Color Thesaurus Online
14th Nov. '07 • Color Names • Tags: chartreuse, green, orange
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HP recently added a color thesaurus to their blog “Mostly color perception”.
It is a fun tool where when you enter a color name it gives you four synonyms for that color name along with a sample of each color but the fun doesn’t end there.
The results also show four antonyms. For those more obsessed with color than language the synonym for antonyms is “complimentary colors” 
Since it always seems to me that orange gets the short end of the stick when it comes to creative color names I thought I’d see if any unusal names might come up. Hmmm the choices for orange are a little dissappointing but not unexpected.
Next I tried chartreuse which produced more interesting results. Even I’ll admit that I wouldn’t have thought of slime as a synonym for chartreuse and an antonym for ultraviolet.
Give it a try and let me know what interesting color names you find.
