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The Most Important Colours in English

This list gives the names of the most important colours in English, with examples and for those interested, the hexadecimal (#hex) and decimal (rgb) colour codes. These codes are used in for instance web-design and computer graphics. and indicate how much red, green, blue needs to be mixed to provide the given colour.

First posted: 2018-12-05
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Colour HEX RGB
orange #FFA500 rgb(155,165,0)
red #FF0000 rgb(255,0,0)
brown #772211 rgb(119,34,17)
yellow #FFFF00 rgb(255,255,0)
green #00FF00 rgb(0,255,0)
dark green #008000 rgb(0,128,0)
light blue #ADD8E6 rgb(173,216,230)
blue #0000FF rgb(0,0,255)
purple #990099 rgb(153,0,153)
pink #FFC0CB rgb(155,192,203)
white #FFFFFF rgb(255,255,255)
grey #808080 rgb(128,128,128)
black #000000 rgb(0,0,0)

A Dutch version of this list of colours is available here.