Editing Color (section)

=== Terminology ===
{{main|Color term}}
{{see also|Lists of colors|Web colors}}
Colors vary in several different ways, including [[hue]] (shades of [[red]], [[orange (colour)|orange]], [[yellow]], [[green]], [[blue]], and [[violet (color)|violet]], etc.), [[colorfulness|saturation]], [[brightness]]. Some color words are derived from the name of an object of that color, such as "[[orange (colour)|orange]]" or "[[salmon (color)|salmon]]", while others are abstract, like "red".

In the 1969 study ''[[Basic Color Terms]]: Their Universality and Evolution'', [[Brent Berlin]] and [[Paul Kay]] describe a pattern in naming "basic" colors (like "red" but not "red-orange" or "dark red" or "blood red", which are "shades" of red). All languages that have two "basic" color names distinguish dark/cool colors from bright/warm colors. The next colors to be distinguished are usually red and then yellow or green. All languages with six "basic" colors include black, white, red, green, blue, and yellow. The pattern holds up to a set of twelve: black, gray, white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, and [[azure (color)|azure]] (distinct from blue in [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], but not English).