Absurd Color Names ??

daArch

I wuz cleaning out some accumulated crap, and came across some old fan decks.

So let's have some fun. Color names. Let's hear some of your favorite absurd names.

I've oft wondered who invents the names. Some word smith wannabe chain smoking in dimly lit (if at all), sub-sub-basement fallout shelter, with a bottle of Jack Daniels by his side ?

Here are some to get you going:

Bongo Jazz
Dublin Bay
Misty Morning Dew
Charcoal Bisque
Sweat Sock Sorbet

A friend told me today he was applying "green apple martini".

And my favorite all time color name (although not commercially available) is Clitora Loobria.

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George Z

Farrow & Ball colour:

DEAD SALMON

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Tom R

M.A.B. Color

"Cream Dream"


Here it is in use . .

Flikka

lol Farrow & Ball has the greatest names.

Setting Plaster
Monkey Puzzle
Ointment Pink
Mouse's Back
Elephant's Breath

Ya gotta love the English.....the paints pretty good too!

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Mary

paint_booger

Many people have described a color I'm using as "Baby Poop". Yet I've never seen that color on the fan deck. They should put one on there with that name, so I can pull out the fan deck and say, "Nope. Baby Poop is color number738. This is number 724."

Richard

Cool Thread

Pittsburgh:
Rubber Ducky
Rise-N-Shine
Shrimp Cocktail
Elf Shoe
Mom's Lipstick
Pizza Pie
Grandma's Apron
Teeny Bikini
Moose Antler
Gourmet Mushroom

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Paintpimp

SW colors

Reuben's Flesh
Sandspit
Nutmeat
Squirrel's Tail

mickeyco

These are car paint names from the late 60' and early 70's.

Sublime
Green Go
Go Mango
Banana
Panther Pink
Plum Crazy
Hemi Orange
Limelight
Sassy Grass Green
Vitamin "C"
Lemon Twist
Moulin Rouge
In Violet
Tor Red
Original Cinnamon
Bring 'Em Back Olive
Three Putt Green
Anti-Establish Mint
Last Stand Custard
There She Blue
Young Turquoise
Hulla Blue
Good Clean Fawn
Counter Revolutionary Red
Knight White
Freudian Gilt
History Onyx

gideond

Pratt & Lambert
Always Smooth
Blueberry Slush
Browned Butter
Chipmunk Stripe (Chipmunk also available)
Cool Grasshopper
Creative Thinker
Frou Frou
Maid or Orleans
Nude Rose
Puffball
Smokestain Rose
To The Blues
Trout

furiousstyles

"These are car paint names from the late 60' and early 70's." Oh how i love Hemi Orange.

Paul_R

"daArch And my favorite all time color name (although not commercially available) is Clitora Loobria."

Is there a suitable primer for this exotic color? Also, not a color, but I used to get this crazy lubricant seems like it was called Maiden Oil?

Great thread!!

MarvinWilleyJr

My girlfriend picked the colors for our new house.......

How about our bathroom color!.....Guacamole!

lornmastro

did cabinets from hell and ended up having to repaint them....will never forget the name of the SW color i had to use... FLAN...sounds like a big hack ball to me. should have known this was a paint job that was going to go bad...lol

Paul_R

Lornmastro, so what color is "FLAN"? I'm thinking some moderate dark brown? Or maybe closer to flox, or phlegm?

Happy Painting, Paul

chris n

BM color that my wife picked for our guest bedroom
"eccentric lime", and yes it is just what it sounds like,the men hate it and all the women love it

lornmastro

flan is a yellowey peachy color...yuk!!

Tom R

Don't remember the real name of the color, - - but I have referred to one color as "baby-sh!t yellow"!! . . .

paint_booger

I've heard it many times, and I always ask, "Strained carrot baby poop or green bean?"

Tom R

Yeah, - - then I guess there's always the next question, - - "Smushed Shade" or "Tapered Tirade" finish??

ProWallGuy

Tom, I prefer the 'tapered'. Wouldn't want anything to slam shut.

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