210 named colors

Color Dictionary.

Every named color in the archive — from Hermosa Pink to Cossack Green. Each entry links to every palette that uses it, so you can trace one color across the full dictionary.

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Black 23 palettes

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Pale Lemon Yellow 19 palettes

#bb7125

Raw Sienna 19 palettes

#f5ecc2

Sulpher Yellow 18 palettes

#ebd3a2

Ivory Buff 16 palettes

#b5decc

Turquoise Green 16 palettes

#f8ed43

Lemon Yellow 15 palettes

#fdbf68

Cream Yellow 14 palettes

#f37f94

Eosine Pink 14 palettes

#F8F4E9

Kinari 生成 14 palettes

#f99d1b

Yellow Orange 14 palettes

#007190

Antwarp Blue 13 palettes

#97acc8

Salvia Blue 13 palettes

#34454c

Slate Color 13 palettes

#006eb8

Blue 12 palettes

#a62c37

Carmine Red 12 palettes

#96d1aa

Cobalt Green 12 palettes

#f8b6ba

Corinthian Pink 12 palettes

#b6bfc1

Neutral Gray 12 palettes

#4f4086

Violet 12 palettes

#a36aa5

Aconite Violet 11 palettes

#00978d

Benzol Green 11 palettes

#793327

Hay's Russet 11 palettes

#00b49b

Sea Green 11 palettes

#40456a

Violet Blue 11 palettes

#ffdd00

Apricot Yellow 10 palettes

#78cdd0

Calamine BLue 10 palettes

#1c4286

Deep Lyons Blue 10 palettes

#253122

Deep Slate Olive 10 palettes

#f3a257

Golden Yellow 10 palettes

#f48067

Grenadine Pink 10 palettes

#b59392

Light Brown Drab 10 palettes

#a5c8d1

Light Glaucous Blue 10 palettes

#d8a37b

Ochraceous Salmon 10 palettes

#2B2B2B

Sumi 墨 10 palettes

#ae5224

Burnt Sienna 9 palettes

#fdc57e

Cinnamon Buff 9 palettes

#437742

Cossack Green 9 palettes

#099197

Green Blue 9 palettes

#a7d4e4

Pale King's Blue 9 palettes

#eeb480

Pinkish Cinnamon 9 palettes

#fdd4bd

Seashell Pink 9 palettes

#cc1236

Carmine 8 palettes

#0093a5

Cerulian Blue 8 palettes

#b2b73e

Citron Yellow 8 palettes

#1e0e3f

Dull Violet Black 8 palettes

#004f46

Dusky Green 8 palettes

#c2ae93

Ecru 8 palettes

#da525d

Eugenia Red | B 8 palettes

#F4EEE0

Gofun 胡粉 8 palettes

#c0a9b3

Grayish Lavender - B 8 palettes

#005b8d

Helvetia Blue 8 palettes

#fcb315

Orange Yellow 8 palettes

#802626

Pale Burnt Lake 8 palettes

#f15a30

Peach Red 8 palettes

#59256a

Red Violet 8 palettes

Yellow Ocher 8 palettes

#c27544

Cinnamon Rufous 7 palettes

#501345

Cotinga Purple 7 palettes

#12354e

Dark Tyrian Blue 7 palettes

#051230

Deep Indigo 7 palettes

#c55347

Etruscan Red 7 palettes

#b5b1d8

Grayish Lavender - A 7 palettes

#9a72aa

Light Mauve 7 palettes

#762c19

Madder Brown 7 palettes

Olive Ocher 7 palettes

#5a82b3

Olympic Blue 7 palettes

#f37420

Orange 7 palettes

#f27291

Spinel Red 7 palettes

#7a4456

Taupe Brown 7 palettes

#064f6e

Vandar Poel's Blue 7 palettes

#eea78c

Vinaceous Cinnamon 7 palettes

#e0b3b6

Cameo Pink 6 palettes

#112f2c

Deep Slate Green 6 palettes

#1a7444

Diamine Green 6 palettes

#4e1d4c

Dusky Madder Violet 6 palettes

#b4cdc2

Glaucous Green 6 palettes

#555832

Lincoln Green 6 palettes

#fbe6a0

Naples Yellow 6 palettes

#ab2439

Pompeian Red 6 palettes

#b73f74

Rosolanc Purple 6 palettes

#4b3317

Vandyke Brown 6 palettes

#62c6bf

Venice Green 6 palettes

#6d4145

Vistoris Lake 6 palettes

#6450a1

Blue Violet 5 palettes

English Red 5 palettes

Light Green Yellow 5 palettes

#c1c494

Olive Buff 5 palettes

#71502f

Pale Raw Umber 5 palettes

#8fa071

Rainette Green 5 palettes

#dd4027

Red Orange 5 palettes

#c19f2c

Sulphine Yellow 5 palettes

#82241f

Vandyke Red 5 palettes

#afd472

Yellow Green 5 palettes

