colorname-analysis

analyzing names of colors using data from colornames.org

details

• generates plots to show where certain colors (or other color-defining words) are found on the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram
• points are limited to a small(ish) triangle due to the color data only covering rgb colors which only cover a small fraction of human vision
• due the nature of the diagram brightness is ignored
• little to no data cleaning: a color named "definitely not white" may show up in the plot for "white"

color examples

blue

cyan

mint

green

orange

red

pink

purple

white

examples for other terms

deep

light

dark

space

twilight

alien