"Popular" Named CSS Colors

This project plucks the data from replies to a tweet sent by Stephanie Eckles which asked:

"Quick - what are the first 5 named CSS colors that pop in your head?"

@5t3ph

Results gathered for silliness only - although 300 responses was a pretty decent sample size!

Check out this very cool tool for exploring named colors.

Stats

Unique Colors Named
106 /150 named colors
Most Popular Color
red
Total Colors Replied
689

Color Frequency

  1. red 77
  2. rebeccapurple 50
  3. black 42
  4. white 41
  5. blue 39
  6. tomato 32
  7. green 26
  8. hotpink 17
  9. yellow 16
  10. cornflowerblue 16
  11. salmon 15
  12. pink 15
  13. purple 14
  14. dodgerblue 13
  15. teal 13
  16. goldenrod 13
  17. papayawhip 12
  18. grey 11
  19. orange 11
  20. crimson 10
  21. fuchsia 8
  22. lime 8
  23. aqua 8
  24. wheat 8
  25. gray 7
  26. indigo 6
  27. peru 6
  28. limegreen 6
  29. whitesmoke 6
  30. lightblue 6
  31. magenta 5
  32. lawngreen 5
  33. deeppink 5
  34. royalblue 5
  35. peachpuff 4
  36. aquamarine 4
  37. navy 4
  38. maroon 4
  39. lightgrey 4
  40. violet 3
  41. coral 3
  42. cyan 3
  43. ghostwhite 3
  44. thistle 3
  45. steelblue 2
  46. firebrick 2
  47. indianred 2
  48. orangered 2
  49. beige 2
  50. chartreuse 2
  51. snow 2
  52. antiquewhite 2
  53. burlywood 2
  54. gold 2
  55. skyblue 2
  56. lemonchiffon 2
  57. palevioletred 2
  58. aliceblue 2
  59. khaki 2
  60. gainsboro 2
  61. mediumspringgreen 2
  62. deepskyblue 2
  63. greenyellow 2
  64. palegoldenrod 2
  65. powderblue 1
  66. azure 1
  67. bisque 1
  68. darkblue 1
  69. chocolate 1
  70. lightgreen 1
  71. navajowhite 1
  72. lightgray 1
  73. darkgray 1
  74. lavender 1
  75. mediumaquamarine 1
  76. transparent 1
  77. lightskyblue 1
  78. oldlace 1
  79. floralwhite 1
  80. lightyellow 1
  81. blanchedalmond 1
  82. mediumblue 1
  83. lightseagreen 1
  84. darkslategrey 1
  85. mistyrose 1
  86. lightgoldenrodyellow 1
  87. darksalmon 1
  88. mediumslateblue 1
  89. darkcyan 1
  90. honeydew 1
  91. ivory 1
  92. forestgreen 1
  93. olive 1
  94. darkgrey 1
  95. olivedrab 1
  96. mintcream 1
  97. mediumseagreen 1
  98. yellowgreen 1
  99. midnightblue 1
  100. mediumvioletred 1
  101. slateblue 1
  102. slategrey 1
  103. lavenderblush 1
  104. lightcoral 1
  105. rosybrown 1
  106. springgreen 1

"Unloved" Colors

44 colors remain in the color spec that were not included in any replies.

  1. blueviolet
  2. brown
  3. cadetblue
  4. cornsilk
  5. currentcolor
  6. darkgoldenrod
  7. darkgreen
  8. darkkhaki
  9. darkmagenta
  10. darkolivegreen
  11. darkorange
  12. darkorchid
  13. darkred
  14. darkseagreen
  15. darkslateblue
  16. darkslategray
  17. darkturquoise
  18. darkviolet
  19. dimgray
  20. dimgrey
  21. lightcyan
  22. lightpink
  23. lightsalmon
  24. lightslategray
  25. lightslategrey
  26. lightsteelblue
  27. linen
  28. mediumorchid
  29. mediumpurple
  30. mediumturquoise
  31. moccasin
  32. orchid
  33. palegreen
  34. paleturquoise
  35. plum
  36. saddlebrown
  37. sandybrown
  38. seagreen
  39. seashell
  40. sienna
  41. silver
  42. slategray
  43. tan
  44. turquoise