List of All Colours | With Explanation ! Amar Sir

LIST OF ALL

COLOURS


1. Red 

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres

2. Chocolaty

The color chocolate is a tone of dark brown that resembles chocolate. At right is displayed the color traditionally called chocolate. The first recorded use of chocolate as a color name in English was in 1737

3. Blue 

Blue is the rarest colour in nature

Blue is the world’s favourite colour – it’s above us in the sky and we are surrounded by blue seas and ocean and yet when it comes to blue in nature, it’s the rarest colour. … We often call things blue but they are really purple like blueberries. The blue whale is closer to grey.

4. Salmon

Salmon is a range of pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh. In Australia salmon is mostly orange.

5. Orange 

Orange, the blend of red and yellow, Orange is the color of joy and creativity. Orange promotes a sense of general wellness and emotional energy that should be shared, such as compassion, passion, and warmth.

6. Crimson

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose

7. 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. Purple also represents meanings of wealth, extravagance,

8. Orchid

Orchid is a bright rich purple color that resembles the color that various orchids often exhibit. Various tones of orchid may range from grayish purple to purplish-pink to strong reddish purple.

9. Pink 

Pink is a light red hue and is typically associated with love and romance. It is often described as a feminine color, perhaps due to associations people form during early childhood.

10. Wheatish

Wheatish  is characterized by light brown skin, almost like the color of wheat. This complexion is usually darker than a peachy or fair complexion and lighter than a dusky one

11. Green 

Green is the color between blue and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm.

12. Fair


13. lime

Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.

14. Bronze

Bronze is a metallic brown color which resembles the metal alloy bronze. Traditionally composed of copper and tin, bronze is characteristically known for its dull gold colour

15. Aqua 

Aqua is a variation of the color cyan. The web color aqua is identical to the web color cyan. It was one of the three secondary colors of the RGB color model used on computer and television displays. In the HSV color wheel aqua is precisely halfway between blue and green.

16. Milky white 

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light.

17. Glitter


18. Navy 

Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.

19. Coral 

Coral is a pink-orange color that gets its name from marine invertebrates decorating the bottom of the sea. It is fresh, invigorating, and feminine. The coral hex code is #FF7F50. A dynamic and vibrant color, coral is particularly stunning when combined with tiffany blue and white.

20. Magenta

Magenta  is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue.

21. Black 

Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and gray. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.

22. Redish Brown 

Red brown is a medium-dark shade of red with the hex code #A52A2A, one of a family of earthy reddish-brown shades often used to refer to red hair. Red brown is similar to colors such as auburn, chestnut, carmine, and dark ginger.

23. Amber 

The color Amber is a yellow color. It got its name from the material known as amber. The amber color is halfway between yellow and orange on the color wheel. The first recorded use of amber as a color name in English was in 1500.

24. Burgundy

Burgundy is a dark reddish-brown inspired by the color of wine from the Burgundy region of France. This deep, dark red color with violet tones is the result of a sophisticated blend of green, blue and red. The vibrance of the red in Burgundy is toned down by the coolness of blue and calmness of green.

25. Indigo 

Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue. Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue, as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word “indigo” comes from the Latin for Indian as the dye was originally exported to Europe from India.

26. Mauve

Mauve is a pale purple color that sits between violet and pink in the color wheel, named after the mallow flower, also called mauve in French. Today, the name mauve has remained the more popular name.

27. Mahogany 

Mahogany is a reddish-brown color. It is approximately the color of the wood mahogany. However, the wood itself, like most woods, is not uniformly the same color and is not recognized as a color by most. The first recorded use of mahogany as a color name in English was in 1737.

28. Brown 

Brown is a composite color. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is made by combining red, black, and yellow, or red, yellow, and blue. In the RGB color model used to project colors onto television screens and computer monitors, brown is made by combining red and green, in specific proportions.

29. Sky blue 

Sky blue is a colour that resembles that of an unclouded sky around noon reflecting off a metallic surface. The entry for “sky-blue” in Murray’s New English Dictionary reports a first sighting of the term in the article on “silver” in Ephraim Chambers’s Cyclopaedia of 1728.

30. Charcoal

Charcoal color is sometimes called graphite or anthracite color. For some people it’s a dusky shade associated with coal made of wood or hard, mined coal and other sedimentary rocks. In HEX color code charcoal is known as #364135, in RAL – 7016. Charcoal is a unique mixture of grey and black

31. Grey

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. The color gray is a timeless and practical color that is often associated with loss or depression.

32. Violet 

Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum, between blue and invisible ultraviolet. 

33. Teal

Teal is a cyan-green color. Its name comes from that of a bird — the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) — which presents a similarly colored stripe on its head. … It can be created by mixing cyan into a green base, or deepened as needed with black or gray. The complementary color of teal is maroon.

34. Lavender

Lavender is a light shade of purple. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. … The color lavender might be described as a medium purple or a light pinkish-purple. The term lavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light or grayish-purples but only on the blue side

35. Golden

Gold, also called golden, is a color. The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color “metallic gold”. 

36. Silver

Silver is a refined and distinguished color, symbolizing wealth and success. Its properties are similar to that of gray, but it’s more lively, fun and playful. Silver also represents grace, sophistication, elegance and glamor.

37. Cyan

Cyan is the color between green and blue on the visible spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 490 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue.

38. Peach 

The color Peach earned its name from the exterior of the fruit of its namesake which has a blend of orange, yellow and white. The neutrality of the white softens the otherwise warm and bright yellow and orange of this color. Peach in designs feels comforting, evoking a sense of warmth, joy, and youthfulness.

39. Yellow

The Meanings of Yellow. Yellow is the most luminous of all the colors of the spectrum. … It’s the color of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring. Lurking in the background is the dark side of yellow: cowardice, betrayal, egoism, and madness.

40. Light Blue 

The first recorded use of “light blue” as a color term in English is in the year 1915. In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue and dark blue. The ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, gray, or yellow. 


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