Adjectives to Describe Colors When you're a creative type, the box of 8 crayons just won't do. Neither will the basic words to describe colors
With over 250 colorful words to describe colors, shades, tints and hues your descriptions will take readers imaginations over the rainbow.
A Absinthe Alabaster Albino Almond Amaranth Amber Amethyst Apricot Aqua Aquamarine Ash Aubergine Auburn Avocado Azure
B Baby Blue Banana Beige Begonia Birch Bisque Black Blonde Blue Blue Green Blue Violet Blush Bone Bordeaux Brass Brick Brindle Bronze Brown Buff Burgundy Burnt Orange Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber
C Camel Cameo Canary Caramel Cardinal Carmine Carnelian Celadon Cerise Cerulean Champagne Charcoal Chartreuse Chestnut Chocolate Chrome Cinnamon Citrine Claret Clear Cobalt Cocoa Coffee Color Complementary Copper Coral Cordovan Cornflower Cranberry Cream Crimson Crystalline Cyan
D Dark Denim Desert Sand Drab Dull Dusty Rose
E Ebony Ecru Eggplant Eggshell Emerald
F Flax Flamingo Pink Flesh Forest Green Fuchsia
G Gold Goldenrod Gray Green Grey
H Henna Hot Pink Hue Hyacinth Hydrangea
I Indigo Iridescent Ivory
J Jade Jet Jungle Green
K Kelly Green Khaki
L Lapis Lavender Lemon Light Lilac Lime Linen
M Magenta Mahogany Maize Maroon Mauve Melon Mink Mint Mocha Mulberry Mustard
N Navy Blue Nutmeg
O Oatmeal Obsidian Ochre Olive Opal Opaque Orange Orchid Oyster
P Pale Paprika Pastel Peach Pearl Periwinkle Persimmon Pewter Pink Platinum Plum Poppy Primary Primrose Puce Pumpkin Purple
R Rainbow Raspberry Raven Red Rose Rouge Ruby Ruddy Russet Rust
S Sable Saffron Sage Salmon Sand Sapphire Scarlet Seafoam Seashell Sea Green Secondary Sepia Shade Shamrock Sienna Silver Slate Spectrum Spruce Slate Steel Blue Stone Straw Strawberry
T Tan Tangerine Taupe Teal Terracotta Thistle Tint Tomato Topaz Turquoise
U Ultramarine Umber
V Vanilla Verdant Verdigris Vermeil Vermilion Violet Viridian
W Watermelon Wheat White Wine Wisteria
Y Yellow