All the colours in the word list

Color Names! Useful list of colors/ colours with examples and color images. Learn these names of colors to improve your vocabulary words in English. When talking about a variety of subjects, you may need to refer to a particular color. This could be true when talking about clothing, food or even the weather, for example ‘Look at those grey clouds in the sky!’ So you see, colors are everywhere and it is important to learn their English names so that you can effectively communicate.

In this section, you will be presented with the English names for a whole host of colors, giving you an expansion on your vocabulary as well as a new skill in being able to describe the colour of something and in turn, progress in your conversational skills.

Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, blue, yellow, green, orange, or purple…

List of Colors/ Colours

1. White
2. Yellow
3. Blue
4. Red
5. Green
6. Black
7. Brown
8. Azure
9. Ivory
10. Teal
11. Silver
12. Purple
13. Navy blue
14. Pea green
15. Gray
16. Orange
17. Maroon
18. Charcoal
19. Aquamarine
20. Coral
21. Fuchsia
22. Wheat
23. Lime
24. Crimson
25. Khaki
26. Hot pink
27. Magenta
28. Olden
29. Plum
30. Olive
31. Cyan

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Color Names with Examples and Pictures

Learn more with big list of shape and color words in English. 

White

Two blacks do not make a white.

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Yellow

Don’t park your car on double yellow lines.

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Blue

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.

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Red

Should I buy a red car or a blue car?

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Green

The color of leaves is green in summer.

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Black

The black ox has trod on his foot.

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Brown

Both my parents have curly brown hair.

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Azure

His eyes are azure.

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Ivory

My shirt is more ivory colour than white.

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Teal

Light yellow and light blue teal are good fog colors.

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Silver

Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

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Purple

His face turned purple with rage.

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Navy blue

You’re looking very nautical in your navy blue sweater.

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Pea green

She wears a pea green full – length skirt , which makes her look very lovely.

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Gray

Gray is intermediate between black and white.

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Orange

That’s a funny combo – pink and orange.

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Maroon

She wore black tights, and maroon socks that stuck up above her boots.

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Charcoal

Charcoal, navy or brown are more discreet than black or other colours.

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Aquamarine

Aquamarine is a pale tint between cyan and green.

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Coral

She was wearing a coral necklace.

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Fuchsia

The sky is glowing fuchsia, orange.

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Wheat

The fields were yellow with wheat.

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Lime

Lime is a color that is a shade of green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes.

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Crimson

Crimson is her favourite color.

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Khaki

A guy in khaki shorts was carrying a video camera.

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Hot pink

Who is the woman dressed in hot pink?

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Magenta

Although it is summer, she is wearing magenta stockings and black shoes with delicate straps.

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Olden

The sun was surrounded by a golden haze.

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Plum

Plum is a deep purple color, such as that shown at right, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit.

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Olive

The skirt she wears is olive.

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Cyan

Yellow and cyan produces green, and yellow and magenta produces red.

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Color Names | Color Images

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List of Colors | Video

Learn the names of colors video lesson with American English pronunciation.

Last Updated on March 12, 2023

Full list of words from this list:

