Colors
Combining a new level of programmatic support for symbolic color with carefully chosen aesthetic color parametrizations, the Wolfram Language allows a uniquely flexible and compelling approach to color and transparency in graphics and all other forms of display.
Color Directives
RGBColor, Hue, CMYKColor, GrayLevel — color models
LABColor, LCHColor, LUVColor, XYZColor — device-independent CIE color models
ThemeColor — a named color setting that resolves according to a notebook theme
SystemColor — a named color setting that resolves according to windowing system settings
LightDarkSwitched — a color setting that displays different colors in light and dark modes
ColorQ — test whether an expression is a color directive
Color Operations »
ColorConvert — convert between color models
Lighter, Darker — make colors lighter, darker
Blend — blend of colors
ColorNegate — the negative color to a given color
RemoveAlphaChannel ▪ SetAlphaChannel ▪ AlphaChannel
ColorDistance ▪ RandomColor ▪ DominantColors ▪ FindMatchingColor ▪ ...
Color Regions
ColorsNear — represent a color region around a color
Dark Mode »
LightDark — display notebook contents in light or dark mode
LightDarkAutoColorRules — automatically map light mode colors to dark mode equivalents
Color Schemes »
ColorData — hundreds of color schemes (gradients, named collections, etc.)
"Gradients" ▪ "Indexed" ▪ "Physical" ▪ "Rainbow" ▪ "Temperature" ▪ ...
Named Colors
Red 
▪ Green 
▪ Blue 
▪ Black 
▪ White 
▪ Gray 
▪ Cyan 
▪ Magenta 
▪ Yellow 
Brown 
▪ Orange 
▪ Pink 
▪ Purple 
Standard Named Color Variants
StandardRed 
▪ StandardGreen 
▪ StandardBlue 
▪ StandardGray 
▪ StandardCyan 
▪ StandardMagenta 
▪ StandardYellow 
▪ StandardBrown 
▪ StandardOrange 
▪ StandardPink 
▪ StandardPurple 
Light Named Color Variants
LightRed 
▪ LightGreen 
▪ LightBlue 
▪ LightGray 
▪ LightCyan 
▪ LightMagenta 
▪ LightYellow 
▪ LightBrown 
▪ LightOrange 
▪ LightPink 
▪ LightPurple 
Dark Named Color Variants
DarkRed 
▪ DarkGreen 
▪ DarkBlue 
▪ DarkGray 
▪ DarkCyan 
▪ DarkMagenta 
▪ DarkYellow 
▪ DarkBrown 
▪ DarkOrange 
▪ DarkPink 
▪ DarkPurple 
Interactive Color Controls
Style — specify a color for any object
Graphics Directives »
Opacity — opacity level (0 for transparent)
Specularity — shininess color for 3D graphics
FaceForm ▪ EdgeForm ▪ Glow ▪ Directive ▪ ...
Graphics Options »
Lighting — light sources used for 3D graphics
VertexColors, VertexNormals — data for color interpolation in polygons
Background ▪ AxesStyle ▪ FrameStyle ▪ GridLinesStyle ▪ ...
Plotting Options »
ColorFunction — general function for determining colors from coordinates and values
ColorRules — rules for determining colors for discrete data
PlotStyle ▪ FillingStyle ▪ MeshStyle ▪ MeshShading ▪ ...
"ICC" — color profiles
"GIF", "PNG" — can store color maps
Import, Export — import, export with many color maps, depths, models