The world is filled with so many colors, and yet most of us can only name around 10! What about YOU, do you know a few more, rarer, colors? Show us you know your colors in this new quiz! If you'd like to learn more about these colors, look at your mistakes for our explanations of the origins of these colors.
Which rare color is this?
Cadmium yellow is made from a mixture of zinc sulfide and selenium.
Cadmium Yellow
Plum Blossom
Bungee
Which rare color is this?
Brazilwood is a color made from the red pigments of the brazilwood tree.
Brazilwood
Magenta-Red
Dandelion
Which rare color is this?
Crushed Velvet
Cochineal
Cranwood
Which rare color is this?
Tyrian Purple is made from the mucus of several species of Murex snails.
Butterscotch
Tyrian Purple
Burgundy
Which rare color is this?
Vanta black is a deep form of black that is made using a chemical deposition process.
Vanta black
Sable Black
Coal Black
Which rare color is this?
Mummy Brown is a reddish brown color that was originally made from the ground-up remains of mummies
Periwinkle
Mummy Brown
Mud Brown
Which rare color is this?
Prussian blue is a deep blue color made from the oxidation of iron-rich
Oak Tree
Prussian Blue
Causeway Blue
Which rare color is this?
Dragon's blood is a dark red, purply color that is made using a resin from a plant species called the draco tree.
Wine
Dragon's Blood
Lapis Lazuli
Which rare color is this?
The pigment of quercitron comes from the bark of a large timbre oak found in eastern and central US.
Vermilion
Quercitron
Goldenrod
Which rare color is this?
Lapiz Lazuli is a rare color with its pigment coming from a hard-to-find mineral found in Afghanistan.
Lapis Lazuli
Indigo
Flamingo Blue
Which rare color is this?
This beautiful hue, which has orange and red touches, is based off the color of the flowers of the amaranth plant. This color is composed of 89.8 percent red, 16.9 percent green, and 31.4 percent blue
Amaranth
Marigold
Plum Blossom
Which rare color is this?
Viridian
Skobeloff
Phlox
Which rare color is this?
Emerging in China as early as the 4th century B.C., this pigment made its way to Europe and was heavily used during the renaissance period
Vermilion
Indigo
Celadon
There's a lot about these colors you don't know, which is a great opportunity to learn more about them, as they are each beautiful in their own right and deserve their own name! How about giving it another shot or learning more about them by looking at the mistakes and explanations.
You certainly have good knowledge about colors, and so you've achieved a very decent score on identifying these rarer colors. However, there is still room for improvement, and you missed some questions. How about trying again for that high score?
Wow you really know your colors! Are you an artist or a botanist? Maybe you paint houses?!? In any case, you have a great mind for color trivia and a great eye for color we can probably assume. Congratulations on acing our color quiz!
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