Colors That Start With W

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Here are 13 colors that start with W, each with a swatch and its hex code so you can use it in a design, a craft or a word game. Popular names come first, then every shade in A to Z order.

W has 13 colors, led by the plain and simple white. Wheat is a soft golden beige, and white smoke is a very pale grey. The word warm shows up often, as in warm blue, warm brown, warm grey and warm pink.

A few names are charming surprises. Watermelon is a juicy pink red, wisteria is a lilac purple named after a climbing flower, and wintergreen is a cool mint shade. Water blue and washed out green suggest soft, faded tones that suit seaside or rainy scenes.

Colors starting with W: 13
Best known: wheat, white

Popular colors that start with W

wheat#F5DEB3
white#FFFFFF

All colors that start with W

warm blue#4B57DB
warm brown#964E02
warm grey#978A84
warm pink#FB5581
warm purple#952E8F
washed out green#BCF5A6
water blue#0E87CC
watermelon#FD4659
wheat#F5DEB3
white#FFFFFF
white smoke#F5F5F5
wintergreen#20F986
wisteria#A87DC2

Questions people ask

What colors start with W?

wheat, white are well-known examples.

How many colors start with W?

This page lists 13 named colors starting with W, from the CSS web colors and the xkcd color survey.

What is the hex code for wheat?

Wheat is #F5DEB3 in the list used here. Other sources may use a slightly different shade.

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.

See every letter on one page: colors A to Z