A handpicked list of 28865 unique color names from various sources and thousands of curated user submissions.
The names of color function like a thread attached to a frightfully slender needle, capable of stitching together our most delicate emotions and memories. When the needle hits the target, we feel either pleasure or empathy. Kenya Hara โ White
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The aim of this project is to create a list of color names as large as possible, while keeping a good name quality. We've merged various lists, modified the names when there were duplicates with different hex values, and shifted the colors a bit when there were identical colors with different names.
- Color Picker & Name Search Click the wheel to get name for a color, or just use the full text search.
- Color Picker: Click the colored surface to change the color or type in a hex value below the name.
- Color Picker II: Move your mouse and scroll to choose a color.
- Name Search: full text search on the color list.
- Color Distribution 3D view of all color names in different color spaces.
- Twitter Bot: Posts random colors and lets you submit new ones.
via form ๐ / or twitter ๐ฆ
Make sure to read the naming rules before you contribute!
~0.17% of the RGB color space
Color distribution ๐ฐ
When coming up with new color names, it is vital to know what spots in a
certain color-space are crowded and where there is still room for new colors.
For example: Our API returns the closest RGB color to a given HEX value.
To avoid too many colors snapping to the same name, we aim to distribute the
colors evenly in the color space: Visualization
npm install color-name-list --saveor yarn add color-name-list
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https://api.color.pizza/v1/{{hexvalue without the #}},{{more comma separated values}}or
https://api.color.pizza/v1/?values={{hexvalue without the #}},{{more comma separated values}}curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/212121
{
"colors": [{
"name": "Lead",
"hex": "#212121",
"rgb": {"r": 33, "g": 33, "b": 33},
"distance": 0, // its an exact match
"luminance": 22.062320231562225,
"requestedHex": "#212121",
}]
}curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/212121,060606,ff0012,550055,123456
or
curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/?values=212121,060606,ff0012,550055,123456
curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/
In this case colors is not an object but an array of objects sorted by color-name
by adding ?noduplicates=true every returned name will be unique.
The closest color, that was not returned previously will be returned:
curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/?values=212121,212121&noduplicates=true
{
"colors": [{
"name": "Lead",
"hex": "#212121",
"rgb": { "r": 33, "g": 33, "b": 33 },
"luminance": 22.062320231562225
},{
"name": "Abaddon Black",
"hex": "#231f20",
"rgb": { "r": 35, "g": 31, "b": 32 },
"luminance": 21.30621829419759
}]
}https://api.color.pizza/v1/names/{{query}}or
https://api.color.pizza/v1/names/?name={{query}}Returns an array of color objects which match the given query, sorted by color-name:
curl https://api.color.pizza/v1/names/red
Not all color-names are created equal; add ?goodnamesonly=true
to your request URL to get a handpicked subset of names that were rated as good
by humans. (Colors that are liked a lot on twitter
and some of the team favourites).
import namedColors from 'color-name-list';
let someColor = namedColors.find(color => color.hex === '#ffffff');
console.log(someColor.name); // => white
let someNamedColor = namedColors.find(color => color.name === 'Eigengrau')
console.log(someColor.hex); // => #16161dSince there are 16777216 possible RGB colors, you might use a library such as nearest-color or ClosestVector to help you find the the closest named color.
import nearestColor from 'nearest-color';
import namedColors from 'color-name-list';
// nearestColor need objects {name => hex} as input
const colors = colorNameList.reduce((o, { name, hex }) => Object.assign(o, { [name]: hex }), {});
const nearest = nearestColor.from(colors);
// get closest named color
nearest('#f1c1d1'); // => Fairy TaleAlternative package: ktree
Note: If you are looking for something visually more accurate, you could: use DeltaE, or use the above snippet, combined with a transform from rgb to ciecam02 scaled to 0-255.
npm install && npm run buildSee package.json for more.
- Thousands of user submissions Twitter / Google Docs / Github
- Wikipedia list of named colors (2018-02-23)
- CSS/HTML color names
- Wernerโs Nomenclature of Colours
- ntc.js
- xkcd color survey list
- htmlcsscolor.com
- OSX Crayons
- Crayola crayon
- Japanese Twelve Level Cap and Rank System colors
- Thailand weekday colors
- Chinese heavenly creatures colors
- Military Paint
- Olympian god colors
- Model Color Paints: Vallejo
- Fictional Colors (2018-05-09)
- Non English Transliterations: Japanese , Mandarin , Hindi , Persian , Russian , Mฤori
- Multiple paint, print, nail polish, model paint color lists
- Curated Machine Learning names from Matt DesLauriers and Nathan Kjer
- Team Fortress 2 paint colors
- meodai Initiator, maintainer, name creator &, tooling
- Nirazul Name creator & tooling
- Bathos Tooling
- Metafizzy Logo ๐
- Dmitry Iv. 10USD/month
| Item | Expenditure |
|---|---|
| Logo by Metafizzy | 800 |
| Item | Expenditure |
|---|---|
| Color Name API Server | 264.60/year |
| color.pizza domain name | 36.16/year |
| Cloudflare PRO Plan | 240/year |
Verena the naming overlord , Jess the name wizard , Syl , Stephanie Stutz , Simbiasamba , Jason Wilson , Inรชs Joรฃo , Nick Niles , Qwhex , Ichatdelune , basgys , Shelina S. , Trevor Elia , cheesits456 , Sandhya Subram , BerylBucket , Jimmy Fitzback , TLZ , DarthTorus , Carrion , BlueChaos
In the process we try to remove all names that are offensive or racist, as well as protected brand names. As some of the color names come from other lists, some bad ones might slip in. Please report them, they will be removed as quickly as possible.