1. alabaster

   a very light white

2. sanguine

   a blood-red color

3. apricot

   a shade of pink tinged with yellow

4. aqua

   a shade of blue tinged with green

5. aquamarine

   a shade of blue tinged with green

6. ash grey

   a light shade of grey

7. azure

   bright blue in color, like a clear sky

8. beige

   of a light grayish-brown color

9. black

   being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness

10. blond

    a light grayish yellow to near white

11. blue

    of the color intermediate between green and violet

12. bone

    a shade of white the color of a bleached skeleton

13. bottle green

    dark to moderate or greyish green

14. brick red

    a bright reddish-brown color

15. alizarine red

    a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye

16. brown

    an orange of low brightness and saturation

17. buff

    a medium to dark tan color

18. burgundy

    a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color

19. canary

    a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

20. caramel

    a medium to dark tan color

21. carmine

    of a color at the end of the color spectrum

22. carnation

    a pink or reddish-pink color

23. cerise

    of a color at the end of the color spectrum

24. cerulean

    a light shade of blue

25. chalk

    a pure flat white with little reflectance

26. charcoal

    a very dark grey color

27. chartreuse

    a shade of green tinged with yellow

28. cherry

    a red the color of ripe cherries

29. chestnut

    of a golden brown to reddish brown color

30. chocolate

    a medium brown to dark-brown color

31. chrome green

    a brilliant green color

32. claret

    a dark purplish-red color

33. coal black

    a very dark black

34. cobalt blue

    a shade of blue tinged with green

35. coffee

    a medium brown to dark-brown color

36. copper

    a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper

37. coral

    a variable color averaging a deep pink

38. crimson

    a deep and vivid red color

39. cyan

    a primary subtractive color for light

40. deep brown

    a medium brown to dark-brown color

41. deep red

    a deep and vivid red color

42. dun

    a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

43. ebony

    a very dark black

44. ecru

    a very light brown

45. emerald

    the green color of a precious gem

46. fawn

    a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

47. frostiness

    coldness as evidenced by frost

48. fuschia

    a tropical shrub with showy drooping flowers

49. gamboge

    a strong yellow color

50. gold

    a deep yellow color

51. green

    of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum

52. grey

    of an achromatic color intermediate between white and black

53. hazel

    a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish

54. hoariness

    a silvery-white color

55. indigo

    a blue-violet color

56. iron blue

    slightly purplish or bluish dark grey

57. ivory

    a shade of white the color of bleached bones

58. jade

    a light green color varying from bluish to yellowish green

59. jet black

    a very dark black

60. lavender

    a pale purple color

61. lazuline

    a light shade of blue

62. lemon

    a strong yellow color

63. madder

    color a moderate to strong red
64. magenta

    a primary subtractive color for light

65. mahogany

    a shade of brown with a tinge of red

66. maize

    a strong yellow color

67. maroon

    a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

68. mauve

    a moderate purple
69. mocha

    a dark brown color

70. navy

    a dark shade of blue

71. ocher

    a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

72. off-white

    a shade of white the color of bleached bones

73. old gold

    a dark yellow

74. old rose

    a greyish-pink color
75. olive

    a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

76. olive brown

    a shade of brown tinged with green

77. olive drab

    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

78. olive green

    a color that is lighter and greener than olive

79. orange

    orange color or pigment

80. oxblood red

    a dark brownish-red color

81. oxford grey

    a very dark grey color

82. pale yellow

    a variable yellow tint
83. peach

    a shade of pink tinged with yellow

84. peacock blue

    a shade of blue tinged with green

85. pea green

    a shade of green tinged with yellow

86. pearl

    a shade of white the color of bleached bones

87. pink

    of a light shade of red

88. pitch black

    a very dark black

89. powder blue

    a pale blue color with grey in it

90. puce

    a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red

91. purple

    of a color intermediate between red and blue

92. red

    the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

93. rose

    a dusty pink color

94. royal blue

    a shade of blue tinged with purple

95. royal purple

    a shade of purple tinged with red

96. ruby

    a deep and vivid red color

97. sable

    a very dark black

98. saffron

    a shade of yellow tinged with orange

99. sage green

    the color of sage leaves

100. salmon

     of orange tinged with pink

101. sapphire

     a light shade of blue

102. scarlet

     a variable vivid red color, sometimes with an orange tinge

103. sea green

     the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea

104. sepia

     a shade of brown with a tinge of red

105. silver

     a light shade of grey

106. sky-blue

     a light shade of blue

107. snuff-color

     dark yellowish brown

108. soot black

     a very dark black

109. steel blue

     a greyish blue color

110. steel grey

     slightly purplish or bluish dark grey

111. straw

     a variable yellow tint

112. tan

     a light brown the color of topaz

113. tangerine

     a reddish to vivid orange color

114. tattletale grey

     a greyish white

115. taupe

     a greyish brown

116. teal

     a blue-green color or pigment

117. topaz

     a light brown the color of a mineral used as a gemstone

118. Turkey red

     a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye

119. turquoise

     a shade of blue tinged with green

120. ultramarine

     a vivid blue to purple-blue color

121. umber

     a medium brown to dark-brown color

122. Vandyke brown

     a moderate brown color

123. Venetian red

     a shade of brown with a tinge of red

124. vermilion

     of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

125. violet

     a bluish-purple color

126. viridity

     green color or pigment

127. wheat

     a variable yellow tint

128. white

     being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness

129. wine

     a red as dark as red wine

130. yellow

     yellow color or pigment

131. drab

     a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

132. cardinal

     a vivid red color

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Colors in English / Все цвета на английском языке

И в русском и в английском языках существуют многочисленные названия разных цветов и их оттенков.И чтобы описать тот или иной предмет или дать более полную информацию о каком-то явлении, мы очень часто употребляем названия цветов. Ведь все, что нас окружает, имеет свой цвет (кроме прозрачных материалов).  А у каждого цвета, в свою очередь, существует множество оттенков.

Чаще всего, в разговоре (в том числе и на английском языке), мы используем следующие основные цвета:

Именно с этими цветами и следует начинать знакомить ребенка на уроках английского языка.

Но бывает так, что мы мы затрудняемся с определением цвета. И тогда на помощь к нам приходят вспомогательные слова, которые говорят об оттенке цвета:

dark [dɑ:k] темно- (dark blue — темно-синий);

deep [di:p] темно- (deep brown — темно-коричневый);

pale [peɪl] бледно- ( pale pink — бледно-розовый);

light [laɪt] светло- (light blue — голубой).

Но в английском языке существуют и отдельные слова, которые называют оттенки определенных цветов. Для примера:

crimson / garnet — темно-красный

tawny — темно-желтый

orangey — светло–оранжевый и т.д.

Есть также составные слова:

black-and-white — черно-белый;

gray-green — серо-зеленый.

Далее названия всех цветов и оттенков на английском языке в алфавитном порядке. Одно их количество впечатляет, но если вы решили расширить ваш словарный запас, и сделать вашу речь ярче, вы вполне можете заучить некоторые из этих названий (например, ваших самых любимых).

Ведь одно дело сказать:

«My favorite colors are orange and red».

И совсем по-другому будет звучать ваш ответ:

«My favorite colors firebrick are  burgundy».

