(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>
black black #222222
blackish red blackishred #543d3f
bluish white bluishwhite #e9e9ed
brilliant green brilliantgreen #6aab8e
brownish black brownishblack #3e322c
brownish gray brownishgray #5b504f
dark greenish gray darkgreenishgray #5e716a
dark greenish gray darkgreenishgray #4e5755
dark greenish yellow darkgreenishyellow #98943e
dark reddish brown darkreddishbrown #79443b
dark yellowish brown darkyellowishbrown #7e6d5a
dark yellowish green darkyellowishgreen #355e3b
dark yellowish orange darkyellowishorange #be8a3d
dusky blue duskyblue #536878
dusky blue duskyblue #36454f
dusky blue-green duskybluegreen #3a4b47
dusky brown duskybrown #3e322c
dusky green duskygreen #1b4d3e
dusky red duskyred #722f37
dusky yellow duskyyellow #a18f60
dusky yellow green duskyyellowgreen #8f9779
dusky yellowish brown duskyyellowishbrown #483c32
dusky yellowish green duskyyellowishgreen #355e3b
dusky yellowish green duskyyellowishgreen #3a4b47
grayish black grayishblack #222222
grayish blue grayishblue #536878
grayish blue grayishblue #8c92ac
grayish blue-green grayishbluegreen #5e716a
grayish blue-green grayishbluegreen #317873
grayish brown grayishbrown #635147
grayish green grayishgreen #5e716a
grayish green grayishgreen #317873
grayish olive grayisholive #5b5842
grayish olive green grayisholivegreen #515744
grayish orange grayishorange #c19a6b
grayish orange pink grayishorangepink #c7ada3
grayish pink grayishpink #ead8d7
grayish purple grayishpurple #796878
grayish red grayishred #905d5d
grayish red grayishred #674c47
grayish red purple grayishredpurple #796878
grayish yellow grayishyellow #c2b280
grayish yellow green grayishyellowgreen #8f9779
greenish black greenishblack #31362b
greenish black greenishblack #3a4b47
greenish black greenishblack #1a2421
greenish black greenishblack #4e5755
greenish black greenishblack #1e2321
greenish gray greenishgray #8da399
greenish gray greenishgray #7d8984
light blue lightblue #66aabc
light blue green lightbluegreen #66ada4
light bluish gray lightbluishgray #b4bcc0
light brown lightbrown #ae6938
light brown lightbrown #a67b5b
light brownish gray lightbrownishgray #8e8279
light gray lightgray #b9b8b5
light green lightgreen #6aab8e
light greenish gray lightgreenishgray #b2beb5
light olive lightolive #867e36
light olive brown lightolivebrown #867e36
light olive-gray lightolivegray #8e8279
light olive-gray lightolivegray #8a8776
light red lightred #c08081
medium bluish gray mediumbluishgray #81878b
medium gray mediumgray #848482
medium gray mediumgray #555555
medium light gray mediumlightgray #848482
moderate blue moderateblue #367588
moderate blue green moderatebluegreen #317873
moderate brown moderatebrown #6f4e37
moderate green moderategreen #3b7861
moderate greenish yellow moderategreenishyellow #b9b57d
moderate olive brown moderateolivebrown #665d1e
moderate orange pink moderateorangepink #f4c2c2
moderate orange pink moderateorangepink #d9a6a9
moderate pink moderatepink #dea5a4
moderate red moderatered #905d5d
moderate reddish brown moderatereddishbrown #9e4732
moderate reddish orange moderatereddishorange #b4745e
moderate yellow moderateyellow #c9ae5d
moderate yellow green moderateyellowgreen #8a9a5b
moderate yellowish brown moderateyellowishbrown #826644
moderate yellowish green moderateyellowishgreen #679267
olive black oliveblack #363527
olive black oliveblack #57554c
olive gray olivegray #57554c
pale blue paleblue #66aabc
pale blue paleblue #91a3b0
pale blue green palebluegreen #8da399
pale brown palebrown #977f73
pale green palegreen #8da399
pale greenish yellow palegreenishyellow #dadfb7
pale olive paleolive #8c8767
pale pink palepink #e8ccd7
pale purple palepurple #aa98a9
pale red palered #ad8884
pale red palered #977f73
pale reddish brown palereddishbrown #a87c6d
pale red purple paleredpurple #aa98a9
pale yellowish brown paleyellowishbrown #ae9b82
pale yellowish green paleyellowishgreen #8da399
pale yellowish orange paleyellowishorange #fad6a5
pinkish gray pinkishgray #c1b6b3
very dark red verydarkred #722f37
very dusky purple veryduskypurple #563c5c
very dusky purple veryduskypurple #50404d
very dusky purple veryduskypurple #291e29
very dusky red veryduskyred #674c47
very dusky red veryduskyred #43302e
very dusky red purple veryduskyredpurple #50404d
very dusky red purple veryduskyredpurple #291e29
very dusky red purple veryduskyredpurple #673147
very dusky red purple veryduskyredpurple #38152c
very light gray verylightgray #b9b8b5
very pale blue verypaleblue #bcd4e6
very pale green verypalegreen #c7e6d7
very pale orange verypaleorange #bfb8a5
white white #f2f3f4
yellowish gray yellowishgray #bfb8a5