#f68c50

Apricot Orange 4 palettes

#7c4226

Brown 4 palettes

#719470

Chromium Green 4 palettes

#f58e84

Coral Red 4 palettes

#8b835b

Dark Citrine 4 palettes

#547076

Dark Medici Blue 4 palettes

#009465

Dull Viridian Green 4 palettes

#c5a56e

Isabella Color 4 palettes

#eb5324

Jasper Red 4 palettes

#ca92a8

Laelia Pink 4 palettes

#b984af

Lilac 4 palettes

#87c540

Night Green 4 palettes

#d46d7a

Old Rose 4 palettes

#6b7140

Olive Green 4 palettes

#a6a159

Olive Yellow 4 palettes

#cab356

Pyrite Yellow 4 palettes

#e31f26

Spectrum Red 4 palettes

#8c4c62

Veronia Purple 4 palettes

#42533e

Blackish Olive 3 palettes

#96874d

Buffy Citrine 3 palettes

#66629c

Dark Soft Violet 3 palettes

#70727c

Deep Violet / Plumbeous 3 palettes

#bf5892

Eupatorium Purple 3 palettes

Hermosa Pink 3 palettes

#1B2A4E

Kon 紺 3 palettes

#00908a

Light Porcelain Green 3 palettes

#4C5D3F

Matsuba 松葉 3 palettes

#819238

Oil Green 3 palettes

#c16b27

Orange Rufous 3 palettes

Sudan Brown 3 palettes

#c56127

Vinaceous Tawny 3 palettes

#1C3D5A

Ai 藍 2 palettes

#6d7e77

Andover Green 2 palettes

#709390

Artemesia Green 2 palettes

Dark Greenish Glaucous 2 palettes

#704357

Dark Slate Purple 2 palettes

#635a3a

Deep Grayish Olive 2 palettes

#80719e

Dull Blue Violet 2 palettes

#c53c69

Indian Lake 2 palettes

#4B2E20

Kogecha 焦茶 2 palettes

#806e4b

Light Brownish Olive 2 palettes

#848061

Light Grayish Olive 2 palettes

#a2b0ad

Mineral Gray 2 palettes

#ab544d

Ochre Red 2 palettes

#986f2d

Orange Citrine 2 palettes

#7d133a

Pansy Purple 2 palettes

#00939b

Peacock Blue 2 palettes

#648f7b

Pistachio Green 2 palettes

#b71f57

Pomegranite Purple 2 palettes

Edo-murasaki 江戸紫 1 palette

Eugenia Red | A 1 palette

#f6917e

Fresh Color 1 palette

Hydrangea Red 1 palette

#D66B37

Kaki 柿 1 palette

#8A6A47

Kakishibu 柿渋 1 palette

#DCCB7A

Kariyasu 刈安 1 palette

Krongbergs Green 1 palette

Light Pinkish Cinnamon 1 palette

#c59f6b

Maple 1 palette

#653514

Mars Brown Tobacco 1 palette

#A7B86B

Matcha 抹茶 1 palette

#B4D6E5

Mizu-iro 水色 1 palette

Nadeshiko 撫子 1 palette

#F3EBDA

Neri-iro 練色 1 palette

#8A8A8A

Nezumi 鼠 1 palette

#DCCB6E

Ominaeshi 女郎花 1 palette

#84565b

Purple Drab 1 palette

#878A74

Rikyū-nezumi 利休鼠 1 palette

Suna-iro 砂色 1 palette

Violet Carmine 1 palette

#642d5e

Violet Red 1 palette

#A3C293

Wakatake 若竹 1 palette

#ffffff

White 1 palette

#F5B71C

Yamabuki 山吹 1 palette

Library

Books on colour

Where these colours come from — histories and field guides to the individual hues. Recommended on Amazon.

Sean Adams

The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Abrams, 2017.

A practical, example-filled guide to thirty key colors and the way they behave together. Working-designer companion to Wada's historical archive.

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Leatrice Eiseman & Keith Recker

Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color

Chronicle Books, 2011.

A decade-by-decade visual history of color in design, advertising, and culture from 1900 to 2000. The modern complement to Wada's pre-war record.

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Jim Krause

Color Index XL

Watson-Guptill, 2017.

1,100+ ready-to-apply palettes with CMYK + RGB formulas. The shelf-reference designers reach for on deadline.

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Color Dictionary.

The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color

Color Index XL

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