A

anise — анис

apricot — абрикосовый

aqua — морская волна

aquamarine — аквамарин

ash — пепельно-серый

avender blush — голубой с красным отливом

azure — лазурный

B

bеige — бежевый

berry — ягодный

bottle green — бутылочный зеленый

bright — яркий

bronze — бронзовый

buff — светло-коричневый

burgundy — бордовый

burgundy — красный (бургундское вино)

burly wood -желтоватый

burnt — жженый

buttercup yellow — светло-желтый

C

cadet blue — серо-синий

cambridge blue — светло-голубой

camel — верблюжий

cerise — светло-вишневый

charcoal -древесный уголь

chartreuse — бледно-зелёный, зеленовато-желтый

chlorine — светло-зеленый

chocolate — шоколадный

claret — бордо

clay — глиняный

clay-colored — светло-бурый

cocoa — цвет какао

copper — медный

coral — коралловый

cornflower — васильковый

cornsilk — шелковый оттенок

cream — кремовый, сливочный

cyan — зеленовато-голубой

D

denim blue — джинсовый

dim gray — тускло-серый

dull — тусклый

dusty — пыльный

E

ecru — цвет небелёного сурового полотна

emerald — изумрудный

F

fallow — светло-желтый

firebrick — кирпичный

forest — лесной

forest green — зеленый лесной

forest green — хаки

fuchsia — фуксия

G

garnet — темно-красный

ghostwhite — призрачно-белый

ginger brown — рыжевато-коричневый

gold — золотой

golden — золотой

goldenrod — золотистый

H

honeydew — медовый

hot — теплый

hot pink — теплый розовый

hunter green — зелёный

I

indigo — индиго

ivory — слоновая кость

J

jade — желтовато-зелёный

K

khaki — хаки

L

lavender — бледно-лиловый,лаванда

lawn green — зеленая лужайка

lemon — лимонный

lemon chiffon — лимонный

light seagreen — цвет морской волны, светлый

light sky blue — небесно-голубой светлый

light slate blue — светлый грифельно-синий

light slate gray — грифельно-серый

light steel blue — голубой со стальным оттенком

light-green — салатовый

lilac — сиреневый

lime — цвет лайма

lime green — лимонно-зеленый

liver-coloured — темно-каштановый

livery — темно-каштановый

M

magenta — пурпурный

magenta — фуксин

maroon — темно-бордовый

mastic — бледно-желтый, цвет мастики

mauve — розовато-лиловый

mazarine — темно-синий

medium gray — серый нейтральный

medium green — средне-зеленый

melange — меланжевый (смешанный)

midnight blue — полуночно-синий

mint — мятный

misty rose — тускло-розовый

mole — серый

mouse grey — мышиный

murrey — темно-красный

N

natural — натуральный

navajo white — белый-навахо

navy — темно-синий цвет (цвет формы морских офицеров)

navy blue — тёмно-синий

navy, dark blue — темно-синий

nutmeg — цвет мускатного ореха

O

off-white — грязно-белый

olive — оливковый

olive green — оливковый зеленый

orangey — светло-оранжевый

oyster white — серовато-белый

P

pale — бледный

palest — очень бледный

pastel — пастельный

peach — персиковый

peachpuff — персиковый

pearl — жемчужный

petunia — темно-лиловый

pewter — оловянный

photo magenta — светло-пурпурный

pink — розовый

pistachio — фисташковый, зеленоватый цвет

plum — сливовый, темно-фиолетовый

powder blue — синий с пороховым оттенком

primrose — лимонный

pumpkin — цвет тыквы

purple — пурпурный

purple — фиолетовый

R

raspberry — малиновый

rose — цвет розы

rosy — розовый

rosy brown — розово-коричневый

royal blue — королевский синий (чистый, яркий оттенок синего)

rust — ржавый

S

saddle brown — кожано-коричневый

salmon — лососевый

sand — песочный

seafoam — цвет морской пены

seagreen — цвет морской волны

seashell — морская раковина

siennaохраsilver — серебряный

silvery — серебряный

shiny — сияющий, яркий

sky — небесный

sky blue — небесно-голубой

slate — синевато-серый

slate blue — грифельно-синий

slate gray — синевато-серый

smoke blue — бледный серо-голубой

snow — белоснежный

spice orange — оранжевый

spring green — весенне-зеленый

steel blue — синий со стальным оттенком

steel gray — стальной серый

T

tan — желтовато-коричневый, рыжевато-коричневый

tanned — бронзовый

taupe — серо-коричневый, темно-серый

tawny — темно-желтый

terra cotta — терракотовый

turquoise — бирюзовый

V

vinous — бордовый

violet — фиолетовый, темно-лиловый

violet red — красно-фиолетовый

W

warm — тёплый

wheat — пшеничный

white — белый

Y

yellow — желтый

yellow green — желто-зеленый

Безусловно, английский язык богат на цвета и оттенки, но в нем также есть много идиом и выражений с их использованием, при этом их значение и русский перевод никак не связан с цветами.
Вот некоторые, довольно популярные и интересные английские выражения:

to talk a blue streak – говорить без умолку, тараторить

once in a blue moon – раз в сто лет, очень редко

to see red – обезуметь, прийти в ярость

to catch somebody red-handed – поймать кого-либо с поличным

to be in the red – быть в долгу

to be in black book – быть у кого-либо в немилости, на плохом счету

The pot calling the kettle black – Чья бы корова мычала, а твоя молчала.

