Colors of the spectrum

Words describing something that is colored.

• What words refer to all the colors arranged in the spectrum of the rainbow?
  spectrum rainbow prism spectral
• What words describe a kind of color?
  primary color secondary color earth color warm color cool color infrared
• What are the shades of red?
  red beet-red blood-red blush brick-red cardinal carmine carnelian cherry Chinese red claret coral crimson fiery fire-red flame-colored incarnadine lobster lobster-colored madder pink puce roan rose rose-colored roseate rosy rouge ruby-red ruddy scarlet vermilion wine
• What are the shades of orange?
  orange apricot cadmium carrottop carroty ocher peach salmon tangerine
• What are the shades of yellow?
  yellow amber banana blond blonde canary chartreuse chrome yellow citron cream flaxen gold golden goldilocks jaundice lemon saffron sallow straw-colored sulfur tawny terra cotta yellow ocher xanthous
• What are the shades of green?
  green greenish apple-green bottle-green chlorine emerald grass grass-green khaki leaf-green leek-green lime-green olive pea pea-green peacock sap green sea-green topaz verdant viridian
• What are the shades of blue?
  blue azure baby-blue beryl-blue carbuncle cerulean cobalt cyan cyanic indigo lapis lazuli navy blue Prussian blue royal blue sapphire sky blue teal turquoise ultramarine
• What are the shades of purple?
  purple violet amethyst crocus hyacinth lavender lilac liver-colored magenta maroon mauve mulberry plum plum-colored royal purple
• What are the shades of brown?
  brown tan beige flesh colored auburn brunette buff chestnut chocolate cinnamon cocoa coffee dun fawn foxy hazel khaki mahogany ocher russet rust sepia sienna sorrel umber walnut
• What words describe something that looks like metal?
  metallic copper brass bronze bronzed gilded gilt gold golden platinum silver silvery steely