Colors That Start With B

Baby Blue and Burgundy share an initial, despite sitting far apart in hue and lightness.

Reading the B color names

Banana Yellow suggests fruit, Brick Red recalls brickwork, and Bronze takes its name from a metal. These names help you picture a shade before you see the swatch.

Other names describe a variation within a family. Baby Pink is much paler than Barbie Pink, while Burnt Orange is darker than Blaze Orange. Words such as baby and burnt help suggest the shade, but the swatch shows the difference more clearly. Its HEX code lets you reproduce that exact digital color.

Short names for a word list

Looking for a B color with four, five, or six letters? Try these single-word names:

  • 4 letters: Blue, Buff.
  • 5 letters: Beige, Black, Blond, Brown.
  • 6 letters: Bistre, Bronze.
Nine B color swatches: Baby Blue, Barbie Pink, Banana Yellow, Beige, British Racing Green, Blue, Bronze, Burgundy, and Burnt Orange.