Grass is always greener on the other side. — Везде хорошо, где нас нет.

to be in the pink – быть в добром здравии, цвети и пахнуть

to look through rose-coloured spectacles – смотреть на все сквозь розовые очки

golden opportunity – блестящая возможность

и много других.

Если вы считаете материал интересным, поделитесь им с друзьями в социальных сетях.

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People who don’t know English very well may find it a little confusing to remember the color names. I am writing this article based on the color names of English. The number of color names is huge! You can’t learn them all, so we have filtered some common color names in English.

Types of Colors in English

Colors are categorised into three basic types:

• Primary Colors: Yellow, Blue, Red.
• Secondary Colors: Orange, Violet, Green
• Tertiary Colors:  Red-Violet, Yellow-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Orange, Blue-Green, Yellow-Orange, etc.

What are primary colors in English?

English l+anguage is not my mother tongue so I have to say that the advice about what color goes with what for some people is a little more difficult than trying to learn their colors. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. They can be used as mixing all other colors. red

What are Secondary colors in English?

The secondary colors are orange, green, and purple. They are produced by mixing two primary colors.

• purple = red + blue
• green= yellow + blue
• orange = red + yellow

The green color is made by mixing the two primary colors. There are different opinions about what are the best primary colors to mix to produce green. Some people claim that yellow and blue are the best primary colors to produce green, others say it is red and yellow.

What are tertiary Colors in English?

The tertiary colors are yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, and yellow-green. They are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary one.

The main problem with tertiary colors is that they are difficult to distinguish from one another. In fact, the only tertiary color that can be easily distinguished from primary and secondary colors is yellow-green.

What are quaternary colors in English?

Quaternary colors are even more difficult to distinguish because they are made of four colors. Quaternary colors are made by mixing primary and tertiary colors: red-purple = red + blue + purple.

Table of Color Names with Pictures

	Amber
	Azure
	Beige
	Black
	Blue
	Bronze
	Brown
	Burgundy
	Charcoal
	Clay
	Coral
	Cream
	Cyan
	Gold
	Gray
	Green
	Indigo
	Lavender
	Magenta
	Maroon
	Mauve
	Mint
	Mustard
	Navy Blue
	Off White
	Olive
	Orange
	Peach
	Pink
	Purple
	Red
	Ruby
	Rust
	Silver
	Tan
	Teal
	Turquoise
	Violet
	White
	Yellow

12 Color Names in English

Here are the 12 color names in English:

1. Red
2. Yellow
3. Blue
4. Black
5. Orange
6. Green
7. White
8. Purple
9. Indigo
10. Violet
11. Grey/Gray
12. Pink

Color Names with Definitions

Red

Red Color is a warm color. It has a strong visual stimulus, which makes it a very popular choice in the field of decorating and designing. Red symbolizes love and passion, courage and generosity, as well as religion.

Yellow

Yellow color is the color of sunshine. This light and bright color stimulate cheerfulness, energy, optimism, and creativity. It also stimulates appetite, hence it’s often used in restaurants to make people hungry!

Green

Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes life, youthfulness, and renewal. Nature lovers love this color of course! But green also calms and soothes, thus it’s a perfect choice for bedrooms.

Blue

Blue is the color of the clear sky and the deep ocean. This color stimulates peace, truthfulness, and responsibility. Blue symbolizes trustworthiness and loyalty, which makes it a very popular color in the design.

Purple

Purple is a combination of red and blue. It is a formal color, which symbolizes imagination and spirituality. Purple stands for nobility and luxury.

Pink

Pink (or rose) is a combination of red and white. This romantic color stimulates love and caring, as well as childhood memories. Pink symbolizes gentleness and tenderness.

Brown

Brown represents stability, reliability, and comfort. It stimulates the feeling of being calm and down-to-earth. Brown is a popular color in design, but it’s definitely not a very exciting one!

Black

Black stands for power, elegance, and formality – not to mention mystery as well! Black symbolizes authority, ambition, and discipline.

White

White is pure, innocent, and pristine. White symbolizes purity, freshness, and cleanliness. It stimulates the feelings of freedom, simplicity, and clarity – which is probably why it’s often used in clinical environments!

Teal

Teal color mixes green with blue to give a beautiful shade of nature. It’s said that this color calms you down, relieves stress, and stimulates clear thinking. So it’s perfect for the bedroom, spa, or wellness interiors!

Gray/Grey

Gray is a neutral color, which makes it very easy to combine with other colors. It symbolizes stability, independence, and neutrality. If you want to create a stylish yet relaxing living room, then gray is the way to go!

Orange

Orange is a very energetic and optimistic color. Orange stimulates creativity, enthusiasm, and confidence. This color symbolizes passion, joy, and attraction. Orange is an attention-getter, which makes it a great choice for design!

Gold

Gold symbolizes wealth, richness, and luxury. It stimulates feelings of admiration, wisdom, fortune, and glory. Gold is one of the most popular colors in design!

Silver

Silver is a sophisticated color that stimulates clarity. Silver symbolizes success, sophistication, and beauty. This color symbolizes emotional stability and balance. Silver is a great choice for home decorating!

Indigo

Indigo is a color that falls between blue and violet in the spectrum. This color symbolizes depth, wisdom, and stability. Indigo is a perfect choice for home decorating!

