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These 340 Unique Color Names Make the Best Color Thesaurus!
If you’re in search of more creative and unique color names than the basic “red” or “blue,” you’re in luck! Here’s a cool color names infographic by Ingrid Sundberg.
I know you love color, so I wanted to share it with you!
She’s come up with 20 different shades of white… as well as:
- 20 shades of tan with names
- 20 color names for yellow
- 20 other names for orange color
- 20 deep, bright, and light red color names
- 20 shades of pink color names
- 20 other names for purple color tones
- 20 blue color shades with names
- 20 green color names and swatches
- 20 different brown color names
- 20 color names for gray shades and tints
- and 20 blacks – or names for black, anyway! Most appear to be the same inky hue.
Plus I’ve added more, with links to their hex codes and RGB values. Now there are 349 color names.
And not the eye-popping, fluorescent, old-school web 1.0 shades of color you’ll find on many sites. These are pretty and inspiring for creatives, like writers, artists, and fashion designers.
Ingrid has purple hair – or perhaps I should say amethyst! She’s a YA writer and children’s book illustrator who says:
One of my ongoing word collections is of colors. I love to stop in the paint section of a hardware store and find new names for red or white or yellow.
Having a variety of color names at my fingertips helps me to create specificity in my writing. I can paint a more evocative image in my reader’s mind if I describe a character’s hair as the color of rust or carrot-squash, rather than red.
From The Color Thesaurus by Ingrid Sundberg.
So let’s get evocative with these creative color names!
20 Best Color Names for White
- White
- Pearl
- Alabaster
- Snow
- Ivory
- Cream
- Eggshell
- Cotton
- Chiffon
- Salt
- Lace
- Coconut
- Linen
- Bone
- Daisy
- Powder
- Frost
- Porcelain
- Parchment
- Rice
50 more white names on this page of 70 color codes for white.
20 Color Name Ideas for Tan
- Tan
- Beige
- Macaroon
- Hazelwood
- Granola
- Oat
- Eggnog
- Fawn
- Sugar Cookie
- Sand
- Sepia
- Ltte
- Oyster
- Biscotti
- Parmesan
- Hazelnut
- Sandcastle
- Buttermilk
- Sand Dollar
- Shortbread
Brighter colors below! Or find similar colors on this page of gold color codes.
Orange Color Names
Gold orange, Goldenrod orange, Pumpkin orange, Fire orange, Ochre orange, Burnt orange, Dijon orange, Tangerine orange, Tiger orange, Honey orange, Carrot orange, Amber orange, Apricot orange, Bronze orange, Cider orange, Clay orange, Rust orange, Amber orange, Spice orange.
Red Color Names
Salmon red, Scarlet red, Barn red, Imperial red, Indian red, Chili red, Fire brick Red, Maroon red, Redwood red, Raspberry red, Candy apple red, Ferrari red, Persian red, US Flag red, Carmine red, Burgundy red, Crimson red, Sangria red, Mahogany red.
Pink Color Names
Ruby pink, Ultra pink, Thulian pink, Magenta, Rose pink, Lavender pink, Creamy pink, FuchsIa, French rose, Cerise pink, Carnation pink, Brick pink, Amaranth pink, Taffy pink,Bubble Gum pink, Hot Pink, Punch pink, Lemonade pink, Flamingo pink.
