The following is a complete list of the colour names which PyXPlot recognises in the set textcolour, set axescolour commands, and in the colours section of its configuration file. A colour chart of these can be found in Appendix 6. All colour names are case insensitive.
GreenYellow, Yellow, Goldenrod, Dandelion, Apricot, Peach, Melon,
YellowOrange, Orange, BurntOrange, Bittersweet, RedOrange,
Mahogany, Maroon, BrickRed, Red, OrangeRed, RubineRed,
WildStrawberry, Salmon, CarnationPink, Magenta, VioletRed,
Rhodamine, Mulberry, RedViolet, Fuchsia, Lavender, Thistle,
Orchid, DarkOrchid, Purple, Plum, Violet, RoyalPurple,
BlueViolet, Periwinkle, CadetBlue, CornflowerBlue, MidnightBlue,
NavyBlue, RoyalBlue, Blue, Cerulean, Cyan, ProcessBlue, SkyBlue,
Turquoise, TealBlue, Aquamarine, BlueGreen, Emerald, JungleGreen,
SeaGreen, Green, ForestGreen, PineGreen, LimeGreen, YellowGreen,
SpringGreen, OliveGreen, RawSienna, Sepia, Brown, Tan, Gray,
Grey, Black, White.
In addition, a scale of 100 shades of grey is available, ranging from grey00, which is black, to grey99, which is very nearly white. The US spelling, gray??, is also accepted.
Arbitrary colours may be specified in the forms rgb0:0:0, hsb0:0:0 or cmyk0:0:0:0, where the colon-separated zeros should be replaced by values in the range of 0 to 1 to represent the components of the desired colour in RGB, HSB or CMYK space respectively.