Colour variantions and names

Do you know what colour golden rod is? Or ghost white ? The table at w3schools.com gives some colour suggestions for common colour names, along with their hexadecimal values. Naturally, there are many different colour codes that can be considered belonging to a particular colour, you will find suggestions by using the links next to each of the colour.



Pure colours like pure red or green are rarely used in the creating of colour schemes. Black, white or gray can be added to the pure colour to change its characteristic in a specific way. The words "tint," "shade" and "tone" are technical terms that describe each particular kind of change.
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Tone - A colour with some gray added.

Shade - A colour that has been darkened by the addition of black.

Tint - A colour that has been lightened by the addition of white.

Useful could be 0to255 a web tool created by Shaun Chapman that helps web designers find lighter and darker colours (tints and shades) based on any colour.