Colours beginning with D
24 colours under D.
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Dandelion
A yellow crayon colour named after the dandelion flowerNamed shade
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Dark electric blue
A dark cyan shade formalised in 1955, matching the colour Payne's greyNamed shade
Brown
Dark skin
Human skin rich in melanin, evolved for protection in strong sunlightNamed shade
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Dark violet
The traditional violet found in paints and coloured pencils before the 1970sNamed shade
Pink and magenta
D&C Red 7
A synthetic red pigment widely used in printing and food colouringPigment
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Deep chestnut
A reddish-brown shade once known as chestnut in Crayola crayonsNamed shade
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Deep sky blue
A web colour halfway between azure and cyan on the colour wheelNamed shade
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Desert
A light brown shade matching the look of flat desert groundNamed shade
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Desert sand
A pale, reddish yellow inspired by the colour of sand in desertsNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
Blue
Desmodium incanum blue dye
A blue dye obtained from the creeping beggarweed plant in West AfricaDye
Blue
Dianella sandwicensis blue dye驶uki驶uki
A blue dye once made from the berries of the Hawaiian lilyDye
Yellow
Diarylide pigment
A family of yellow organic pigments widely used in printing inksPigment
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Dim gray
A dark grey defined for web and digital useNamed shade
Black
Diospyros malabarica dye
A black dye from the unripe fruit and leaves of the Malabar ebony treeDye 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +1
Blue
Disperse blue dye
A family of blue dyes used mainly for synthetic fabricsDye
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Dodger blue
A vivid web blue named after the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball teamNamed shade
White
Dominant white
A group of horse coat colours caused by KIT gene mutations, often producing all-white coatsNamed shade
Brown
Drab
A dull light brown named after undyed homespun wool clothNamed shade
Red
Dragon's blood
A deep red resin from several plants, used as pigment, dye and varnish since ancient timesColour named from nature 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +3
Red
Dragon's blood (from Dracaena cinnabari)
A deep red resin from the Socotra dragon tree, prized as a dye and medicineColour named from nature 路 馃嚲馃嚜 Yemen +1
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Duke blue
A deep blue shade linked to Duke University鈥檚 identity and traditionNamed shade
Purple and violet
Dyebush
A desert shrub used for dyes and stainsColour named from nature
Yellow
Dyer's greenweed
A yellow dye plant with golden flowers, found across Europe and TurkeyColour named from nature 路 馃嚬馃嚪 Turkey
Yellow
Dyer's saw-wort
A European plant once used for its yellow dye from the leavesColour named from nature 路 馃嚠馃嚜 Ireland +3
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Desert sand: Luca Galuzzi ( Lucag ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Drab: M0tty, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dragon's blood: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dominant white: Haase B, Brooks SA, Schlumbaum A, Azor PJ, Bailey E, et al., CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dark skin: Nathalianadertadross, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dragon's blood (from Dracaena cinnabari): Boris Khvostichenko( User:Boriskhv ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dyer's greenweed: gailhampshire, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dyer's saw-wort: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Diospyros malabarica dye: jayeshpatil912, CC BY 2.0, source
- Desmodium incanum blue dye: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dianella sandwicensis blue dye: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dyebush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source