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Colours beginning with P

61 colours under P.

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#006600 Pakistan green A deep green shade taken from the flag of PakistanNamed shade 路 馃嚨馃嚢 Pakistan Blue Pala indigo A tree from India whose leaves yield a blue dye like indigoColour named from nature 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +4 #682860 Palatinate A purple shade long tied to Durham University and its traditionsNamed shade Yellow Palomino A golden-coated horse with a pale mane and tail, prized for its striking lookNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States #4A412A Pantone 448 C A dull brown shade chosen to discourage smoking by making packaging unattractiveStandard colour 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +5 #009B7D Paolo Veronese greenverde veron茅s A green shade named after the Venetian painter Paolo VeroneseNamed shade #50C878 Paris Green A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +4 Blue Patent Blue V A synthetic blue dye used in food, medicine, and chemistryDye #800080 Patriarch A deep, reddish-purple used as the web colour purpleNamed shade #536878 Payne's grey A blue-grey paint mixture first made by William Payne in the 1700sNamed shade #FFE5B4 Peach A soft pastel shade named for the inside of a peach fruitNamed shade 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China Orange Perinone A group of organic pigments with orange and red isomersPigment #1C39BB Persian blue A vivid blue inspired by Persian tiles and lapis lazuliNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚪 Iran +1 #00A693 Persian green A vivid bluish green seen in Iranian ceramics and religious buildingsNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚪 Iran #32127A Persian indigo A deep blue-purple once common in 19th-century navy uniformsNamed shade #D99058 Persian orange A warm orange seen in Persian carpets and on Allis-Chalmers tractorsNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚪 Iran #701C1C Persian plum A deep reddish-brown shade based on the colour of cooked prunesNamed shade #CC3333 Persian red A deep reddish orange pigment once made from earths near the Persian GulfNamed shade Red Phlobaphene A group of reddish, water-insoluble plant pigments found in bark and seedsPigment #DF00FF Phlox A vivid purple named after the phlox flower, close to magenta and electric purpleNamed shade #000F89 Phthalo blue A strong, synthetic blue pigment made from copper phthalocyaninePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +1 #123524 Phthalo green A synthetic green pigment made from copper and chlorinated phthalocyaninePigment #C30B4E Pictorial carmine A deep carmine shade named in a Spanish colour guide for artistsNamed shade Orange Pigment Orange 36 A synthetic orange pigment valued for its lasting colour in paints and coatingsPigment Red Pigment Red 3 A dark red azo pigment once common in oil paintsPigment Purple and violet Pigment violet 23 A synthetic violet pigment from the dioxazine family, used in commercial applicationsPigment Purple and violet Pigment Violet 29 A dark red-purple pigment used in paints, inks, and dyesPigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 13 A synthetic yellow pigment from the diarylide family used in printing inksPigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 14 A diarylide yellow pigment used in packaging and textile printingPigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 154 A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high light and weather resistancePigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 16 A synthetic yellow pigment used in paints and printing inksPigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 74 A yellow-green azo pigment used in inks, paints, and tattoo coloursPigment 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy Yellow Pigment Yellow 83 A reddish-yellow diarylide pigment used in inks and plasticsPigment Yellow Pigment Yellow 97 A synthetic yellow pigment valued for its high fastness and stabilityPigment #2A2F23 Pine green A deep green inspired by the leaves of pine trees and coniferous forestsNamed shade #FF80C0 Pink A light tint of red, named after the pink flower and used in art, fashion, and cultureBasic colour #FFDDF4 Pink lace A very pale purplish pink named in the early 2000sNamed shade #FFC0CB Pink (web) A soft pink defined for use on screens and in web designScreen colour Brown Pinto horse A horse coat with large patches of white and another colourNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +2 #E5E4E2 Platinum A pale metallic greyish-white named after the precious metal platinumNamed shade #8E4585 Plum A purple shade named for the colour of plum fruitNamed shade Red Polish cochinealczerwiec polski A crimson dye once vital to Poland, made from a native scale insectDye 路 馃嚨馃嚤 Poland +5 #86608E Pomp and Power A muted purple shade sharing its colour with French lilacNamed shade #A22E37 Pompeian red A deep red seen on ancient Roman walls and ceramics, named for the ruins of PompeiiNamed shade Red Ponceau 4R A synthetic strawberry red dye used in foods outside the United StatesDye #FF5A36 Portland Orange A vivid orange-red used for 'don't walk' pedestrian signals in North AmericaNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +1 #B0E0E6 Powder blue A pale blue once made from powdered cobalt glass, now a standard paint and web colourNamed shade #00B7EB Process cyan The standard cyan ink used in four-colour printing (CMYK)Named shade #003153 Prussian blue A deep blue pigment first made in Berlin in the early 1700sPigment 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan Red PTCDA A dark red organic compound used to make Rylene dyes and pigmentsPigment Red Puccoon A group of North American plants once used for dye from their rootsColour named from nature 路 馃嚚馃嚘 Canada #CC8899 Puce A brownish-purple shade named after the flea and once favoured in French fashionNamed shade 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +1 #644117 Pullman Brown A deep brown shade known for UPS trucks and uniformsNamed shade #800080 Purple A cool colour between red and blue, long linked with royalty and rarityBasic colour 路 馃嚤馃嚙 Lebanon +5 #9678B6 Purple mountain majesty A medium lavender-grey shade named by Crayola in 1993Named shade #9F00C5 Purple (Munsell) The most colourful purple in the Munsell colour systemNamed shade Purple and violet Purple of Cassius A purple pigment made by reacting gold salts with tin(II) chloridePigment Purple and violet Purple sweet potato color A natural purple food colouring from specially bred sweet potatoesDye 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan #A020F0 Purple (X11) A bright, bluish purple set by X11 colour standards in 1987Named shade Purple and violet Purpure A heraldic colour for purple, seen in coats of arms since early timesBasic colour Orange Pyrylium-1 A dye that turns fluorescent orange when it binds to aminesDye

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