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Universal Color Language, Level 3 Color Names

This page shows color swatches defined by hexadecimal code and named according to the Universal Color Language (UCL) described in COLOR Universal Language and Dictionary of Names (listed in Links). Specifically, this page shows colors named according to the UCL Level 3, where color descriptions consist of 267 color blocks named by a method devised by the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) and the the United States Department of Commerce's National Bureau of Standards (NBS) (now called the National Institute of Standards and Technology). This method is called the ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors.

The ISCC-NBS Method identifies 267 blocks of colors. Each block is given a color name devised using a set of adjectives and suffixes. Each color block defines a range of colors--not a single color--that have the same name. This range of color in each block is an acknowledged disadvantage, but it is pointed out (COLOR, p. 4) that a set of 267 color names is analogous to calendar dates for chronological events. This method is suitable for "a variety of scientific and industrial applications" (COLOR, p. A-13). The UCL at levels above 3 defines finer divisions of colors with no names, rising to approximately five million divisions in UCL Level 6. COLOR also lists color names from various sources for each UCL Level 3 color block (pp. 37-82) and a Dictionary of Color Names which lists thousands of color names and their corresponding UCL Level 3 block(s) (pp. 85-158).

The color blocks of the UCL Level 3 are defined using the Munsell System of color which describes the hue, value, and chroma of colors. I prepared this page using Munsell Renotation Data from the Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology. This data was converted to hexadecimal using formulas given by Easy RGB, and the colors were named according to COLOR, pp. 16-31. Up to 6 swatches per color name were chosen to represent the range of colors in each block. Where fewer than 6 colors are shown, fewer than 6 samples of color were available in that block range in the data.

The block number is given for each of the 267 UCL Level 3 color names. Color swatches are defined by using the hexadecimal code for the color. The swatch shows the Munsell notation for the color in the form Hue Value/Chroma above the hexadecimal code. I was not able to find samples of color for Munsell chroma values under 2, so these color blocks have "No samples available." Remember: each of these 267 color names do not each identify a single color, but a range of colors.

1 vivid pink
2.5R 7/12
#FF8395

 
10RP 7/12
#FF83A3

 
2.5R 7/14
#FF7890

 
10RP 7/14
#FF78A0

 
2.5R 7/16
#FF6B8B

 
10RP 7/16
#FF6B9E

 
2 strong pink
10RP 7/8
#F095A9

 
10RP 7/10
#FD8DA6

 
10RP 8/8
#FFAEC3

 
10RP 8/10
#FFA6C0

 
 
 
3 deep pink
5R 6/8
#D67B7E

 
2.5R 6/10
#E27281

 
10RP 6/10
#E0728C

 
10RP 6/12
#EC698A

 
10RP 6/14
#F85F88

 
 
4 light pink
2.5R 9/4
#FFD7E3

 
5R 9/4
#FFD7DE

 
10RP 9/4
#FFD7E7

 
2.5R 9/6
#FFCFDB

 
5R 9/6
#FFD0D4

 
10RP 9/6
#FFD0E2

 
5 moderate pink
2.5R 7/4
#D3A2AC

 
5R 7/4
#D4A2A8

 
10RP 7/4
#D1A3B0

 
2.5R 7/6
#E39CA6

 
5R 7/6
#E49CA0

 
10RP 7/6
#E19CAD

 
6 dark pink
2.5R 6/6
#C7818B

 
5R 6/6
#C98185

 
10RP 6/6
#C68192

 
 
 
 
7 pale pink
2.5R 9/2
#F6DFEB

 
5R 9/2
#F8DEE9

 
10RP 9/2
#F6DFEC

 
 
 
 
8 grayish pink
2.5R 7/2
#C2A8B2

 
5R 7/2
#C3A8B0

 
10RP 7/2
#C1A8B4

 
 
 
 
9 pinkish whiteNo samples available.
10 pinkish grayNo samples available.
11 vivid red
7.5R 2/14
#810014

 
7.5R 3/14
#A00011

 
7.5R 4/14
#BD1F24

 
7.5R 4/20
#D90000

 
5R 5/18
#F40141

 
5R 6/18
#FF4159

 
12 strong red
2.5R 4/12
#B32B4D

 
5R 4/12
#B32E3D

 
2.5R 5/12
#D34A64

 
5R 5/12
#D44B54

 
 
 
13 deep red
2.5R 3/10
#8D153A

 
5R 3/10
#8D172D

 
7.5R 3/10
#8C1B20

 
 
