Colours beginning with I
24 colours under I.
Yellow
Imperial yellow jacket黃馬褂
A yellow riding jacket marking the highest honour in Qing dynasty ChinaTraditional colour · 🇨🇳 China
Black
India ink
A deep black ink made from carbon soot, used for writing, drawing and calligraphyPigment · 🇨🇳 China +1
Red
Indian madder
A plant root once prized for its red dye and pigmentColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +1
#CD5C5C
Indian red
A deep red pigment once sourced from Indian laterite soil, now made from iron oxidePigment · 🇮🇳 India
#E3A857
Indian Yellow
A clear, glowing orange-yellow pigment once made in India from cow urinePigment · 🇮🇳 India
#6A5DFF
Indigo
A deep blue named for the dye once exported from IndiaNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +5
Blue
Indigo
A deep blue dye from plants, now mostly made synthetically and known for colouring denimDye · 🇮🇳 India +5
Blue
Indigo carmine
A water-soluble blue dye made from indigo, used in food, medicine and sciencePigment · 🇺🇸 United States
#00416A
Indigo dye
A greenish dark blue made from tropical indigo plants and woadDye · 🇮🇳 India +1
Blue
Indigofera suffruticosa
A shrub from the Americas used to make indigo dye and Maya blue pigmentColour named from nature · 🇺🇸 United States +5
Blue
Indigofera tinctoria
A shrub whose leaves yield natural indigo dyeColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +5
Blue
Indigoidine
A blue pigment made by certain bacteria and studied for its unique colourPigment
#130A8F
International Klein Blue
A deep blue first mixed by the artist Yves KleinNamed shade
#0033CC
International Klein Blue
A deep blue made famous by Yves Klein's art and a special synthetic binderNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France
#BA160C
International orange
A strong reddish-orange used for safety in engineering, aerospace and maritime workNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
#C0362C
International orange (Golden Gate Bridge)
A distinct orange-red shade made for the Golden Gate Bridge and used on other bridgesNamed shade · 🇵🇹 Portugal
Red
Iodonitrotetrazolium chloride
A chemical that forms a rusty red dye when reduced in lab assaysPigment
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Iris
A blue-violet to violet colour named after the iris flowerNamed shade
Red
Iron(III) oxide
A deep red iron compound found in hematite and used as pigment and polishPigment
Black
Iron(II) oxide
A black iron compound used as a pigment and found deep in the EarthPigment
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
#B3446C
Irresistible
A deep pinkish-red shade from the Plochere Color SystemNamed shade
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Isabelline
A pale grey-yellow or fawn colour seen in animal coats and old fashionNamed shade
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Ivory
A soft off-white shade with a hint of yellow, named after animal tusksNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Indian red: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Indigo: Photo by Evan Izer ( Palladian ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Ivory: By Aaron Logan, CC BY 1.0, source
- Indigoidine: Mephisto spa, Public domain, source
- International Klein Blue: Yves Klein, Public domain, source
- Iron(III) oxide: BXXXD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source
- India ink: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Iris: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ). Co-attribution must be, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indigofera tinctoria: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian Yellow: Shisha-Tom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Isabelline: José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY 2.5, source
- Indigo carmine: -- メルビル ( talk ) 08:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian madder: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International orange: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, source