Having a variety of color names at my fingertips helps me to create specificity in my writing. I love to stop in the paint section of a hardware store and find new names for red or white or yellow.

One of my ongoing word collections is of colors. Ingrid has purple hair – or perhaps I should say amethyst! She’s a YA writer and children’s book illustrator who says: These are pretty and inspiring for creatives, like writers, artists, and fashion designers. Now there are 349 color names.Īnd not the eye-popping, fluorescent, old-school web 1.0 shades of color you’ll find on many sites. Plus I’ve added more, with links to their hex codes and RGB values. → and 20 blacks – or names for black, anyway! Most appear to be the same inky hue. → 20 color names for gray shades and tints

→ 20 deep, bright, and light red color names She’s come up with 20 different shades of white… as well as: I know you love color, so I wanted to share it with you! If you’re in search of more creative and unique color names than the basic “red” or “blue,” you’re in luck! Here’s a cool color names infographic by Ingrid Sundberg.

Different words for orange