 
 
14 very deep red
2.5R 1/8
#460024

 
5R 1/8
#48001D

 
7.5R 1/8
#490016

 
2.5R 1/10
#4D0026

 
5R 1/10
#4F001E

 
7.5R 1/10
#500016

 
15 moderate red
5R 4/8
#9E4449

 
5R 4/10
#A93A43

 
5R 5/8
#BB5F63

 
5R 5/10
#C7565C

 
 
 
16 dark red
2.5R 3/4
#6A3A43

 
5R 3/4
#6B3A3E

 
2.5R 3/6
#763240

 
5R 3/6
#763238

 
2.5R 3/8
#82263C

 
5R 3/8
#822832

 
17 very dark red
2.5R 1/4
#360D20

 
5R 1/4
#370D1C

 
2.5R 1/6
#3E0222

 
5R 1/6
#40011C

 
 
 
18 light grayish red
2.5R 6/2
#A88E96

 
5R 6/2
#A88E95

 
7.5R 6/2
#A98E92

 
10R 6/2
#AA8E8F

 
2.5R 6/4
#B88891

 
5R 6/4
#B9888D

 
19 grayish red
7.5R 4/2
#755A5C

 
7.5R 4/4
#855353

 
7.5R 4/6
#924D4A

 
7.5R 5/2
#8E7478

 
5R 5/4
#9F6E72

 
5R 5/6
#AD676A

 
20 dark grayish red
2.5R 3/2
#5C4147

 
5R 3/2
#5D4145

 
 
 
 
 
21 blackish redNo samples available.
22 reddish grayNo samples available.
23 dark reddish grayNo samples available.
24 reddish blackNo samples available.
25 vivid yellowish pink
7.5R 7/12
#FF8576

 
5R 7/14
#FF7980

 
10R 7/14
#FF814E

 
10R 7/16
#FF7937

 
 
 
26 strong yellowish pink
7.5R 7/8
#F5958D

 
5R 7/10
#FF8D90

 
10R 7/10
#FF9072

 
7.5R 8/8
#FFAFA5

 
5R 8/10
#FFA6A8

 
10R 8/10
#FFAA8A

 
27 deep yellowish pink
5R 6/12
#F0696F

 
5R 6/14
#FC5F68

 
 
 
 
 
28 light yellowish pink
2.5YR 9/4
#FFD8CB

 
5YR 9/4
#FFDAC4

 
7.5R 9/4
#FFD7D8

 
10R 9/4
#FFD7D2

 
7.5R 9/6
#FFD0CA

 
10R 9/6
#FFD1C1

 
29 moderate yellowish pink
2.5YR 7/4
#D5A498

 
5YR 7/4
#D3A592

 
 
 
 
 
30 dark yellowish pink
7.5R 6/6
#C9827E

 
 
 
 
 
 
31 pale yellowish pink
2.5YR 9/2
#FBDEE0

 
7.5R 9/2
#F9DEE6

 
7.5YR 9/2
#FBDFD7

 
10R 9/2
#FADEE4

 
 
 
32 grayish yellowish pink
2.5YR 7/2
#C4A8A8

 
7.5R 7/2
#C4A8AE

 
10R 7/2
#C4A8AB

 
 
 
 
33 brownish pink
7.5YR 7/2
#C3AAA1

 
 
 
 
 
 
34 vivid reddish orange
7.5R 5/14
#DD423A

 
10R 5/16
#E04200

 
7.5R 5/20
#FA0014

 
7.5R 6/16
#FF5645

 
10R 6/18
#FF5600

 
 
35 strong reddish orange
7.5R 5/12
#D34D44

 
10R 5/12
#D0522C

 
7.5R 6/12
#F06B5E

 
10R 6/12
#EE6E47

 
 
 
36 deep reddish orange
7.5R 4/12
#B3302E

 
10R 4/12
#AF3615

 
 
 
 
 
37 moderate reddish orange
10R 5/8
#BA624D

 
10R 5/10
#C55A3D

 
10R 6/8
#D67D68

 
10R 6/10
#E27658

 
 
 
38 dark reddish orange
7.5R 4/8
#9E4540

 
10R 4/8
#9D4735

 
7.5R 4/10
#A93C37

 
10R 4/10
#A73F27

 
 
 
39 grayish reddish orange
2.5YR 5/6
#AB6A53

 
10R 5/6
#AD685B

 
2.5YR 6/6
#C7846D

 
10R 6/6
#C88375

 
 
