The Ultimate Color Name List - truly extensive!

  1. Black
    • Origin:

      Color name
    • Description:

      Unlike Rose and Blue, this color name is Not Ready for Prime Time.
  2. Blanca
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "white"
    • Description:

      More colorful than Blanche, but blanker than Bianca.
  3. Blanche
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "white"
    • Description:

      Blanche, which originated as a nickname for a pale blonde and then became associated with the notion of purity, was in style a century ago, ranking in the double digits until 1920. She then had to fight the stereotype of faded Southern belle, a la Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Blanche Devereaux in TV's Golden Girls. Now all three of the Golden Girls--Blanche, Rose and Dorothy--could be ready for revival, with Blanche sounding like a stronger, simpler alternative to Bianca.
  4. Bleu
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "blue"
    • Description:

      The middle name of the Travoltas' Ella, this French color alternative hasn't caught on with many other parents.
  5. Blue
    • Origin:

      Color name
    • Description:

      Among the coolest of the cool color names, particularly popular with celebs as a unisex middle name.
  6. Blue
    • Origin:

      Color name
    • Description:

      Blue suddenly came into the spotlight, as the unusual color name chosen by Beyonce and Jay-Z for their baby girl Blue Ivy. Blue is also a starbaby middle name du jour, used for both sexes in different spellings and forms, from John Travolta and Kelly Preston's Ella Bleu to Alicia Silverstone's Bear Blu. Dave 'The Edge' Evans named his daughter Blue Angel back in 1989.
  7. Brown
    • Origin:

      Color and surname
    • Description:

      Most color names, like Scarlet and Violet, are definitely female, but not this one. Brown is as rich and warm as the tone it denotes, though we must admit the Italian version Bruno has more spark and substance.
  8. Buff
    • Origin:

      Modern nickname, also color name
    • Description:

      Has too many slangy connotations to be considered.
  9. Burgundy
    • Origin:

      French place-name; also color name
    • Description:

      Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell's fictional helmet-haired newsman, but this color name is much more suited to a girl.
  10. Beaver
    • Birdi
      • Bistre
        • Bondi
          • Brandeis
            • Brass
              • Bronze
                • Burlywood
                  • Byzantina
                    • Byzantium
                      • Canary
                        • Origin:

                          English
                        • Meaning:

                          "small bird"
                        • Description:

                          The name of a small yellow bird that hasn't taken off in the way that some of its avian sisters – like Robin, Wren or Lark – have.