How complete is Rang?
Nobody has a full list of the world's colours. The eye can tell millions apart, and every language, trade and paint maker names them differently. So Rang shows its working.
Where the list comes from
Every colour, pigment and dye with an English Wikipedia article or a section of its own in one; Wikipedia's list of named colours; Wikidata's colour records; the traditional colours of Japan; and the colours our own pages name.
Where things stand today
| Group | Published | Waiting to be written | Waiting for review | Judged not a colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colours our own pages name | 152 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Colours with a Wikipedia article of their own | 279 | 0 | 36 | 66 |
| Colours described in one section of a longer article, and dyes | 267 | 0 | 44 | 507 |
| Total | 698 | 0 | 90 | 576 |
Swatch book: 910 from Wikipedia: List of colors; 226 from Wikipedia: Traditional colors of Japan; 139 from W3C: CSS Color Module, named colors; 10 from Wikipedia: Tincture (heraldry); 7 from Wikipedia: Visible spectrum. Country palettes written: 191 of 199. Meanings by country: 498 notes on 119 countries. Colour cities: 174. Pictures: 430 of 698 colour pages have a free-licence photo.
By family so far: Red 116, Yellow 105, Blue 99, Brown 81, Purple and violet 62, Green 56, Orange 43, Pink and magenta 38, White 28, Black 25, Grey 22, Turquoise and cyan 16, Gold and metallics 7.
What is missing
Colours named only in languages other than English are thinly covered, and so are trade standards such as paint and ink ranges, whose values belong to their makers. Meanings are recorded for the countries that are best documented in English; many are still to come.
If you know a colour or a meaning we should add, write to rang@cleartrust.cc.