 
40 strong reddish brown
10R 3/8
#802C20

 
10R 3/10
#8A2013

 
10R 3/12
#930C00

 
10R 3/14
#9C0000

 
 
 
41 deep reddish brown
10R 1/6
#410110

 
10R 1/10
#51000B

 
10R 2/6
#581D1C

 
10R 2/10
#6C000C

 
10R 2/14
#800000

 
 
42 light reddish brown
2.5YR 5/4
#9E6F63

 
10R 5/4
#9F6E68

 
2.5YR 6/4
#B9897D

 
10R 6/4
#BB8882

 
 
 
43 moderate reddish brown
7.5R 3/4
#6B3A3A

 
7.5R 3/6
#763332

 
2.5YR 4/4
#845548

 
10R 4/6
#914E42

 
 
 
44 dark reddish brown
7.5R 1/2
#2E151A

 
2.5YR 1/4
#380E0B

 
10R 1/4
#380D13

 
7.5R 2/4
#4F2428

 
 
 
45 light grayish reddish brown
2.5YR 5/2
#8F7472

 
2.5YR 6/2
#AA8E8C

 
 
 
 
 
46 grayish reddish brown
2.5YR 3/2
#5C423E

 
7.5R 3/2
#5D4142

 
10R 3/2
#5C4140

 
2.5YR 4/2
#755A57

 
10R 4/2
#765A5A

 
 
47 dark grayish reddish brown
2.5YR 2/2
#422B29

 
7.5R 2/2
#432B2E

 
10R 2/2
#422B2B

 
 
 
 
48 vivid orange
2.5YR 6/16
#F56B00

 
2.5YR 6/18
#FA6700

 
2.5YR 7/16
#FF8403

 
2.5YR 7/18
#FF8000

 
2.5YR 7/20
#FF7D00

 
 
49 brilliant orange
2.5YR 8/12
#FFA865

 
5YR 8/12
#FFAF54

 
 
 
 
 
50 strong orange
2.5YR 6/12
#E87434

 
5YR 6/12
#DF7B1D

 
2.5YR 7/12
#FF8E4E

 
5YR 7/12
#FF943A

 
 
 
51 deep orange
2.5YR 5/12
#C85A15

 
5YR 5/12
#BF6100

 
 
 
 
 
52 light orange
2.5YR 8/8
#FFB38D

 
5YR 8/8
#FFB781

 
 
 
 
 
53 moderate orange
2.5YR 6/8
#D37F5D

 
5YR 6/8
#CF8250

 
2.5YR 7/8
#F19976

 
5YR 7/8
#EB9D6B

 
 
 
54 brownish orange
2.5YR 5/8
#B76441

 
5YR 5/8
#B26836

 
 
 
 
 
55 strong brown
7.5YR 3/6
#6A3D14

 
7.5YR 3/8
#703A00

 
5YR 4/6
#8B5332

 
5YR 4/8
#934F1F

 
5YR 4/10
#9A4B00

 
5YR 4/12
#9F4800

 
56 deep brown
2.5YR 1/6
#400304

 
2.5YR 1/8
#490000

 
2.5YR 2/6
#571F13

 
5YR 2/6
#542304

 
7.5YR 2/6
#502600

 
2.5YR 2/8
#601601

 
57 light brown
5YR 5/4
#9C715D

 
7.5YR 5/4
#9A7259

 
5YR 6/4
#B78B78

 
7.5YR 6/4
#B58C73

 
 
 
58 moderate brown
5YR 3/4
#653E2D

 
7.5YR 3/4
#634029

 
5YR 4/4
#825743

 
7.5YR 4/4
#7F583E

 
 
 
59 dark brown
5YR 1/2
#2C1711

 
7.5YR 1/2
#2B180E

 
5YR 1/4
#371001

 
5YR 2/4
#4B2819

 
7.5YR 2/4
#482A13

 
 
60 light grayish brown
7.5YR 5/2
#8D766D

 
7.5YR 6/2
#A88F87

 
 
 
 
 
61 grayish brown
7.5YR 3/2
#59433A

 
7.5YR 4/2
#735C52

 
 
 
 
 
62 dark grayish brown
5YR 2/2
#412C27

 
7.5YR 2/2
#3F2D25

 
 
 
 
 
63 light brownish grayNo samples available.
64 brownish grayNo samples available.
65 brownish blackNo samples available.
66 vivid orange yellow
7.5YR 7/16
#FE9700