Violet

Violet is a combination of red and blue. This color symbolizes spirituality, enthusiasm, and individuality. It stimulates creativity as well as the feeling of being unique! Violet is a perfect choice for home decorating!

Maroon

Maroon color is one of the best colors with pretty good brightness. The name was created in 1858 by the English adjutant John R. Maroon, thinking about his favorite color for clothing. It is an alloy of red and black, though sometimes it is darker or lighter than this.

Charcoal

Charcoal is a black color with a shiny surface. In the Middle Ages, charcoal makers were called “carbonari”, Italian words from which the name of the color was created in 1835. This color is always dark gray or black, but it can vary from light to very dark tones.

Rust

Rust may not be a pretty color but it gives a special touch to any composition. It is very particular because its tone can change from orange to dark brown depending on the light. Rust gets this name in 1826 as an analogy with the rust of metals

Ochre

In English, ochre refers to a color that has a yellow base and sometimes some red or brown hues. It has a medicinal or food flavor since it was named after the clay of this color found in France and England.

Cream

The cream is one of the most popular colors worldwide because it contains all the lightness and brightness that can be contained by one single color. The name was created due to some similarities with milk, which is the color’s main inspiration.

Mauve

Although today mauve is a pretty color, in the past it used to be an anti-fashion color because women were not allowed to wear colors at night or when they were mourning. The name was created in 1856 by the British chemist William Henry Perkin when he synthesized this color from coal tar.

Sage

Sage was a color that had to be used with some care since it could make ladies look old or sick. In order to find the perfect tone of this color, they used leaves from different plants and though its name in French refers to “green”, this is not where it originated.

Magenta

Magenta is considered one of the most eccentric colors since it has some pink, purple and red undertones that make it unique. It was created in 1859 by the English chemist William Henry Perkin when he synthesized this color from coal tar.

Khaki

This color got its name because it reminds us of the color of uniforms used by the British Army in India. This color has an earthy tone that was named after the dried leaves of this plant.

Bronze

The color of this material also has a greenish tone that can be pretty on its own or used as a metallic touch in other colors. This color was named by the English sculptor Anning Bell thinking about some objects made with bronze.

Garnet

Although some people think that garnet is a shade of red, it refers to a group of minerals that have a deep red color. Garnet is also an irregularly shaped stone, which gives it great versatility for use in jewelry and other objects.

Slate

This material was known since the Ancient Greece, but this name came from a verb related to slate roofing. For a period of time, this name used to be given to other materials used for roofing, but the original one finally prevailed.

Saffron

This color is named after the plant that produces saffron, an extremely expensive ingredient in cooking. It has a deep yellow hue with some orange tones and it can be found in different countries around the world.

Tan

This is a color that can vary depending on what it contains, but it has brown hues with subtle shades of yellow. The name was created in the early 20th century by the British company Selfridges.

Burnt Umber

The name comes from two Italian words “burnt” and “umber”, which means burnt or dark umber. This is another color with an earthy tone that can be used in special compositions where it stands out, or in decoration projects for the home.

Celadon

This word comes from a French word “celadon”, which alludes to some Chinese porcelain that was influenced by this type of greenish-yellow color. Celadon also has a tone that is very similar to some green and blue colors, which gives it even more versatility.

Mustard

No, the mustard color does not refer to the paste we eat with some sandwiches and it is named after this plant and its seeds. The color has a very particular tone that has been used in different compositions where brown is dominant.

Puce

This color gets its name from an old French word “pus”, which means flea. This is not the name’s only reference to animals since it also has a tone that is very similar to some dark brown colors.

Mahogany

Some say that mahogany got its name from the tree of this same color, but others think that it was created as a synonym for red. In any case, mahogany refers to a color with a warm tone that can be used in different projects.

Red Violet

This color is the result of a combination between red and violet and it is nearly as dark as maroon. The name was created in 1966 by Ximena Caminnegras, who used to say that this color’s name does not seem correct and she preferred violet red.

Fuchsia

This color got its name from a flower with a similar color, which in turn got its name from a Latin word related to a plant called “beegin”. Fuchsia has been popular since the 17th century and became even more so when this tone was used in one of Disney’s movies.

Lavender

This color is the light tone of the purple color family, with a very soft hue. The name was created by Lewis Rawle in his book about colors and it is derived from the French word “lavande”.

Coral

This color is so popular nowadays that it even has its own festivals. The name was created in the early 20th century by naming this type of stone after a plant with a similar appearance.

Peach

This color is named after a stone with the same name, which was originally called “Prussian yellow” by people who thought it looked like this metal. This tone has a warm and pastel look that makes it very interesting for interior design projects.

Burgundy

This color is a dark tone of red and the name was created as a synonym for this metal. Nowadays it is used to refer to a color with a similar hue, but lighter.

Honey

This is a color inspired by the appearance of honey from beehives and it also has some gold tones that make it stand out. The name was created in the 19th century by a person from New York.

Taupe

This color is a combination of different tones and it is named after this type of animal, which belongs to the same family as the moles. It has been widely used since the 20th century and it can be found in many compositions that include brown.

Pale Olive

This name was created in the 19th century by a person from Boston and it is a lighter version of olive green, with an almost yellow tone. This color has different names all around the world, but most people agree that this is its original name.

