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'Color' is a type in the visual arts, but can also be applied more generally to other types in the system. Color (or colour) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc. Color derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of...
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Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared ...
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Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow...
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Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is...
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White is a color, the perception which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will...
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The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space The...
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| x Columbia blue |
Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone as Columbia Blue 3 (PANTONE 292).
Fraternities and Sororities Organizations, fraternities and sororities that use Columbia blue...
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Purple is a general term used in English for the range of shades of color occurring between red and blue. In additive light combinations it occurs by mixing the primary colors red and blue in varying proportions. In subtractive pigments it can be...
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| x Aqua |
Aqua is a shade of the color cyan. It is identical to the color electric cyan, one of the primary colors of the CMYK color space. It is precisely halfway between green and blue on the color wheel.
In traditional print media, "aqua" is short for...
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Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light. Although black is sometimes described as an "achromatic", or hueless, color, in practice it can be...
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| x Royal blue |
Royal blue describes both a bright shade and a dark range of blue. It is said to have been invented by millers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of which won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte.
Traditionally, dictionaries define royal...
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| x Maroon |
Maroon is a dark red color.
Maroon is derived from French marron ("chestnut").
The first recorded use of Maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.
Displayed at right is the web color dark red.
At right is displayed the color rich maroon, i.e....
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Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some blue, resulting in a tiny degree of purple. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used for slightly bluish-red...
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Grey (international and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only – see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white. These, including white and black, are known as achromatic colors or neutral colors. In...
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Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red or yellow with black. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color. The Common Germanic adjective *brûnoz, *brûnâ...
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Gold, also called golden, is an orange-yellow color which is a representation of the color of the element gold.
The web color gold (also referred to as orange-yellow) is sometimes referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the color...
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| x Cardinal |
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is actually scarlet). The family of birds takes its name from the color.
The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS)...
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| x Scarlet |
Scarlet (from the Persian säqirlāt) is a bright red color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the...
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| x Teal |
Teal, also called Teal blue, is a color that is blue and green mixed together. The color gets its name from the fact that it surrounds the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family. The complementary color of teal is coral pink.
The color...
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| x Lavender |
Lavender is a pale tint of violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed at right—it matches the color of the very palest part of the lavender flower; however, the more...
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Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray, closest to that of polished silver.
The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color, because the shiny effect is due...
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| x Navy blue |
Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue almost appears as black. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by officers in the British Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the...
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| x Burgundy |
Burgundy is a shade of purplish red associated with the Burgundy wine of the same name, which in turn is named after the Burgundy region of France. The color Burgundy is similar to other shades of dark red such as maroon. It is often called wine red...
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Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M (long and medium wavelength) cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S (short-wavelength) cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–580 nm...
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Pink is a pale red color; the use of the word for the color was first recorded in the late 17th century, describing the flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus. Pink itself is a combination of red and white. Other tints of pink may...
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| x Cyan |
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Cyan (pronounced /saɪˈæn/; from Greek κυανoῦς / kyanous, meaning "blue") may be used as the name of any of a number of colors in the blue/green range of the spectrum. In reference to the visible spectrum cyan is used to refer to the color obtained...
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Magenta is a purplish-pink color evoked by lights with less power in yellowish-green wavelengths than in blue and red wavelengths (complements of magenta have wavelength 500–530 nm). In light experiments, magenta can be produced by removing the lime...
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Old Gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow. The widely-accepted color "Old Gold" is on the darker rather than the lighter side of this range.
The first recorded use of old gold as a color name in...
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| x Steel blue |
Steel blue is a shade of blue that resembles steel. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue; usually identified as somewhat bluish-grey.
Architecture
Computers
Lighting Design
Sports
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| x Seal brown |
Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal.
The specifications for the U.S. Army Air Corps Type A-2 jacket (regulation summer flying jacket), adopted in 1931 and the most familiar among all leather...
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Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a reddish-brown mineral which is commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker. (The difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often...
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| x Copper |
Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the actual metal copper.
At right is displayed the color copper.
At right is displayed the color pale copper. This is the color that is called copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by...