 
7.5YR 7/18
#FF9500

 
7.5YR 8/16
#FFB000

 
7.5YR 8/18
#FFAF00

 
7.5YR 8/20
#FFAE00

 
 
67 brilliant orange yellowNo samples available.
68 strong orange yellow
7.5YR 7/12
#F59A26

 
10YR 7/12
#EBA004

 
 
 
 
 
69 deep orange yellow
7.5YR 6/12
#D68000

 
10YR 6/12
#CC8600

 
 
 
 
 
70 light orange yellow
7.5YR 9/8
#FFD68F

 
10YR 9/8
#FFDA86

 
 
 
 
 
71 moderate orange yellow
7.5YR 7/8
#E6A061

 
10YR 7/8
#DFA456

 
 
 
 
 
72 dark orange yellow
7.5YR 6/8
#C98646

 
10YR 6/8
#C2893B

 
 
 
 
 
73 pale orange yellow
7.5YR 8/4
#ECC1A6

 
10YR 8/4
#E8C3A1

 
7.5YR 9/4
#FFDCBE

 
10YR 9/4
#FFDEB9

 
 
 
74 strong yellowish brown
10YR 4/8
#875602

 
10YR 5/6
#9F713B

 
10YR 5/8
#A56F20

 
10YR 5/10
#AA6E00

 
10YR 5/12
#AC6D00

 
 
75 deep yellowish brown
10YR 3/6
#65400B

 
10YR 3/8
#6A3E00

 
 
 
 
 
76 light yellowish brown
10YR 6/4
#B18E6D

 
7.5YR 7/4
#D1A68D

 
10YR 7/4
#CDA887

 
 
 
 
77 moderate yellowish brown
10YR 4/4
#7B5A3A

 
10YR 5/4
#967454

 
 
 
 
 
78 dark yellowish brown
10YR 1/2
#29190A

 
10YR 2/4
#462B0E

 
10YR 3/4
#5F4225

 
 
 
 
79 light grayish yellowish brownNo samples available.
80 grayish yellowish brown
10YR 4/2
#715D4F

 
10YR 5/2
#8B766A

 
 
 
 
 
81 dark grayish yellowish brown
10YR 2/2
#3D2E23

 
10YR 3/2
#564438

 
 
 
 
 
82 vivid yellow
5Y 6/14
#B89000

 
5Y 7/14
#D6AA00

 
5Y 8/12
#F0C600

 
5Y 8/16
#F4C500

 
2.5Y 9/12
#FFDB3F

 
5Y 9/18
#FFE100

 
83 brilliant yellow
2.5Y 9/10
#FFDC62

 
5Y 9/10
#FFE259

 
 
 
 
 
84 strong yellow
2.5Y 7/10
#DCA62B

 
5Y 7/10
#D1AB1C

 
 
 
 
 
85 deep yellow
2.5Y 6/10
#BF8C00

 
5Y 6/10
#B59100

 
 
 
 
 
86 light yellow
2.5Y 9/6
#FFDF9A

 
5Y 9/6
#FFE395

 
 
 
 
 
87 moderate yellow
2.5Y 7/6
#D0A969

 
5Y 7/6
#C8AC64

 
 
 
 
 
88 dark yellow
2.5Y 6/6
#B48F4F

 
5Y 6/6
#AD924A

 
 
 
 
 
89 pale yellow
2.5Y 9/4
#FFE1B5

 
5Y 9/4
#F9E3B2

 
 
 
 
 
90 grayish yellow
2.5Y 7/4
#C8AA83

 
5Y 7/4
#C2AD80

 
 
 
 
 
91 dark grayish yellow
2.5Y 6/4
#AC9069

 
5Y 6/4
#A79266

 
 
 
 
 
92 yellowish whiteNo samples available.
93 yellowish grayNo samples available.
94 light olive brown
2.5Y 5/2
#897868

 
2.5Y 5/4
#917650

 
2.5Y 5/6
#997534

 
2.5Y 5/8
#9E7315

 
2.5Y 5/10
#A17200

 
2.5Y 5/12
#A37200

 
95 moderate olive brown
2.5Y 3/4
#5B4422

 
2.5Y 4/2
#6E5E4E

 
2.5Y 4/6
#7C5B1E

 
2.5Y 4/10
#835900

 
 
 
96 dark olive brown
2.5Y 1/2
#261A08

 
2.5Y 2/2
#3B2F22

 
2.5Y 2/4
#422D09

 
 