Mauve

This is a color that was created as a combination between different tones and it is named after the genus of flowers with the same name. This tone has been very trendy for several years and can be found in various compositions.

Turquoise

This name is used all around the world and it is a combination of two words: “turk” and “es”, which means Turkish stone in Persian. This type of color can be either dark or light depending on its composition.

List of 50 Most Common Color Names

1. Amber
2. Aquamarine
3. Azure
4. Beige
5. Black
6. Blue
7. Bronze
8. Brown
9. Burgundy
10. Charcoal
11. Clay
12. Coral
13. Cream
14. Crimson
15. Cyan
16. Fuchsia
17. Gold
18. Gray
19. Green
20. Hot pink
21. Indigo
22. Ivory
23. Khaki
24. Lavender
25. Lime
26. Magenta
27. Maroon
28. Mauve
29. Mint
30. Mustard
31. Navy blue
32. Off White
33. Olden
34. Olive
35. Orange
36. Pea green
37. Peach
38. Pink
39. Plum
40. Purple
41. Red
42. Ruby
43. Rust
44. Silver
45. Tan
46. Teal
47. Violet
48. Wheat
49. White
50. Yellow

Are you looking for a complete list of all the different types of colour names in English? I’ve got an huge collection of every color’s name in English with pictures you must look at once.

Color, As we know previously called colors, is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green blue, etc. As we know colors are derived from the Spectrum of Light ( the electromagnetic spectrum is the range of frequencies and wavelengths).

In physics, Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects or materials based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra. 

In a simple way, I wanna say We see the variety of colors due to differences in their wavelength and frequencies. Each color has its different ‘wavelengths‘ and ‘frequency’. Blue color has a low “wavelength” that’s why it scattered, and that’s why ‘Sky’ seems blue.

So, In a simple way, you can understand those colors name in English that have more wavelengths can travel more distances. learn colors names in English

Types of Colors

Colours can be divided into three categories:

1. Three Primary Colors: Blue, Red, and Yellow
2. Three Secondary Colors: Orange, Green, and Violet
3. Six Tertiary Colors: Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Blue-Violet, and Red-Violet.

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100 List of Colors name with Pictures

Sr No.	Color Image	Color Name	HTML Color Codes
1.		Green	#008000
2.		yellow	#FFFF00
3.		Red	#FF0000
4.		Blue	#0000FF
5.		white	#FFFFFF
6.		pink	#FFC0CB
7.		brown	#808080
8.		black	#000000
9.		Silver	#C0C0C0
10.		maroon	#800000
11.		purple	#800080
12.		gray	#808080
13.		fuchsia	#FF00FF
14.		lime	#00FF00
15.		olive	#808000
16.		navy	#000080
17.		teal	#008080
18.		aqua	#00FFFF
19.		Alice blue	#f0f8ff
20.		antique white	#faebd7
21.		aquamarine	#7fffd4
22.		azure	#f0ffff
23.		beige	#f5f5dc
24.		bisque	#ffe4c4
25.		blue violet	#8a2be2
26.		blanched almond	#ffebcd
27.		brown	#a52a2a
28.		burlywood	#deb887
29.		cadet blue	#5f9ea0
30.		chartreuse	#7fff00
31.		chocolate	#d2691e
32.		coral	#ff7f50
33.		cornflower blue	#6495ed
34.		cornsilk	#fff8dc
35.		crimson	#dc143c
36.		cyan	#00ffff
37.		dark blue	#00008b
38.		dark cyan	#008b8b
39.		dark goldenrod	#b8860b
40.		dark gray	#a9a9a9
41.		dark green	#006400
42.		dark grey	#a9a9a9
43.		dark khaki	#bdb76b
44.		dark magenta	#8b008b
45.		dark olive green	#556b2f
46.		dark orange	#ff8c00
47.		dark orchid	#9932cc
48.		dark red	#8b0000
49.		dark salmon	#e9967a
50.		dark sea green	#8fbc8f
51.		dark slate blue	#483d8b
52.		dark slate gray	#2f4f4f
53.		dark turquoise	#00ced1
54.		dark violet	#9400d3
55.		deep pink	#ff1493
56.		deep sky blue	#00bfff
57.		dim gray	#696969
58.		dodgerblue	#1e90ff
59.		firebrick	#b22222
60.		floral white	#fffaf0
61.		forest green	#228b22
62.		gainsboro	#dcdcdc
63.		ghost white	#f8f8ff
64.		gold	#ffd700
65.		goldenrod	#daa520
66.		gray	#808080
67.		green yellow	#adff2f
68.		honeydew	#f0fff0
69.		hot pink	#ff69b4
70.		Indian red	#cd5c5c
71.		indigo	#4b0082
72.		ivory	#fffff0
73.		khaki	#f0e68c
74.		lavender	#e6e6fa
75.		lavender blush	#fff0f5
76.		lawn green	#7cfc00
77.		lemon chiffon	#fffacd
78.		light blue	#add8e6
79.		light coral	#f08080
80.		light cyan	#e0ffff
81.		light golden rod yellow	#fafad2
82.		light pink	#ffb6c1
83.		light slate grey	#778899
84.		lightsteelblue	#b0c4de
85.		light yellow	#ffffe0
86.		lime	#00ff00
87.		lime green	#32cd32
88.		linen	#faf0e6
89.		Navajo white	#ffdead
90.		olive drab	#6b8e23
91.		orange	#ffa500
92.		orange red	#ff4500
93.		pale golden rod	#eee8aa
94.		pale green	#98fb98
95.		pale turquoise	#afeeee
96.		palevioletred	#db7093
97.		papaya whip	#ffefd5
98.		peach puff	#ffdab9
99.		Peru	#cd853f
100.		royal blue	#4169e1

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Colors Name in English with pictures

Green

Green is the color between blue and yellow on the visible spectrum. Green is the color of balance, harmony, and growth.

