PIGMENTUM

16,777,216 uniquely named colors

Color in every dimension.

Every color has a name. All 16 million of them.

What is the name of that particular blue? The green of moss after rain? The orange of a late afternoon in October? PIGMENTUM has a name for every one of the 16,777,216 colors a screen can show — each with its values in 12 formats, similar shades, accessibility data, harmonies and a place in the catalogue. Color in every dimension.

And far beyond the catalogue: 20+ free tools — a color picker, WCAG contrast and colorblind checkers, a deep accessibility validator, a 4-color comparison matrix and a color family tree. Explore color through science with a mineral color atlas, a periodic table of element colors, a Kelvin color-temperature scale, the electromagnetic spectrum and more. Browse a historical color archive of 80 painters, 600+ films and 40 design eras, 52 seasonal and mood palettes, a daily Color of the Day, plus color theory, the history of color from cave paintings to the digital age, and what colors mean across cultures worldwide.

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Color Basics (4)

Picker, gradient generator, mixer, palette of the day — the everyday essentials.

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Accessibility (5)

WCAG contrast, colorblindness simulation, validators — design that works for everyone.

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Science & Physics (16)

Kelvin temperature, EM spectrum, DNA, pH indicators, magnetism, chemistry and more.

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Nature & World (8)

Seasonal blooms, tree species, gemstones, rocks — color across the natural world.