colors | NBS/ISCC RC
Rock-Color Chart
Kenneth L. Kelly and Deanne B. Judd.
"Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names",
National Bureau of Standards,
Spec. Publ. 440, Dec. 1976, 189 pages.


Color Name Dictionary: (RC) Rock-Color Chart

National Research Council,
Rock-Color Chart

This combinatorial field-work dictionary's 95 names map to 120 colors, using 89 of 267 centoids. This is less redundant than the others. Unfortunately, the focus on rock colors will not make for a general purpose dictionary.

http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/Color/Dictionaries#RC
Swatch | List | Palette | 120 colors

black
#222222

blackish red
#543d3f

bluish white
#e9e9ed

brilliant green
#6aab8e

brownish black
#3e322c

brownish gray
#5b504f

dark greenish gray
#5e716a

dark greenish gray
#4e5755

dark greenish yellow
#98943e

dark reddish brown
#79443b

dark yellowish brown
#7e6d5a

dark yellowish green
#355e3b

dark yellowish orange
#be8a3d

dusky blue
#536878

dusky blue
#36454f

dusky blue-green
#3a4b47

dusky brown
#3e322c

dusky green
#1b4d3e

dusky red
#722f37

dusky yellow
#a18f60

dusky yellow green
#8f9779

dusky yellowish brown
#483c32

dusky yellowish green
#355e3b

dusky yellowish green
#3a4b47

grayish black
#222222

grayish blue
#536878

grayish blue
#8c92ac

grayish blue-green
#5e716a

grayish blue-green
#317873

grayish brown
#635147

grayish green
#5e716a

grayish green
#317873

grayish olive
#5b5842

grayish olive green
#515744

grayish orange
#c19a6b

grayish orange pink
#c7ada3

grayish pink
#ead8d7

grayish purple
#796878

grayish red
#905d5d

grayish red
#674c47

grayish red purple
#796878

grayish yellow
#c2b280

grayish yellow green
#8f9779

greenish black
#31362b

greenish black
#3a4b47

greenish black
#1a2421

greenish black
#4e5755

greenish black
#1e2321

greenish gray
#8da399

greenish gray
#7d8984

light blue
#66aabc

light blue green
#66ada4

light brown
#ae6938

light brown
#a67b5b

light brownish gray
#8e8279

light gray
#b9b8b5

light green
#6aab8e

light greenish gray
#b2beb5

light olive
#867e36

light olive brown
#867e36

light olive-gray
#8e8279

light olive-gray
#8a8776

light red
#c08081

medium bluish gray
#81878b

medium gray
#848482

medium gray
#555555

moderate blue
#367588

moderate blue green
#317873

moderate brown
#6f4e37

moderate green
#3b7861

moderate greenish yellow
#b9b57d

moderate olive brown
#665d1e

moderate orange pink
#f4c2c2

moderate orange pink
#d9a6a9

moderate pink
#dea5a4

moderate red
#905d5d

moderate reddish brown
#9e4732

moderate reddish orange
#b4745e

moderate yellow
#c9ae5d

moderate yellow green
#8a9a5b

moderate yellowish brown
#826644

moderate yellowish green
#679267

olive black
#363527

olive black
#57554c

olive gray
#57554c

pale blue
#66aabc

pale blue
#91a3b0

pale blue green
#8da399

pale brown
#977f73

pale green
#8da399

pale greenish yellow
#dadfb7

pale olive
#8c8767

pale pink
#e8ccd7

pale purple
#aa98a9

pale red
#ad8884

pale red
#977f73

pale red purple
#aa98a9

pale reddish brown
#a87c6d

pale yellowish brown
#ae9b82

pale yellowish green
#8da399

pale yellowish orange
#fad6a5

pinkish gray
#c1b6b3

very dark red
#722f37

very dusky purple
#563c5c

very dusky purple
#50404d

very dusky purple
#291e29

very dusky red
#674c47

very dusky red purple
#50404d

very dusky red purple
#291e29

very dusky red purple
#673147

very dusky red purple
#38152c

very light gray
#b9b8b5

very pale blue
#bcd4e6

very pale green
#c7e6d7

very pale orange
#bfb8a5

white
#f2f3f4

yellowish gray
#bfb8a5