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RGB color space is a cube. the eight corners of the cube are [black], white, red, yellow, lime (light green), cyan, blue, and fuchsia.

there are also twelve edges of the cube: pink, maroon, orange, beige, chartreuse, green (light green is called lime, remember?), mint, turquoise, azure, [navy], violet, and orchid.

and of course, there are the six faces of the cube: peach, olive, aquamarine, teal, lilac, and purple.

oh, and let's not forget the inside of the cube, gray!

WHITE - FFFFFF

white is the English name for this color.

SILVER - C0C0C0

silver is a light gray metal.

GRAY - 808080

gray (also spelled "grey") is the English name for this color.

IRON - 404040

iron is a dark gray metal.

[BLACK - 000000

black is the English name for this color.

closest HTML color: black (exact!)]

CORAL - FFC0C0

corals are aquatic invertebrates that are sometimes pale pink.

SHALIMAR - FFFFC0

shalimar is an obscure name for a very pale yellow.

LILY - C0FFC0

lilies are flowers that are sometimes pale green.

ONAHAU - C0FFFF

onahau is an obscure name for a very pale blue green.

PERIWINKLE - C0C0FF

periwinkles are pale blue flowers.

MAUVE - FFC0FF

mauve is the French word for "mallow", which is a pale purple flower.

HELIOTROPE - FF80C0

heliotropes are light pink flowers.

PEACH - FF8080

peaches are a light red fruit.

MACARONI - FFC080

Macaronian cheese is a light orange colored cheesy pasta casserole.

BEIGE - FFFF80

beige is a color that’s usually like way less yellow than this but honestly I’d like to see you find a better word for "very light yellow".

REEF - C0FF80

reefs are sweet places for cool aquatic lifeforms to hang out in shallow water. they’ve got all sorts of colors in them and this light green is one of them.

AQUAMARINE - 80FF80

aquamarines are light blueish greenish gemstones. actual aquamarines aren’t quite this green, but the color people usually call "aquamarine" isn’t very aquamarine colored anyway.

SEAFOAM - 80FFC0

sea foam (sometimes called "spume"??) is light colored foam from the sea.

TURQUOISE - 80FFFF

turquoises are light blueish greenish gemstones.

MAYAN - 80C0FF

Maya blue is a light blue pigment created by the Maya people. even though it’s called blue, it’s more of a cyan and hey guess what there’s a word derived from "Maya" that sounds quite a lot like "cyan"!

LILAC - 8080FF

lilacs are light blue flowers.

WISTERIA - C080FF

wisterias are light purple flowers.

ORCHID - FF80FF

orchids are light purple flowers.

PUCE - C08080

puce is the French word for "flea", an insect which, as we all know, is reddish brown?

SAND - C0C080

sand is a bunch of very small yellowy rocks that show up by water sometimes.

MANTIS - 80C080

mantises are green insects.

NEPTUNE - 80C0C0

Neptune is a blue gas giant, the eighth planet from the Sun.

GUMDROP - 8080C0

gumdrops are dome shaped candies that come in a lot of different colors, including this one.

LAVENDER - C080C0

lavenders are purple flowers.

STRAWBERRY - FF4080

strawberries are a pink fruit.

SCARLET - FF4040

scarlet was a red cloth that was super expensive in medieval times.

CRUSTA - FF8040

crusta is a citrusy sugary alcoholic drink.

TANGERINE - FFC040

tangerines are fruits that look like oranges but much smaller.

CHEESE - FFFF40

cheese is a milky food that’s poison for most people. since it’s made of milk, it doesn’t have much of a color to it, so people usually dye it yellow to make it look tastier.

PEA - C0FF40

peas are green seeds.

PERIDOT - 80FF40

peridots are green gemstones.

RADIUM - 40FF40

radium is a cool glowing rock Marie Curie found in the year 1 2442.

PARIS - 40FF80

Paris green is rat poison people used to use as a paint for some reason.

MARINE - 40FFC0

marine is a word that means "having to do with the sea or ocean". this greenish blue looks enough like the sea to be put in that category.

CELESTE - 40FFFF

celeste is the Italian word for "sky", though if you say it the English way it absolutely is not recognisable as such.

SKY - 40C0FF

sky blue is the shade of blue that the sky is.

SAPPHIRE - 4080FF

sapphires are blue gemstones.

CORNFLOWER - 4040FF

cornflowers are blue flowers.

GRAPE - 8040FF

grapes are a small purple fruit.

AMETHYST - C040FF

amethysts are purple gemstones.

FLAMINGO - FF40FF

flamingos are birds that eat so much pink stuff that their whole bodies turn pink.

DAZZLE - FF40C0

dazzle is a kinda silly word that means "be confused due to overwhelming brightness", and therefore fits a bright color like this one pretty well.

MULBERRY - C04080

mulberries are reddish berries.

MARS - C04040

Mars, "the red planet", is a planet that's mostly red.

TUSSOCK - C08040

tussock is a yellowy fire resistant grass.

TURMERIC - C0C040

turmeric is a ginger plant that's sometimes used as a yellow dye.

SEAWEED - 80C040

seaweed is a greenish plant that grows underwater.

APPLE - 40C040

apples are fruits that come in a wide variety of colors and flavors. the prototypical apple is red, but green apples have a more distinct color.

LILYPAD - 40C080

lily pads are the leaves of water lilies, which are kinda like lilies except they’re in the water.

PELOROUS - 40C0C0

pelorous is an obscure name for a soft cyan.

STEEL - 4080C0

steel blue is the blueish color of steel that’s been made more rust resistant.

PERSIAN - 4040C0

Persian blue is a shade of blue that was used in a lot of Persian art and architecture.

PLUM - 8040C0

plums are a purple fruit.

