
DarkGreen   00 64 00   0 100 0
DarkKhaki   BD B7 6B   189 183 107
DarkMagenta   8B 00 8B   139 0 139
DarkOliveGreen   55 6B 2F   85 107 47
DarkOrange   FF 8C 00   255 140 0
DarkOrchid   99 32 CC   153 50 204
DarkRed   8B 00 00   139 0 0
DarkSalmon   E9 96 7A   233 150 122
DarkSeaGreen   8F BC 8F   143 188 143
DarkSlateBlue   48 3D 8B   72 61 139
DarkSlateGray   2F 4F 4F   47 79 79
DarkTurquoise   00 CE D1   0 206 209
DarkViolet   94 00 D3   148 0 211
DeepPink   FF 14 93   255 20 147
DeepSkyBlue   00 BF FF   0 191 255
DimGray   69 69 69   105 105 105
DodgerBlue   1E 90 FF   30 144 255
FireBrick   B2 22 22   178 34 34
FloralWhite   FF FA F0   255 250 240
ForestGreen   22 8B 22   34 139 34
Fuchsia   FF 00 FF   255 0 255
Gainsboro   DC DC DC   220 220 220
GhostWhite   F8 F8 FF   248 248 255
Gold   FF D7 00   255 215 0
Goldenrod   DA A5 20   218 165 32
Gray   BE BE BE   190 190 190
Gray   80 80 80   128 128 128
Green   00 FF 00   0 255 0
Green   00 80 00   0 128 0
GreenYellow   AD FF 2F   173 255 47
Honeydew   F0 FF F0   240 255 240
HotPink   FF 69 B4   255 105 180
IndianRed   CD 5C 5C   205 92 92
Indigo   4B 00 82   75 0 130
Ivory   FF FF F0   255 255 240
Khaki   F0 E6 8C   240 230 140
Lavender   E6 E6 FA   230 230 250
LavenderBlush   FF F0 F5   255 240 245
LawnGreen   7C FC 00   124 252 0
LemonChiffon   FF FA CD   255 250 205
LightBlue   AD D8 E6   173 216 230
LightCoral   F0 80 80   240 128 128
LightCyan   E0 FF FF   224 255 255
LightGoldenrodYellow   FA FA D2   250 250 210
LightGreen   90 EE 90   144 238 144
LightGrey   D3 D3 D3   211 211 211
LightPink   FF B6 C1   255 182 193
LightSalmon   FF A0 7A   255 160 122
LightSeaGreen   20 B2 AA   32 178 170
LightSkyBlue   87 CE FA   135 206 250
LightSlateGray   77 88 99   119 136 153
LightSteelBlue   B0 C4 DE   176 196 222
LightYellow   FF FF E0   255 255 224
Lime   00 FF 00   0 255 0
LimeGreen   32 CD 32   50 205 50
Linen   FA F0 E6   250 240 230
Magenta   FF 00 FF   255 0 255
Maroon   80 00 00   128 0 0
MediumAquamarine   66 CD AA   102 205 170
MediumBlue   00 00 CD   0 0 205
MediumOrchid   BA 55 D3   186 85 211
MediumPurple   93 70 DB   147 112 219
MediumSeaGreen   3C B3 71   60 179 113
MediumSlateBlue   7B 68 EE   123 104 238
MediumSpringGreen   00 FA 9A   0 250 154
MediumTurquoise   48 D1 CC   72 209 204
MediumVioletRed   C7 15 85   199 21 133
MidnightBlue   19 19 70   25 25 112
MintCream   F5 FF FA   245 255 250
MistyRose   FF E4 E1   255 228 225
Moccasin   FF E4 B5   255 228 181
NavajoWhite   FF DE AD   255 222 173
Navy   00 00 80   0 0 128
OldLace   FD F5 E6   253 245 230
Olive   80 80 00   128 128 0
OliveDrab   6B 8E 23   107 142 35
Orange   FF A5 00   255 165 0
OrangeRed   FF 45 00   255 69 0
Orchid   DA 70 D6   218 112 214
PaleGoldenrod   EE E8 AA   238 232 170
PaleGreen   98 FB 98   152 251 152
PaleTurquoise   AF EE EE   175 238 238
PaleVioletRed   DB 70 93   219 112 147
PapayaWhip   FF EF D5   255 239 213
PeachPuff   FF DA B9   255 218 185
Peru   CD 85 3F   205 133 63
Pink   FF C0 CB   255 192 203
Plum   DD A0 DD   221 160 221
PowderBlue   B0 E0 E6   176 224 230
Purple   A0 20 F0   160 32 240
Purple   80 00 80   128 0 128
Red   FF 00 00   255 0 0
RosyBrown   BC 8F 8F   188 143 143
RoyalBlue   41 69 E1   65 105 225
SaddleBrown   8B 45 13   139 69 19
Salmon   FA 80 72   250 128 114
SandyBrown   F4 A4 60   244 164 96
SeaGreen   2E 8B 57   46 139 87
Seashell   FF F5 EE   255 245 238
Sienna   A0 52 2D   160 82 45
Silver   C0 C0 C0   192 192 192
SkyBlue   87 CE EB   135 206 235
SlateBlue   6A 5A CD   106 90 205
SlateGray   70 80 90   112 128 144
Snow   FF FA FA   255 250 250
SpringGreen   00 FF 7F   0 255 127
SteelBlue   46 82 B4   70 130 180
Tan   D2 B4 8C   210 180 140
Teal   00 80 80   0 128 128
Thistle   D8 BF D8   216 191 216
Tomato   FF 63 47   255 99 71
Turquoise   40 E0 D0   64 224 208
Violet   EE 82 EE   238 130 238
Wheat   F5 DE B3   245 222 179
White   FF FF FF   255 255 255
WhiteSmoke   F5 F5 F5   245 245 245
Yellow   FF FF 00   255 255 0
YellowGreen   9A CD 32   154 205 50

 

I am sure you can remember all these names. But the million dollar question is: do you know any other color names?

The Name of the Band

Color names are popular in names of bands. Here is short list of some bands and artists who have color names to identify themselves. But there are many more.

  • Maroon 5
  • Greenday
  • Black Eyes Peas
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Barry White
  • Deep Blue Something
  • James Brown
  • Al Green
  • Black Sabbath
  • Deep Purple
  • Golden Earring
  • Pink Floyd
  • Shocking Blue
  • Simply Red

The name of the song

And of course many songs are about colors:

Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones)
Black Magic Woman (Santana)

Lady in Red (Chris De Burgh)
Red Red Wine (UB40)

Yellow Moon (Neville Brothers)
Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)

Nights In White Satin (Moody Blues)
White Flag (Dido)

Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones)
Put on Your Old Brown Shoes (Supertramp)

Purple Rain (Prince)

Golden Heart (Mark Knopfler)
Heart of Gold (Neil Young)

Silver Train (The Rolling Stones)

Blue Eyes Blue (Eric Clapton)
Blue Eyes (Elton John)

As … as …

Often, to describe a color it is compared with something. For example:

As red as a beet
As red as a cherry
As red as a poppy
As red as a rose
As red as a ruby
As red as blood
As red as your lips

As black as coal
As black as the night
As black as tar

As white as snow
As white as a sheet
As white as the moon
As white as chalk
As white as a star

As green as grass
As green as an emerald

As yellow as the sun
As yellow as a lemon

As orange as an orange
As orange as the sun

As blue as the sky
As blue as the sea

As purple as amethyst

As grey as the sky
As grey as the ash

As pink as a baby’s …

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