Colours
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The following table lists a common set of colours present within the human visible spectrum (400nm - 700nm). The information includes the name, RGB and Hex representation and where possible the approximate wavelength and frequency of each of the denoted colours.

ROYGBIV Color Map - Arash Partow


Color Name RGB/Hex Wavelength (nm) Frequency (THz)
Red 255 000 000
#FF0000		 700.000 428.275
Scarlet 255 031 000
#FF1F00		 640.427 468.113
Vermilion 255 063 000
#FF3F00		 633.790 473.015
Tangelo 255 095 000
#FF5F00		 626.205 478.745
Orange 255 127 000
#FF7F00		 617.938 485.150
Gamboge 255 159 000
#FF9F00		 609.126 492.168
Amber 255 191 000
#FFBF00		 599.855 499.775
Gold 255 223 000
#FFDF00		 590.184 507.964
Yellow 255 255 000
#FFFF00		 580.159 516.742
Apple Green 223 255 000
#DFFF00		 569.363 526.540
Lime Green 191 255 000
#BFFF00		 558.936 536.363
Spring Bud 159 255 000
#9FFF00		 548.938 546.132
Chartreuse Green 127 255 000
#7FFF00		 539.431 555.757
Pistachio 095 255 000
#5FFF00		 530.508 565.104
Harlequin 063 255 000
#3FFF00		 522.313 573.971
Sap Green 031 255 000
#1FFF00		 515.126 581.979
Green 000 255 000
#00FF00		 510.028 587.796
Emerald Green 000 255 031
#00FF1F		 508.593 589.455
Malachite Green 000 255 063
#00FF3F		 506.550 591.832
Sea Green 000 255 095
#00FF5F		 504.217 594.570
Spring Green 000 255 127
#00FF7F		 501.673 597.585
Aquamarine 000 255 159
#00FF9F		 498.961 600.833
Turquoise 000 255 191
#00FFBF		 496.109 604.287
Opal 000 255 223
#00FFDF		 493.133 607.934
Cyan 000 255 255
#00FFFF		 490.049 611.760
Arctic Blue 000 223 255
#00DFFF		 482.402 621.458
Cerulean 000 191 255
#00BFFF		 474.954 631.203
Cornflower Blue 000 159 255
#009FFF		 467.812 640.840
Azure 000 127 255
#007FFF		 461.022 650.278
Cobalt Blue 000 095 255
#005FFF		 454.648 659.395
Sapphire Blue 000 063 255
#003FFF		 448.795 667.994
Phthalo Blue 000 031 255
#001FFF		 443.661 675.724
Blue 000 000 255
#0000FF		 440.020 681.316
Persian Blue 031 000 255
#1F00FF		 435.779 687.946
Indigo 063 000 255
#3F00FF		 429.652* 697.756*
Blue Violet 095 000 255
#5F00FF		 422.651* 709.314*
Violet 127 000 255
#7F00FF		 417.397* 718.243*
Purple 159 000 255
#9F00FF		 414.553* 723.170*
Mulberry 191 000 255
#BF00FF		 412.223* 727.258*
Heliotrope 223 000 255
#DF00FF		 410.835* 729.715*
Magenta 255 000 255
#FF00FF		 409.196* 732.638*
Orchid 255 000 223
#FF00DF		 405.659* 739.026*
Fuchsia 255 000 191
#FF00BF		 402.805* 744.262*
Cerise 255 000 159
#FF009F		 397.406* 754.373*
Rose 255 000 127
#FF007F		 700.000* 428.275*
Raspberry 255 000 095
#FF005F		 700.000* 428.275*
Crimson 255 000 063
#FF003F		 700.000* 428.275*
Amaranth 255 000 031
#FF001F		 700.000* 428.275*
White 255 255 255
#FFFFFF		 ??? ???
Platinum 229 228 226
#E5E4E2		 ??? ???
Gainsboro 220 220 220
#DCDCDC		 ??? ???
Light Gray 211 211 211
#D3D3D3		 ??? ???
Silver 220 220 220
#C0C0C0		 ??? ???
Gray 190 190 190
#BEBEBE		 ??? ???
Dark Gray 169 169 169
#A9A9A9		 ??? ???
Nickel 114 116 114
#727472		 ??? ???
Jet 220 220 220
#343434		 ??? ???
Charcoal 54 69 79
#36454F		 ??? ???
Gunmetal 16 20 22
#2A3439		 ??? ???
Black 000 000 000
#000000		 ??? ???

Notes

Note 1: The code used to generate the data in the table above, can be found here

Note 2 *: Some colours after and including Indigo are known as extra-spectral colours. The wavelengths assigned to them are based on estimations - furthermore the colours themselves may be composed of more than one wavelength.

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