Random Color Generator (All Named Colors)

This random color generator allows you to pick colors in several different ways. It includes all the colors of the world.

All random color wheels come with their own limitations. Some generate completely random colors but fail to name them, while others are not transparent about their contents, leaving you wondering what might be missing.

My goal was to create the best color randomizer possible. From Absolute Zero to Zomp, it includes all 893 colors listed on Wikipedia. And if you don’t want to limit yourself with labels, you can switch to unlimited colors to get any color imaginable.

Random Color Generator

This randomizer is very simple to use. Just click the button below, and you’ll get a square displaying a random color. The name and hexadecimal web code of the color appear beneath the color itself. You can also toggle off named colors and opt for completely random ones instead.

You can use the randomizer to inspire your art and designs—or for any other reason.

How Many Colors Are There?

Color is a property of light—a visual perception based on the wavelength of that light. The human eye can only detect a limited section of the electromagnetic spectrum. All named colors exist within this visible range. But how many colors are there?

Generally, red, green, and blue are considered the three primary colors. In the past, HTML included just 16 named colors, although newer browsers now recognize 147. Wikipedia’s list of colors includes nearly a thousand entries, some of which are trademarked product names.

The number of named colors is only a fraction of the total colors the human eye can distinguish. Some estimates suggest humans can perceive around 10 million different colors—interestingly, fewer than the number of colors a modern computer monitor can produce.

What connects traveling and randomness? In my case, it started with random destinations. In 2016, I picked a completely random place anywhere in the world. After one very long detour, I finally arrived at my random destination—Nairobi, Kenya—in March 2018.

This website, Arimo Travels, was originally about that journey. Once I reached my random destination, I decided to create a few random destination generators for others to enjoy.

In the years since, those few generators have turned into over 100 randomizers covering all sorts of topics. For example, I've made generators for random things to draw and write about.