Yellow

The color of sunshine and sunflowers, yellow is optimistic, playful, and happy. It can also be associated with mental clarity and intellect. Being the most visible color from a distance, it is often used as a cautionary color.

Red

Red is considered to be a color of intense emotions, ranging from anger, sacrifice, danger, and heat, to love, passion, and sexuality.

Blue

Blue is one of the primary colors of pigments in painting. It is the color of the ocean and the sky; it often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration, wisdom, or health.

White

White represents purity or innocence. Some of the positive meanings that white can convey include cleanliness, freshness, and simplicity. 

Brown

Brown is often seen as solid, much like the earth, and it’s a color often associated with resilience, dependability, security, and safety. Feelings of loneliness, sadness, and isolation.

Pink

Pink symbolizes youth, good health, and playfulness. It’s the flush of first love and stands for nurturing femininity. It’s used as the symbolic color of the movement to support breast cancer research, and we think of pink as an innocent, cheerful color.

Black

Black is associated with power, fear, mystery, strength, authority, elegance, formality, death, evil, and aggression, rebellion, and sophistication. The black colour is the absence of colour. Black is a mysterious colour that is typically associated with the unknown or the negative.

Silver

Silver is representative of moon energy and is the balance between black and white. It is the color of the Greek goddess Artemis.
It is symbolic of purity, strength, clarity, focus, and feminine energy. 

Maroon

The maroon colour is often used to represent intense and passionate things like; confidence, creative thoughts, excitement, power, risk, passion, love, ambition, courage, strength, warmth, and beauty.

Blanched Almond

Blanched Almond is a type of beige colour. In its meaning, beige is associated with neutrality, class, calmness, and formality.

Purple

Purple combines the calm stability of blue and the fierce energy of red. The color purple is often associated with royalty, nobility, luxury, power, and ambition.

Bisque

Bisque is a type of orange color. In its meaning, orange is associated with energy, cheerfulness, activity, fire, and warmth. get lots of colors name.

Azure

Azure is a light shade of blue. It’s said to represent Jupiter and is known as a stable and calming color that just about everyone likes. It evokes nature, stability, calmness, and richness, among other aspects of blue symbolism.

Beige

Beige has traditionally been seen as a conservative, background color. In modern times, it has come to symbolize work, because so many office computers are beige. In some cultures, beige garments symbolize piety or simplicity. 

Aquamarine

Aquamarine is associated with tranquility, serenity, clarity, and harmony. It embodies youthful vitality, purity, loyalty, hope, and truth.

Antique White

Antique White is a creamy white color. It symbolizes royalty, tradition, purity, and innocence.

Alice Blue

Alice blue is a pale tint of azure. It’s a soothing, subdued tone that is well suited for both genders, although it may have slightly masculine connotations. It has been used in movies to set an eerie mood.

Aqua

Aqua is a variation of cyan. Aqua evokes feelings of reinvigoration, youth, and dreaminess. The color aqua also symbolizes a period of transition.

Teal

Teal combines the calming properties of blue with the renewal qualities of green. It is a revitalizing and rejuvenating color that also represents open communication, truth, and clarity of thought.

Navy

Navy evokes feelings of power and authority rather than the ideas of relaxation and peace that go along with more standard shades of blue. It tends to lean more toward ideas of authority and importance.

Olive

Olive is a complex yellowish-green color. Often used to symbolize peace, harmony, and sophistication. It can also signify perception, empathy, and humankind.

Lime

Lime is a bright green color resembling that of the skin of the citrus fruit. learn colors name in english of Lime, It’s color closely associated with nature, confidence, and high energy and is thought to promote feelings of liveliness, freshness, and creativity.

Fuchsia

Fuchsia, a vivid reddish-purple that straddles the line between purple and pink. Fuchsia is believed to inspire assurance and assertiveness.

Gray

Gray is a cool, neutral, and balanced color. The color gray is an emotionless, moody color that is typically associated with meanings of dull, dirty, and dingy, as well as formal, conservative, and sophisticated.

Dark Goldenrod

Dark goldenrod is the representation of some deeper gold-coloured goldenrod flowers. It represents peacefulness, hope, and warmth, colors name.

Dark Cyan

Dark Cyan is a restful, calming color that symbolizes relaxation, especially that shade of cyan known as bright turquoise colors name.

Dark Blue

Dark blue is a deep blue color that can be often confused with Navy Blue, as they are closely related. Dark blue is associated with depth, expertise, stability, knowledge, and integrity.

Cyan

Cyan is created out of a combination of the colors blue and green, and their psychological influences are a mix of the two. It is typically associated with liveliness, youth, and energy colors name.

