Colours of screens and design
Websites, apps, film and anything lit from behind.
Yellow
Tartrazine
A synthetic lemon yellow dye widely used in food, cosmetics and medicinesDye
Black
Carbon black
A deep black pigment and filler made by burning carbon-rich materials with little airPigment
White
Titanium dioxide
A brilliant white pigment made from titanium, used in paints, food and sunscreenPigment · 🇨🇳 China +5
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Methyl orange
An orange-red azo dye used as a pH indicator in chemistryDye
Red
Erythrosine
A bright red-pink synthetic dye used in food, cosmetics, and industryDye · 🇺🇸 United States +4
Blue
Brilliant blue FCF
A synthetic blue dye widely used in foods, drinks, and medicinesPigment · 🇺🇸 United States
Orange
Chrysoine resorcinol
A synthetic azo dye once used in food and as a pH indicatorDye
Purple and violet
Pigment Violet 29
A dark red-purple pigment used in paints, inks, and dyesPigment
Orange
Pyrylium-1
A dye that turns fluorescent orange when it binds to aminesDye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Carbon black: FK1954, Public domain, source
- Titanium dioxide: The original uploader was Walkerma at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, source
- Tartrazine: Buli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Methyl orange: Rubashkyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brilliant blue FCF: Soldier of Wasteland, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pigment Violet 29: Smokefoot, Public domain, source