# 9.4 Recognised color names

The following is a complete list of the color names which Pyxplot recognises in the `set textcolor`, `set axescolor` commands, and in the `colors` section of its configuration file. A color chart of these can be found in Appendix 7. All color names are case insensitive.

`greenYellow, yellow, goldenrod, dandelion, apricot, peach, melon,
yellowOrange, orange, burntOrange, bittersweet, redOrange,
mahogany, maroon, brickRed, red, orangeRed, rubineRed,
wildStrawberry, salmon, carnationPink, magenta, violetRed,
rhodamine, mulberry, redViolet, fuchsia, lavender, thistle,
orchid, darkOrchid, purple, plum, violet, royalPurple,
blueViolet, periwinkle, cadetBlue, cornflowerBlue, midnightBlue,
navyBlue, royalBlue, blue, cerulean, cyan, processBlue, skyBlue,
turquoise, tealBlue, aquamarine, blueGreen, emerald, jungleGreen,
seaGreen, green, forestGreen, pineGreen, limeGreen, yellowGreen,
springGreen, oliveGreen, rawSienna, sepia, brown, tan, gray,
grey, black, white.`

In addition, a scale of 100 shades of grey is available, ranging from `grey00`, which is black, to `grey99`, which is very nearly white. The US spelling, `gray??`, is also accepted.

Arbitrary colors may be specified in the forms `rgb0:0:0`, `hsb0:0:0` or `cmyk0:0:0:0`, where the colon-separated zeros should be replaced by values in the range of 0 to 1 to represent the components of the desired color in RGB, HSB or CMYK space respectively.