CYCLAMEN - C040C0

cyclamens are light purple flowers.

PINK - FF0080

pink is the English name for this color.

ROSE - FF0040

roses are red.

RED - FF0000

red is the English name for this color.

VERMILLION - FF4000

vermillion (also spelled "vermilion") is an orangish red pigment.

ORANGE - FF8000

oranges are an orange fruit.

AMBER - FFC000

amber is brightly colored fossilized syrup.

YELLOW - FFFF00

yellow is the English name for this color.

SPRINGBUD - C0FF00

spring buds are an early part of the budding process flowering plants go through in the spring. they’re typically light green, like this.

CHARTREUSE - 80FF00

chartreuse is a French liquor that’s unappetizingly green for some reason.

HARLEQUIN - 40FF00

harlequins are what rich Italians in history times thought of the working class. they’d say foolish things and wear silly green checkered clothes, those silly poor people.

LIME - 00FF00

limes are a yellowish green fruit. you might notice that this color isn’t actually very yellow. in fact, it’s literally just light green. however, this particular light green is already called "lime" in HTML, so that’s what it’s called here.

FLUORESCENE - 00FF40

fluorescene is a very uncommon and very cool name for fluorescent dye, a type of pigment that glows in the dark.

MINT - 00FF80

mint is a reverse spicy flavor that comes from a family of plants with a particular shade of green leaves.

AQUA - 00FFC0

aqua is Latin for "water", which is basically this color. in HTML, "aqua" means the same thing as "cyan" for some reason.

CYAN - 00FFFF

cyan is the English name for this color, halfway between blue and green. this exact shade of cyan is called both "cyan" and "aqua" in HTML interchangeably. this naming scheme uses "cyan" for this color because of the CYMK subtractive color system standard in most printers.

DENIM - 00C0FF

denim is a blue fabric used for strong pants and really cool jackets.

AZURE - 0080FF

azure is the English name for this color, halfway between cyan and blue.

RIBBON - 0040FF

ribbon blue is an obscure name for a blue with a barely noticeable cyan tint.

BLUE - 0000FF

blue is the English name for this color.

IRIS - 4000FF

irises are blueish flowers.

VIOLET - 8000FF

violets are blue.

BYZANTINE - C000FF

Byzantine is the name of an empire from ancient history and a purple from modern history.

FUCHSIA - FF00FF

fuchsias (they really have no business not being spelled "fuschias" but whatever I’m not a botanist) are pink flowers. this exact shade of pink is called "fuchsia" and "magenta" interchangeably in HTML. this naming scheme uses the name "fuchsia" because it’s objectively better.

MAGENTA - FF00C0

Magenta is an Italian town where some French people killed some Austrian people in 1 2335. in celebration, some French guy decided to rename the pinkish purple dye he originally called "fuchsine" after it.

LOTUS - 804040

closest HTML color: red

MUD - 808040

closest HTML color: olive

GOBLIN - 408040

closest HTML color: lime

VERIDIAN - 408080

viridian is a dark greenish blueish pigment.

CERULEAN - 404080

cerulean is the English name for a dark shade of sky blue.

THISTLE - 804080

thistles are dull purple flowers.

MONZA - C00040

closest HTML color: crimson

CRIMSON - C00000

crimson is the English name for a strong shade of red.

FIRE - C04000

fire is the hot thing.

GOLDENROD - C08000

goldenrods are yellow flowers.

GOLD - C0C000

gold is a shiny yellow metal.

PISTACHIO - 80C000

pistachios are greenish nuts.

AVOCADO - 40C000

avocados are the reason millennials aren’t buying houses.

EMERALD - 00C000

emeralds are green gemstones.

MALACHITE - 00C040

malachites are blueish green gemstones.

GRUE - 00C080

grue is a word used to translate languages that don’t distinguish between green and blue.

ROBINSEGG - 00C0C0

robin's eggs are light blue eggs that sometimes have robins in them.

LOCHMARA - 0080C0

lochmara is an obscure name for a dark shade of cyan.

COBALT - 0040C0

cobalt blue is a blue pigment made of cobalt.

LAPIS - 0000C0

lapis lazulis are blue gemstones.

INDIGO - 4000C0

indigo is the English name for a dark purplish blue.

TYRIAN - 8000C0

tyrian purple is a purple dye that was used by nobility in history times.

CERISE - C000C0

cerise is the French word for "cherry", which is a pink fruit.

FLIRT - C00080

flirt is an obscure name for a darkish shade of pink.

SIREN - 800040

siren is an obscure name for a dark shade of pink.

MAROON - 800000

maroon is the English name for this color, dark red.

MAHOGANY - 804000

mahogany is a real nice looking type of wood.

OLIVE - 808000

olives are a dark yellow fruit.

IVY - 408000

ivies are trees that have leaves that look sorta like this.

GREEN - 008000

green is the English name for this color.

JADE - 008040

jades are blueish green minerals.

TEAL - 008080

teal is the English name for this color, dark cyan.

PRUSSIAN - 004080

Prussian blue is a blue pigment that was once used by the Prussian army.

[NAVY - 000080

navy blue is a dark shade of blue used by the British navy.

closest HTML color: navy (exact!)]

REGAL - 400080

regal purple is a dark purple historically associated with royalty.

PURPLE - 800080

purple is the English name for this color.

[BROWN - 400000

brown is the english name for this color, very dark red.]

SEPIA - 404000

sepia is a yellowy brown pigment that used to be used for writing.

FIR - 004000

firs are trees that have leaves that look sorta like this.

CYPRUS - 004040

cyprus is an obscure name for a dark shade of cyan.

[MIDNIGHT - 000040

midnight blue is the color the sky is in the middle of the night.

closest HTML color: navy]

[BLACKBERRY - 400040

blackberries are dark purple berries.]