Colors/swatches

[Josie]

How do I know what color I’m using when it doesn’t have the name by it of the exact color I’m using? That doesn’t really help me 

much

Thanks

[Affinity Rat]

I presume you are referring to swatches, are you suggesting that if you select a colour with eyedropper you want to know if and what its name is?

Try using the eyedropper to select colour, then get the RGB or Hex code and search the following to find name.

https://web.njit.edu/~walsh/rgb.html

[Affinity Rat]

Alternatively to get Pantone name get the hexcode of the colour and search google for Pantone #hexcode.

[Josie]

It would be easier if all the colors had there names to them in affinity designer rather then googling each one. Cause that is a lot of work.

[Josie]

I’m trying to find out what this color is.

[walt.farrell]

9 minutes ago, Josie said:

I’m trying to find out what this color is.

I'd like to start a bit simpler, and ask where you got that color? Many colors do not have names, just numeric values, so why do you think that one might have a name?

And in fact, if I sample that color and search for it, I get this page which seems to agree that this one does not have a name.

https://www.color-hex.com/color/910888

[Affinity Rat]

40 minutes ago, Josie said:

It would be easier if all the colors had there names to them in affinity designer rather then googling each one. Cause that is a lot of work.

True colour used in most computers is 2^24 = 16,777,216 colours, most do not have names. Probably not possible to name them all in any meaningful way, thats why numbers are used.

 

[carl123]

44 minutes ago, Josie said:

I’m trying to find out what this color is.

There's a 98% match to Dark Magenta (only my cat could tell the difference)

https://colors.artyclick.com/color-name-finder/

 

 

[PaulEC]

The problem with colour names is that there is no standardisation. Different companies. apps, listings etc use different names for the same colour, and often the same name may be used (by different people) for what are actually different colours. For example if you buy a tin of Gunmetal Grey paint from one paint company, then a tin of Gunmetal Grey from a different company, they will, in all probability, be completely different shades of grey.

[carl123]

8 minutes ago, PaulEC said:

For example if you buy a tin of Gunmetal Grey paint from one paint company, then a tin of Gunmetal Grey from a different company, they will, in all probability, be completely different shades of grey

Gunmetal Grey has a unique hex value (#2A3439) just like Red, Green, Blue etc. If a paint manufacturer can't make his Gunmetal Grey match that precise colour then that is a fault in the manufacturing process, just like if his paint versions of Red, Green & Blue do not match the norm for those colours

If in doubt Wikipedia will show you the correct colours and hex codes etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_gray#Gunmetal

[PaulEC]

36 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Gunmetal Grey has a unique hex value (#2A3439) just like Red, Green, Blue etc. If a paint manufacturer can't make his Gunmetal Grey match that precise colour then that is a fault in the manufacturing process, just like if his paint versions of Red, Green & Blue do not match the norm for those colours

I used that as an example as I knew a guy who did just this. Bought a tin of "Gunmetal Grey" paint to retouch a wall based on what had originally been used, (but a different brand) and found that it was much lighter. 

Using names for precise colour matching is simply a non-starter. Too many people/companies just make up names as they go along! The only accurate ways of describing colours are mathematical ones, such as hex codes, Pantone numbers and the like. Also, as Walt pointed out, some colours don't even have names, but every colour can be described mathematically!