X - Xanthous, Xanadu, and Other Exciting Names For Colors (Colour)

Xanthous, Xanadu, and Other Exciting Names For Colors (Colour):

Black: anthracite, black pearl, blue-black, coal, ebony, inky, jet, licorice, midnight, obsidian onyx, pitch, raven, shadow, soot/sooty, tar

Blue: aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby, blue-gray, blue-green, cadet, Caribbean, cerulean, cobalt, cornflower, delft, denim, electric, federal, indigo, jay, lapis, marine, midnight, navy, neon, ocean, peacock, periwinkle, powder, robin’s egg, royal , sapphire, sky, soldier, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgewood, cyan, glaucous, iceberg, iris steel blue

Blown/Beige: almond, amber, bay, bronze, brunette, buckskin, cafe au lait, caramel, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, dirt, earth, ecru, espresso, fawn, ginger, khaki, London tan, mahogany, maple, mocha, mud, mushroom, nut, nutmeg, oatmeal, peanut butter pecan, raisin, roan, rosewood, sable, saddle, sandy, sepia, sienna, sorrel, tan/tanned, taupe, tawny, toffee, tortoise shell, tumbleweed, umber, walnut, burnt umber, auburn, buff, fawn, wheat

Gray (US) or Grey (UK): ash, charcoal, chrome, dove, pearl, silver, gunmetal, smoky, soot, steel, Arsenic, storm, mist Platinum, Xanadu

Green: apple, asparagus, avocado, celadon, hazel, celery chartreuse, emerald, forest, grass, hunter, jade, Kelly, leaf, lettuce, lime malachite, mint, mist, moss, olive, Palmolive, pea, peridot, pine, pistachio, puce, sage, sea foam, seaweed shamrock, spring, verdant, pear, camouflage, clover, fern, honey dew, myrtle, tea, teal, pine, spruce, spring

Orange: apricot, auburn, burnt orange, carrot, copper, coral, goldfish, mandarin, nectarine, peach, persimmon, rust(y), salmon, shrimp, tangerine, terra cotta, amber, champagne, coral, flaming, gamboge, gold, pumpkin, papaya, tangerine

Pink: almond pink, blush, bubblegum, carnation, cotton candy, electric, flamingo, fuchsia, hot, neon, petal, rose, rubescent, shocking, amaranth, amaranth, cherry blossom, coral, fandango, hot magenta, puce, tea rose, thulian

Purple: amethyst, grape, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, mauve, plum, royal tyrian, violet, wisteria, wood violet, periwinkle, eggplant, indigo, orchid, thistle

Red: apple, beat, blood, brick, burgundy, candy apple, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, cinnabar, claret, cochineal, cranberry, crimson, currant, fire engine, flame, garret, henna, lobster, maroon, ox-blood, poppy, radish, raspberry, rose, rubicund, ruby, russet, scarlet, siam, strawberry, titian tomato, vermillion, wine, amaranth, auburn, cerise, coquelicot, coral red, lava, persimmon, redwood, rosewood, rust

White: alabaster, argent, bleached, bone, buff, cadminum, chalk, china, cream ecru, eggshell, ivory, lily, linen, magnolia, marble, milky mist, moonstone, Navajo, off-white, opal, oyster, parchment, pearl, porcelain, quartz, snow, vanilla, white jade, beige, ghost white, old lace, seashell

Yellow: ash blond, blond, brassy, burnished, butter, buttercup, daffodil, fool’s gold, gold(en), goldenrod, honey, jonquil, lemon, ochre, palomino, platinum, primrose, dun, tawny, flaxen, sandy, straw, hay, citron, canary, topaz, ochre, sulfur, mustard, butterscotch, yellow-green, dandelion, wheat, amber, sunglow, maize, citrine, aureolin, xanthous

Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors

For more fun color names visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors