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6 colorsCommon Questions About Q-Colors
How many CSS named colors start with the letter Q?
None. The W3C/CSS named-color set has no entries beginning with Q — one of several letters (along with E, J, U, X and Z) with no CSS color keyword.
Where does the name “Queen Blue” come from?
Queen Blue is a medium, slightly dusky tone of royal blue. It was first recorded as a color name in English in 1926; before that, since 1661, the same color was called “queen’s blue.”
What is Quinacridone Magenta?
It is a synthetic organic pigment (quinacridone, PR122) widely used by painters and printers for its bright, lightfast purplish magenta. It is the same pigment family that gives process magenta its punch.
Why are there so few colors starting with Q?
Q is a rare initial letter in English, so few color names begin with it. Most cataloged Q colors — Quartz, Queen Blue, Queen Pink, Quick Silver, Quinacridone Magenta and Quincy — appear on Wikipedia’s list of colors.
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