Color Names and Samples

These are all of the defined color names in PlantUML, in alphabetical order by name. (And yes, the little square of each color was generated using PlantUML. The source is at the bottom of this page.)

You can use these by putting a # in front of the name. See the specific keywords and options for examples.

APPLICATION	AliceBlue	AntiqueWhite	Aqua	Aquamarine
Azure	BUSINESS	Beige	Bisque	Black
BlanchedAlmond	Blue	BlueViolet	Brown	BurlyWood
CadetBlue	Chartreuse	Chocolate	Coral	CornflowerBlue
Cornsilk	Crimson	Cyan	DarkBlue	DarkCyan
DarkGoldenRod	DarkGray	DarkGreen	DarkGrey	DarkKhaki
DarkMagenta	DarkOliveGreen	DarkOrchid	DarkRed	DarkSalmon
DarkSeaGreen	DarkSlateBlue	DarkSlateGray	DarkSlateGrey	DarkTurquoise
DarkViolet	Darkorange	DeepPink	DeepSkyBlue	DimGray
DimGrey	DodgerBlue	FireBrick	FloralWhite	ForestGreen
Fuchsia	Gainsboro	GhostWhite	Gold	GoldenRod
Gray	Green	GreenYellow	Grey	HoneyDew
HotPink	IMPLEMENTATION	IndianRed	Indigo	Ivory
Khaki	Lavender	LavenderBlush	LawnGreen	LemonChiffon
LightBlue	LightCoral	LightCyan	LightGoldenRodYellow	LightGray
LightGreen	LightGrey	LightPink	LightSalmon	LightSeaGreen
LightSkyBlue	LightSlateGray	LightSlateGrey	LightSteelBlue	LightYellow
Lime	LimeGreen	Linen	MOTIVATION	Magenta
Maroon	MediumAquaMarine	MediumBlue	MediumOrchid	MediumPurple
MediumSeaGreen	MediumSlateBlue	MediumSpringGreen	MediumTurquoise	MediumVioletRed
MidnightBlue	MintCream	MistyRose	Moccasin	NavajoWhite
Navy	OldLace	Olive	OliveDrab	Orange
OrangeRed	Orchid	PHYSICAL	PaleGoldenRod	PaleGreen
PaleTurquoise	PaleVioletRed	PapayaWhip	PeachPuff	Peru
Pink	Plum	PowderBlue	Purple	Red
RosyBrown	RoyalBlue	STRATEGY	SaddleBrown	Salmon
SandyBrown	SeaGreen	SeaShell	Sienna	Silver
SkyBlue	SlateBlue	SlateGray	SlateGrey	Snow
SpringGreen	SteelBlue	TECHNOLOGY	Tan	Teal
Thistle	Tomato	Turquoise	Violet	Wheat
White	WhiteSmoke	Yellow	YellowGreen

PlantUML_ source for the AliceBlue square of color:

(An example of how they all look, except the color name e.g. AliceBlue is set to each respective color name.)

@startuml

skinparam ClassBackgroundColor #AliceBlue
skinparam ClassFontColor #AliceBlue
skinparam ClassBorderColor #AliceBlue

skinparam ClassStereotypeFontSize 0
skinparam CircledCharacterFontSize 0
skinparam CircledCharacterRadius 0
skinparam ClassBorderThickness 0
skinparam Shadowing false

class Dummy

@enduml

It’s a bit of a kludge, but given a list of all of the color names and a generic template for the .puml file needed, I quickly generated all of the .puml files. (The list of all color names came from running the PlantUML command java -jar plantuml -language