Color terms

Updated: 02/04/2024 by Computer Hope

Color terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 70 terms like black, magenta, transparent, and amber. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'C' to find terms like 'CMYK' in the 'C' section.

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Black
32-bit color
Magenta
Transparent
LED
Yellow
Red
Silver
16-bit color
Amber

Number

16-bit color
32-bit color

A

Access light
Achromatic
Amber
AMOLED
Aqua

B

Bgcolor
Black
Blood
Blood red
Blue
Blue light
Brightness
Brown

C
Color look-up table

CGA
Charcoal
CLUT
CMYK
Cold
Cold color
Color
Color-coded
Color depth
Color Gamut
Color Graphics Adapter
Color name
Color printer
Color profile
Color subsampling
Complementary color
Contrast
Cool color
CSS shorthand

D

Dim
Dithering
Dun

E

Currently, no listings.

F

Feather
Four-color process
Fuchsia

G

Generic color name
Gold
Grayscale
Green

H

Halftone
Hex
Hexadecimal
High dynamic range
HSB
HSI
HSL
HSLA
HSV
Hue

I

ICC
Indigo
Intensity bit
IPS display
IRGB

J

Currently, no listings.

K

Currently, no listings.

L

LED
Light
Lookup table
LUT

M

Magenta
Monochrome

N

Neon

O

OLED
Opaque
Opposite color

P

Palette
Pastel
Pink
PMS
Primary color
Process color
Purple

Q

QLED

R

Red
RGB
RGBA

S

Saturation
Silver
Split complementary color
Spot color

T

Transparent
Trichromatic
Triplet
True color

U

Currently, no listings.

V

Currently, no listings.

W

W3C color names
Warm
Warm colors
Web safe colors
White

X

Currently, no listings.

Y

Yellow

Z

Currently, no listings.

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