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Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower.
Another name for this color is vivid Lavender.
The first recorded use of Heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.
Film
In the 1946 novel The...
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| x Cornflower blue |
Cornflower blue, a shade of azure, is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue.
Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) are among the few "blue" flowers that are truly blue, most "blue" flowers being a darker blue-purple.
Light...
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Cream is the colour of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a slight yellow tone to the white. Used as a skin tone in some...
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Beige is a very pale yellowish-cream color.
The term originates from beige cloth, a cotton fabric left in its natural color. It has since come to be used for a range of light tints chosen for their neutral or cool appearance.
Beginning in the 1920s,...
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The color salmon pink comes in two shades, light salmon pink and salmon pink.
The color light salmon pink is displayed at the right. Light salmon pink is a light pink color that resembles the color salmon. The name is derived from the flesh color of...
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| x Azure |
In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation.
The term...
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Cerulean, also spelled caerulean, may be applied to a range of colors from deep blue, sky-blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors.
The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590. The word is probably...
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| x Seashell |
Seashell is an off-white color that resembles the average seashell.
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Cosmic Latte is a name assigned to the average color of the universe, given by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University.
In 2001, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the color of the universe was a greenish white, but they...
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| x Buff |
Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buff leather.
Biology
Clothing
Construction
Heraldry
Military
Ships
Fraternities and sororities
Sports
Stationery
Universities
Vexillology
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The name of the color khaki coined in British India comes from the Hindustani language usage of the incorporated Persian and Lurish word khak meaning dust, and khaki meaning dusty, dust covered or earth colored. It has been used by many armies...
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Peach is a color that combines pink and orange colors. This color is named for the pale color of the peach fruit. Like the color apricot, the color called peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color...
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| x Pink-orange |
Pink orange is a mix of the colors pink and orange.
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| x Red-violet |
Red-violet is the name that, depending on the context, applies to one or another type of non-spectral purple color. In this article we shall adhere—unless otherwise indicated—to the web color standard, which places the hue of red-violet at a certain...
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| x Periwinkle |
Periwinkle is a desaturated color in the blue-violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color.
Periwinkle is also called lavender blue It may be considered a pastel...
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| x Rust |
Rust is a red-orange 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 color is number 777 in the Lee...
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Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate.
The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.
Displayed at right is the web color light slate...
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Lilac is a color that is a pale shade of violet. It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of some Lilac flowers is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as deep lilac.
At right is displayed the...
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| x Bistre |
Bistre (or bister) is both a shade of gray and a shade of brown made from soot, and the general name for a color resembling the pigment. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast.
Beechwood was commonly burned...
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Azure is a blue-cyan color on the HSV color wheel (Hue, Saturation, Value) at 210 degrees. Azure is the hue that is halfway between blue and cyan. Azure is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. Its complementary color is orange.
The...
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| x Pine Green |
Pine green is a rich shade of spring green that resembles the color of pine trees. It is an official Crayola color (since 1949) that is this exact shade in the Crayola crayon, but in the markers, it's known as crocodile green.
The color pine green...
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| x Carmine |
Carmine is the general term for a particularly deep red color. Some Rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep red color shown below as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter...
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Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine (the French and British English word for eggplant).
The grayish-purple color shown...
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| x Swamp green |
Swamp green is a grayish-green color that resembles swamp.
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Selective yellow is a colour for automotive lamps. Under ECE regulations, headlamps were formerly permitted to be either white or selective yellow — in France, selective yellow was mandatory until 1993.
ECE Regulation 48 currently requires headlamps...
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As the name of a color, violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nm when indigo is recognized as a distinct color,...
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| x Camouflage green |
Camouflage green is a color that resembles the gray-green color often used by the military and hunters to camouflage themselves. Thus, this color is often known as military green and is related to hunter green.
Military
Parapsychology
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Sepia is a dark brown-grey color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia.
The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
Art
Magazines
Manuscripts
Photography
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Persian blue (not to be confused with prussian blue) comes in three shades: Persian blue proper—a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue (a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of dark blue that is much closer to...
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