A-Z Color Game

[BikerBoy]

Chartreuse

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Desert

 

Desert is a color that resembles the color of the flat areas of a desert.

 

The first recorded use of desert as a color name in English was in 1920.

 

The normalized color coordinates for desert are identical to fallow, wood brown and camel, which were

first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1886, and 1916, respectively.

[Beowulf25]

Eucalyptus

[miok222]

Flavescent

[BJtheDJ]

Granny Smith Apple

[Beowulf25]

Harlequin

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Irresistible

 

The color irresistible first came into use in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948

that is widely used by interior designers.

 

The normalized color coordinates for irresistible are identical to raspberry rose, which was first recorded

as a color name in English in 1950.

[BikerBoy]

Jordy Blue

[BJtheDJ]

KSU Purple

For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State

University. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal

Purple. [compare with Royal purple: 17th century]

 

For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion

from Pantone 268+

[Beowulf25]

Lime

[BikerBoy]

Magenta

[BJtheDJ]

Nadeshinko Pink

 

[BikerBoy]

Orange

[miok222]

Purpureus

[BJtheDJ]

Quick Silver