# Rang

> Every colour in the world, and what it means. A free guide to 698 colours, pigments and dyes and 1292 named swatches, filed by colour family, kind, use, meaning, material, country and city, with what each colour means in 119 countries, colour and emotion, a live colour calendar, colour cities, concepts and a glossary. Published by ClearTrust.

Each colour page gives: name and native name, hex, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, family, what it is, where the name and material come from, how it is made, where it is used, what it means and to whom, related shades, harmonies, a short FAQ, further reading and source links. Colour pages are derived from Wikipedia and Wikidata with AI assistance and may contain mistakes; cite the page URL. Colour values are approximations.

## Browse
- [All colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/colours)
- [The swatch book](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/swatches)
- [Colours by country](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/countries)
- [Colour cities](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/cities)
- [Compare two countries](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/compare)
- [Red](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/red)
- [Orange](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/orange)
- [Yellow](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/yellow)
- [Green](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/green)
- [Turquoise and cyan](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/cyan)
- [Blue](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/blue)
- [Purple and violet](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/purple)
- [Pink and magenta](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/pink)
- [Brown](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/brown)
- [White](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/white)
- [Grey](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/grey)
- [Black](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/black)
- [Gold and metallics](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/families/gold)
- [Basic colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/basic)
- [Named shades](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/shade)
- [Pigments](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/pigment)
- [Dyes](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/dye)
- [Colours named from nature](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/natural)
- [Traditional colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/traditional)
- [National and team colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/national)
- [Heraldic colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/heraldic)
- [Standard and safety colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/standard)
- [Screen and web colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/kinds/web)
- [Colours of mourning and death](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/mourning)
- [Colours of weddings and marriage](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/wedding)
- [Colours of luck and prosperity](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/luck)
- [Colours of royalty and power](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/royalty)
- [Colours of sacred and holy](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/sacred)
- [Colours of purity and peace](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/purity)
- [Colours of danger and warning](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/danger)
- [Colours of love and desire](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/love)
- [Colours of nature and renewal](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/nature)
- [Colours of politics and protest](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/politics)
- [Colours of festival and celebration](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/celebration)
- [Colours of protection and healing](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/meanings/protection)
- [Hindu colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/hindu)
- [Muslim colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/muslim)
- [Christian colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/christian)
- [Jewish colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/jewish)
- [Buddhist colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/buddhist)
- [Sikh colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/sikh)
- [Jain colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/jain)
- [Other traditions colours](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/faiths/other)
- [Painting and art](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/art)
- [Textiles and dress](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/textile)
- [Buildings and cities](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/architecture)
- [Ceramics and glass](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/ceramics)
- [Body and cosmetics](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/body)
- [Food and drink](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/food)
- [Printing and ink](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/print)
- [Screens and design](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/screen)
- [Signs and safety](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/safety)
- [Flags and heraldry](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/flags)
- [Uniforms, teams and vehicles](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/uses/livery)

## Colour and emotion
- [The colours of joy](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/joy): Yellow is the world's most agreed colour of joy, with orange close behind. In China joy is red, and at Holi in India it is every colour at once.
- [The colours of love](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/love): Red and pink carry love almost everywhere: red roses, red bridal dress in India and China, the red thread of fate in East Asia.
- [The colours of anger](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/anger): Red is the colour of anger in most languages and studies, from 'seeing red' to Hindi's 'laal-peela'. Black comes second.
- [The colours of sadness](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/sadness): English feels blue, but studies tie sadness more firmly to grey and black. In China white can be sad, and in Brazil 'all blue' means all is well.
- [The colours of grief](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/grief): Black in Europe and the Americas, white in Hindu India and much of East Asia, red and black in Ghana: grief has no single colour.
- [The colours of fear](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/fear): Fear is black in most studies, and pale in most languages: 'white as a sheet' in English, 'blue fear' in French and Italian.
- [The colours of calm](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/calm): Blue, green and white are the colours people call calm. Soft, pale shades matter more than hue, and claims about calming paint are weak.
- [The colours of envy](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/envy): Green in English, French and Spanish, yellow in German, red-eyed in Chinese, black or white in Russian: envy's colour is set by language.
- [The colours of hope](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/hope): Green is the colour of hope in Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese and across the Muslim world. Elsewhere hope is light, dawn or a rainbow.
- [The colours of trust](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/trust): Blue is the colour of trust in business and public life. Many languages use white for honesty, and Chinese opera uses red for loyalty.
- [The colours of energy](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/energy): Red, orange and bright yellow read as energy worldwide: the red of Shakti in India, fire in China, orange in the Netherlands.
- [The colours of courage](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/courage): Red and saffron stand for courage in flags, uniforms and medals, from Rajput and Sikh saffron to Maasai red and the Purple Heart.
- [The colours of pride](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/pride): Purple and gold mean rank and pride through the history of costly dyes. Today pride also flies as a rainbow and in national colours.
- [The colours of shame](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/shame): Shame is the red of a blush in most languages, and the black of a 'blackened face' in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Turkish.
- [The colours of disgust](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/disgust): Brown and murky yellow-green are the colours of disgust. Australia chose a drab brown, Pantone 448 C, to make cigarette packs unappealing.
- [The colours of surprise](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/surprise): Surprise has no settled colour. Idioms point to the clear blue sky a shock falls from; designers use bright yellow and sharp contrast.
- [The colours of loneliness](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/loneliness): Loneliness borrows the colours of sadness: grey, cold blue and black. In South Korea singles mark it with black noodles on Black Day.
- [The colours of nostalgia](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/nostalgia): Sepia brown, faded yellow and warm gold are the colours of nostalgia, taken from old photographs, ageing paper and early colour film.
- [The colours of awe](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/awe): Gold, deep blue and purple are the colours people build with to inspire awe, from the Golden Temple to the blue glass of Chartres.
- [The colours of optimism](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/emotions/optimism): Optimism is rose-tinted in a dozen languages and sunny yellow in design. At New Year it is red in China, white in Brazil and yellow in the Andes.

## Live
- [The world in colour today](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/today): colour days on now and next, colour of the day
- [The colour calendar](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/calendar)
- [Colour news](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/news)

## Learn
- [Concepts](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/learn)
- [Glossary](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/glossary)
- [The colour lab](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/lab): name any hex value

## For agents
- [MCP server](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/mcp): Streamable HTTP, no key needed
- [JSON API](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/developers): GET https://rang.cleartrust.cc/api/v1/<tool>
- [Sitemap](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/sitemap.xml)
- [How complete the catalogue is](https://rang.cleartrust.cc/coverage)