The intensity is inversely proportional to the amount of grey in a color. The color intensity is described using one of 7 levels (ordered from the most to the least saturated): There are only 2 hues that are occasionally skipped or ignored when describing complex hues: cyan and magenta.įor example, instead of referencing cyan, the notion of a 'greenish blue' may be used. Only combinations of subsequent hues (as listed above) are possible.įor example, there is a 'blueish purple', but there is no 'yellowish purple'. More complex hues can be described as a composition of two hues, one as the primary and one as the secondary hue.įor example, 'orangy red' describes a hue that is red with a hint of orange (red is primary and orange is secondary). It ranges between 0% and 100%, with 100% being a perfect match most matches are greater than 95% thanks to the high density of the used color dictionary.Įach color belongs to one of the 8 basic hues: The color match score represents the similarity between the selected color and the most similar color from the dictionary. The supported RGB codes correspond to the 24-bit system where each component ranges between 0 and 255 (8-bit encoding).Ĭolor names are provided by the comprehensive Art圜lick Color Dictionary The Art圜lick Color Name Finder can be used to find color names from the hex or RGB color codes. Since lighting conditions strongly affect the colors in an image, it is recommended to take pictures in natural light to obtain the most representative color names.

Once the image is loaded, clicking on the image areas will initiate the color name identification.

It finds color names for 3 types of input: The feature 'Color Name Finder' provides the most common names for a color.

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