Editing Color term (section)

==Standardized systems==
In contrast with the color terms of natural language, systematized color terms also exist. Some examples of color-naming systems are [[Color Naming System|CNS]]<ref>{{Citation |last1=Berk |first1=T. |last2=Brownston |first2=L. |last3=Kaufman |first3 = A. |contribution=A New Color-Naming System for Graphics Languages |title=IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |publisher=[[IEEE]] |volume=2 |pages=37–44 |year=1982 }}</ref> and [[ISCC–NBS system|ISCC–NBS]] lexicon of color terms. The disadvantage of these systems, however, is that they specify only specific color samples, so while it is possible to, by interpolating, convert any color to or from one of these systems, a lookup table is required. In other words, no simple invertible equation can convert between [[CIE XYZ]] and one of these systems.

[[Philately|Philatelists]] traditionally use names to identify [[postage stamp color]]s. While the names are largely standardized within each country, there is no broader agreement, and so for instance the US-published [[Scott catalogue]] will use different names than the British [[Stanley Gibbons]] catalogue.

On modern computer systems a standard set of basic color terms is now used across the [[web colors|web color names]] (SVG 1.0/CSS3), [[HTML color names]], [[X11 color names]] and the [[.NET Framework]] color names, with only a few minor differences.

The [[Crayola]] company is famous for its many [[list of Crayola crayon colors|crayon colors]], often creatively named.

[[Heraldry]] has standardized names for '[[Tincture (heraldry)|tincture]]s', subdivided into 'colors', 'metals', and 'furs'.