Download the data

The collection of named colors are available as a .csv download under the CC0 1.0 license.

The format is hexcode,name,votes

colornames.zip (32.12 MB)



JSON feed of the latest 100 submissions:
https://colornames.org/fresh/json/

Returns:
[{"nameId":1944061,"hexCode":"4c72f2","name":"Roneria"},{"nameId":1944060,"hexCode":"7ce0ef","name":"Puffy"}, ... ]


JSON lookup of hex to color name:
https://colornames.org/search/json/?hex=FF0000

Returns:
{"hexCode":"ff0000","name":"Red"}


JSON request for a random color name:
https://colornames.org/random/json/

Returns:
{"hexCode":"91ae93","name":"Ashen Leaves"}