http://www.wordnik.com/lists/chromonyms-3.xml These <a href="/words/chromonym">chromonym</a>s are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly <a href="/words/MW3">MW3</a>). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns, such as "kelly", which can stand alone, although more usual as "kelly green". For names of two or more words, see Chromonyms 2. Palooka's Great Color Names has color adjectives and multi-word color names. Check out Colleen's chromatica too, and georgielily, who groups by color. <br /> <br />I've tagged single-word color names by color family: red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, and white, brown, gray, and black. <br /> <br />There are many oddities in color names: <a href="/words/tarragon">tarragon</a> and <a href="/words/tarragona">tarragona</a> are different colors, as are <a href="/words/aurora">aurora</a> and <a href="/words/aurore">aurore</a>, <a href="/words/winter green">winter green</a> and <a href="/words/wintergreen">wintergreen</a>, and <a href="/words/yellow stone">yellow stone</a> and <a href="/words/yellowstone">yellowstone</a>. <a href="/words/Melon">Melon</a> and <a href="/words/lemon">lemon</a> are anagrams, as are <a href="/words/ebon">ebon</a> and <a href="/words/bone">bone</a>, which are also antonyms. <a href="/words/Greige">Greige</a> and <a href="/words/griege">griege</a> are anagrams and homonyms, but not synonyms. <a href="/words/Puce">Puce</a> 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