Crimson

Crimson being a “variation” of red,
tends to be closer to being a warm color. Crimson is associated with passion, love, and excitement.

Cornsilk

Corn Silk is a light, bright, glow stick yellow with a sunflower undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a kitchen.

Cornflower Blue

Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue. Representing positive hope for the future.

Coral

Coral is a sparkling medium blue metallic color. The color Coral Symbolizes Warmth and Acceptance colors name.

Chocolate

Chocolate is a dark shade of brown. It’s a color often associated with resilience, dependability, security, safety, feelings of loneliness, sadness, and isolation.

Chartreuse

Chartreuse is a lively shade that combines the energy of green with the brightness of yellow. Chartreuse represents liveliness, vitality, and fun.

Cadet Blue

Cadet Blue is a type of cyan color. In its meaning, cyan is associated with clarity of thinking, mental concentration, and focus.

Burlywood

Burlywood is a type of orange color name. In its meaning, burlywood is associated with energy, cheerfulness, activity, fire, and warmth.

Lavender

Lavender is a pale purple shade created with a mixture of red, blue, and white. Lavender symbolizes purity, devotion, love and is known for spiritual healing, tranquility, easing of tension, and purification.

Orange

Orange is associated with meanings of joy, warmth, heat, sunshine, enthusiasm, creativity, success, encouragement, change, determination, health, stimulation, happiness, fun, enjoyment, balance, sexuality, freedom, expression, and fascination.

Pale Goldenrod

Pale Goldenrod is a very pale version of the goldenrod shade but with a more pinkish undertone. It symbolizes wealth and prosperity.

Pale Green

Pale green is a soothing and peaceful color, it is especially a calm shade that represents renewal, luck, health, and optimism.

Pale Turquoise

Pale Turquoise has a strong link to the color of the ocean, so similarly to blue, it can be connected to calmness, serenity, and peace. It is strongly associated with uplifting the spirit as well as the body and recharging our inner batteries.

Pale Red-Violet

Pale Red-Violet mostly represents the color of the wine. It’s both warm and cool and combines the passion and energy of red with the calm and serenity of violet.

Papaya Whip

Papaya whip is a pale tint of orange. It is a representation of the color Peach. It symbolizes longevity.

Peach Puff

The color peach puff represents immortality in Chinese culture. Peach Puff feels comforting, evoking a sense of warmth, joy, and youthfulness.

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12 Color Names in English for Kids

1. Green

2. Blue 

3. Yellow

4. Red

5. Purple 

6. Violet

7. White

8. Navy Blue 

9. Orange

10. Brown

11. Black

12. Aqua

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ques1: What are the 24 colors name?

Ans: As we know, This universe is full of colors. Color is everywhere! Today, I gonna share with you a list of 24 colors names in English. Here given a color chart, On the first 1 to 7 colors of the rainbow.

1. Red	7. Violet	13. Pink	19. Navy
2. Orange	8. Silver	14. White	20. Pale Green
3. Yellow	9. Beige	15. Grey	21. Lavender
4. Green	10. Gold	16. Navy Blue	22. Coral
5. Blue	11. Brown	17. Aqua	23. Olive
6. Indigo	12. Black	18. Maroon	24. Cyan

Ques2: What are the 12 Colours’ names?

Ans: Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple, Violet, White, Navy Blue, Orange, Brown, Black, Aqua.

Ques3: What are the 100 colours?

Ans:

1. Amaranth
2. Amber
3. Amethyst
4. Apricot
5. Aquamarine
6. Azure
7. Baby blue
8. Beige
9. Brick red
10. Black
11. Blue
12. Blue-green
13. Blue-violet
14. Blush
15. Bronze
16. Brown
17. Burgundy
18. Byzantium
19. Carmine
20. Cerise
21. Cerulean
22. Champagne
23. Chartreuse green
24. Chocolate
25. Cobalt blue
26. Coffee
27. Copper
28. Coral
29. Crimson
30. Cyan/Aqua
31. Desert sand
32. Electric blue
33. Emerald
34. Erin
35. Gold
36. Gray
37. Green
38. Harlequin
39. Indigo
40. Ivory
41. Jade
42. Jungle green
43. Lavender
44. Lemon
45. Lilac
46. Lime
47. Magenta/Fuchsia
48. Magenta rose
49. Maroon
50. Mauve
51. Navy blue
52. Ochre
53. Olive
54. Orange
55. Orange-red
56. Orchid
57. Peach
58. Pear
59. Periwinkle
60. Persian blue
61. Pink
62. Plum
63. Prussian blue
64. Puce
65. Purple
66. Raspberry
67. Red
68. Red-violet
69. Rose
70. Ruby
71. Salmon
72. Sangria
73. Sapphire
74. Scarlet
75. Silver
76. Slate gray
77. Spring bud
78. Spring green
79. Tan
80. Taupe
81. Teal
82. Turquoise
83. Ultramarine
84. Violet
85. Viridian
86. White
87. Yellow
88. Neon Green
89. Forest Green
90. Cyan Color
91. Aquamarine Color
92. Dark Green
93. Light Green
94. Spring Green
95. Mint Color
96. Pastel Green
97. Teal Color
98. Turquoise
99. Lime Green
100. Hunter Green

So, these are the best colors name in English that I have shared with you. Further, if you have queries regarding this kindly comment below.