Carnelian is a color named after the carnelian variety of the mineral chalcedony. This semi-precious gemstone is noted for its rich shade of reddish-brown.Another name for this color is Cornell […]
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Mikado yellow
Mikado yellow is a shade of yellow. The color is displayed at right.It is One of the official colors of Oberlin College (the other is cardinal red) A color once […]
Duke blue
Duke blue is a dark blue tertiary color associated with Duke University.
White
White is the color of milk and fresh snow the color produced by the combination of all the colors of the visible spectrum. As a symbol white is the opposite […]
Wine (color)
At right is displayed the color wine.The color wine is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the average color of red wine. The first recorded use […]
Cinereous
Cinereous is a colour meaning ashy grey in appearance either consisting of or resembling ashes or a grey colour tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin cinereous […]
Fulvous
Fulvous /ˈfʊlvəs/ is a colour sometimes described as dull reddish-yellow brownish-yellow or tawny it can also be likened to a variation of buff beige or butterscotch. As an adjective it […]
Cordovan (color)
Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Cordoba Spain where the production of shell cordovan leather […]
Candy apple red (color)
Candy apple red (occasionally known as apple-candy red) is the name code used by manufacturing companies to define a shade of red similar to the red sugar coating on candied […]
Shades of red
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue chroma (also called saturation intensity or colorfulness) or lightness (or value tone or brightness) or in two or three of these […]