32+ Common Color Names for Easy Reference

Are you tired of the other kids at Summer Color Camp laughing at you because you thought chartreuse was a shade of pink? Still having nightmares about the time you called a Salmon colored dress Mauve? With our help you’ll never call Azure, Aquamarine again and will be name dropping colors like they’re hot potatoes.

Our guide isn’t an exact science, depending on our monitor color calibration, brightness and even how good our eyes are… we all see a slightly different color. So, we took the color names that are used most often and best guessed the appropriate colors based on web standards and common usage.

Ivory   HEX:#FFFFF0RGB:255, 255, 240CMYK: 1, 0, 6, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Ivory

Beige   HEX:#F5F5DCRGB:245, 245, 220CMYK: 1, 0, 24, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Beige

Wheat   HEX:#F5DEB3RGB:245, 222, 179CMYK: 4, 11, 32, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Wheat

Tan   HEX:#D2B48CRGB:210, 180, 140CMYK: 18, 28, 48, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Tan

Khaki   HEX:#C3B091RGB:195, 176, 145CMYK: 25, 28, 45, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Khaki

Silver   HEX:#C0C0C0RGB:192, 192, 192CMYK: 25, 20, 20, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Silver

Gray   HEX:#808080RGB:128, 128, 128CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8 Find Color Palettes Using Gray

Charcoal   HEX:#464646RGB:70, 70, 70CMYK: 67, 60, 58, 42 Find Color Palettes Using Charcoal

Navy Blue   HEX:#000080RGB:0, 0, 128CMYK: 100, 98, 14, 17 Find Color Palettes Using Navy Blue

Royal Blue   HEX:#084C9ERGB:8, 76, 158CMYK: 100, 80, 4, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Royal Blue

Medium Blue   HEX:#0000CDRGB:0, 0, 205CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8 Find Color Palettes Using Medium Blue

Azure   HEX:#007FFFRGB:0, 127, 255CMYK: 77, 51, 0, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Azure

Cyan   HEX:#00FFFFRGB:0, 255, 255CMYK: 52, 0, 13, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Cyan

Aquamarine   HEX:#7FFFD4RGB:127, 255, 212CMYK: 40, 0, 30, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Aquamarine

Teal   HEX:#008080RGB:0, 128, 128CMYK: 86, 31, 49, 8 Find Color Palettes Using Teal

Forest Green   HEX:#228B22RGB:34, 139, 34CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Forest Green

Olive   HEX:#808000RGB:128, 128, 0CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Olive

Chartreuse   HEX:#7FFF00RGB:127, 255, 0CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Chartreuse

Lime   HEX:#BFFF00RGB:191, 255, 0CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Lime

Golden   HEX:#FFD700RGB:255, 215, 0CMYK: 1, 13, 100, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Golden

Goldenrod   HEX:#DAA520RGB:218, 165, 32CMYK: 15, 35, 100, 1 Find Color Palettes Using Goldenrod

Coral   HEX:#FF7F50RGB:255, 127, 80CMYK: 0, 63, 72, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Coral

Salmon   HEX:#FA8072RGB:250, 128, 114CMYK: 0, 63, 49, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Salmon

Hot Pink   HEX:#FC0FC0RGB:252, 15, 192CMYK: 10, 87, 0, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Hot Pink

Fuchsia   HEX:#FF77FFRGB:255, 119, 255CMYK: 16, 57, 0, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Fuschia

Puce   HEX:#CC8899RGB:204, 136, 153CMYK: 19, 54, 25, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Puce

Mauve   HEX:#E0B0FFRGB:224, 176, 255CMYK: 27, 41, 0, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Mauve

Lavender   HEX:#B57EDCRGB:181, 126, 220CMYK: 35, 55, 0, 0 Find Color Palettes Using Lavender

Plum   HEX:#843179RGB:132, 49, 121CMYK: 55, 95, 20, 4 Find Color Palettes Using Plum

Indigo   HEX:#4B0082RGB:75, 0, 130CMYK: 86, 100, 11, 8 Find Color Palettes Using Indigo

Maroon   HEX:#800000RGB:128, 0, 0CMYK: 29, 100, 100, 38 Find Color Palettes Using Maroon

Crimson   HEX:#DC143CRGB:220, 20, 60CMYK: 7, 100, 78, 1 Find Color Palettes Using Crimson

Do You Agree or Disagree?

The above colors are based on common use in web standards… Do you think our Salmon is a bit too Peach? Maybe our Forest Green is a bit too Grass? Show us your suggestions for commonly used color names.

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