Colors That Start With Every Letter
Here are colors that start with every letter from A to Z: 854 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
This A to Z collects 854 color names. D is the richest letter with 121, thanks to many dark shades, followed by P, L and B. Smaller letters still have character: I has ivory and indigo, and K has khaki and kelly green.
The hardest letters for alphabet games are clear. Q has no colors at all, X has only xanadu, and Z has only zaffre. U offers just ultramarine, umber and ultramarine blue. Learn those rare names and you can name a color for every letter except Q.
- Colors listed
- 854
- Most common first letter
- D
- Letters with none
- Q
Colors by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 21 | amber, amethyst, apple green, apricot, aqua |
| B | 83 | baby blue, baby pink, beige, black, blanched almond |
| C | 50 | camel, canary yellow, caramel, cerulean, charcoal |
| D | 121 | dandelion, dark blue, dark gray, dark green, dark orange |
| E | 15 | ebony, ecru, eggplant, eggshell, electric blue |
| F | 23 | fawn, fern green, fire engine red, forest green, fuchsia |
| G | 47 | gold, golden yellow, goldenrod, grape, grass green |
| H | 11 | hazel, heather, honeydew, hot pink, hunter green |
| I | 8 | ice blue, indigo, ivory, ice, indian red |
| J | 4 | jade, jet, jungle green, jade green |
| K | 6 | kelly green, key lime, khaki, kiwi green, khaki green |
| L | 95 | lavender, lemon, lemon yellow, light blue, light brown |
| M | 59 | magenta, mahogany, maroon, mauve, medium aquamarine |
| N | 11 | navy, navy blue, neon blue, neon green, neon pink |
| O | 25 | ocean blue, ocher, off white, olive, olive green |
| P | 96 | pale yellow, pastel blue, pastel green, pastel pink, peach |
| Q | 0 | No common colors start with Q |
| R | 37 | raspberry, red, red orange, rose, rose gold |
| S | 63 | salmon, sand, sapphire, scarlet, sea green |
| T | 25 | tan, tangerine, taupe, teal, terracotta |
| U | 3 | ultramarine, umber, ultramarine blue |
| V | 24 | vermillion, very dark blue, violet, velvet, very dark brown |
| W | 13 | wheat, white, warm blue, warm brown, warm grey |
| X | 1 | xanadu |
| Y | 12 | yellow, yellow green, yellow orange, yellow brown, yellow ochre |
| Z | 1 | zaffre |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most colors start with?
D, with 121 on this site's list.
Are there colors for every letter?
Not in this list. No common colors start with Q.
Source: the named colors of the CSS web standard and the xkcd color survey, with each color's hex code. Screens show colors slightly differently, so treat swatches as a guide.