 
 
97 vivid greenish yellow
7.5Y 7/12
#C9AF00

 
10Y 7/16
#BFB300

 
7.5Y 8/16
#E8CA00

 
10Y 9/12
#F8E91F

 
7.5Y 9/18
#FFE600

 
 
98 brilliant greenish yellow
7.5Y 9/10
#FFE555

 
10Y 9/10
#F6E853

 
 
 
 
 
99 strong greenish yellow
7.5Y 7/10
#C7AF13

 
10Y 7/10
#BEB20D

 
 
 
 
 
100 deep greenish yellow
7.5Y 6/10
#AB9400

 
10Y 6/10
#A29700

 
 
 
 
 
101 light greenish yellow
7.5Y 9/6
#F9E594

 
10Y 9/6
#F3E794

 
 
 
 
 
102 moderate greenish yellow
7.5Y 7/6
#C1AF63

 
10Y 7/6
#BBB163

 
 
 
 
 
103 dark greenish yellow
7.5Y 6/6
#A69448

 
10Y 6/6
#9F9649

 
 
 
 
 
104 pale greenish yellow
7.5Y 9/4
#F5E4B1

 
10Y 9/4
#F1E6B0

 
 
 
 
 
105 grayish greenish yellow
7.5Y 7/4
#BDAE7F

 
10Y 7/4
#B9B07F

 
 
 
 
 
106 light olive
10Y 5/4
#827C4C

 
10Y 5/6
#847C2F

 
10Y 5/8
#857D00

 
10Y 5/10
#867D00

 
10Y 5/12
#867D00

 
 
107 moderate olive
10Y 3/4
#4E4920

 
10Y 3/6
#4F4900

 
10Y 4/4
#686234

 
10Y 4/6
#696216

 
10Y 4/8
#6A6300

 
 
108 dark olive
5Y 1/2
#241B08

 
7.5Y 1/2
#221C0A

 
10Y 1/2
#1F1D0D

 
5Y 2/4
#3E2F05

 
7.5Y 2/4
#3A3004

 
10Y 2/4
#363207

 
109 light grayish olive
10Y 5/2
#807A67

 
10Y 6/2
#9B9480

 
 
 
 
 
110 grayish olive
5Y 3/2
#514737

 
7.5Y 3/2
#4F4737

 
10Y 3/2
#4C4837

 
5Y 4/2
#6B5F4D

 
7.5Y 4/2
#68604D

 
10Y 4/2
#64614E

 
111 dark grayish olive
5Y 2/2
#393022

 
7.5Y 2/2
#363122

 
10Y 2/2
#343123

 
 
 
 
112 light olive grayNo samples available.
113 olive grayNo samples available.
114 olive blackNo samples available.
115 vivid yellow green
7.5GY 6/12
#61A603

 
2.5GY 7/14
#AFB700

 
5GY 8/12
#B9D718

 
2.5GY 8/18
#CAD400

 
2.5GY 9/14
#E7EF00

 
7.5GY 9/18
#97FF00

 
116 brilliant yellow green
5GY 8/8
#C1D36B

 
2.5GY 8/10
#CCD13E

 
7.5GY 8/10
#A3DA65

 
5GY 9/8
#DDEE7E

 
2.5GY 9/10
#E8ED57

 
7.5GY 9/10
#BDF677

 
117 strong yellow green
7.5GY 5/8
#5A8634

 
7.5GY 5/10
#4F8913

 
7.5GY 6/8
#75A14B

 
7.5GY 6/10
#6BA431

 
7.5GY 7/8
#91BC66

 
7.5GY 7/10
#87BF4D

 
118 deep yellow green
2.5GY 4/8
#5F6600

 
5GY 4/8
#536900

 
7.5GY 4/8
#3E6C18

 
5GY 4/10
#4F6A00

 
7.5GY 4/10
#316E00

 
 
119 light yellow green
5GY 8/4
#C9CE9E

 
2.5GY 8/6
#CECE7F

 
7.5GY 8/6
#B4D492

 
5GY 9/4
#E5E9B4

 
2.5GY 9/6
#EAEA96

 
7.5GY 9/6
#CFF0A7

 
120 moderate yellow green
7.5GY 5/4
#6D805D

 
7.5GY 5/6
#64844A

 
7.5GY 6/4
#879B75

 
7.5GY 6/6
#7F9E62

 
7.5GY 7/4
#A2B58E

 
7.5GY 7/6
#9AB97B

 

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