Sources and credits – PaintColorKE

Colour names

Colour names and their HEX values come from color-name-list by David Aerne and contributors, used under the MIT licence. Descriptions, families, palettes and every other part of the colour-name pages are PaintColorKE’s own.

color-name-list (meodai/color-names) MIT licence, Copyright (c) David Aerne.
MIT licence text Permission is granted free of charge to use, copy, modify and distribute the data, provided the copyright and permission notice are included. The data is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind.

Paint manufacturers

Paint colours, product details and photos on PaintColorKE come from each manufacturer’s own published pages. Manufacturer names and trademarks belong to their owners; listing a brand is not an endorsement or a partnership.

Light and colour science

References behind the wavelength explorer, the prism lab, the periodic table of colours, colour conversions, contrast checks and colour-vision simulations.

CMB Colour Lab

The lab shows real Planck PR3 data (SMICA map) in false colour; it is PaintColorKE’s explanation, not an ESA product.

Planck (ESA) Based on observations obtained with Planck (https://www.esa.int/Planck), an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States, NASA, and Canada. Planck Collaboration 2020, A&A 641, A4 (Planck 2018 results IV).
ESA, “Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation”
ESA, “Planck and the cosmic microwave background”
IRSA, Planck PR3 CMB maps and products
Planck Collaboration, Planck 2018 results IV: Diffuse component separation
Planck Legacy Archive
D. J. Fixsen (2009), The Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background
NASA LAMBDA, COBE/FIRAS monopole spectrum
NASA LAMBDA, the CMB in context
HEALPix, geometric and algebraic properties
NIST, Wien displacement constants
Astropy, blackbody model
Temperature–redshift relation
ESA, Planck first light survey

Colors of the Universe: images

Images keep their publishers’ credits and licences. NASA images are not copyrighted. ESA/Hubble, ESA/Webb and ESO images are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Images were resized for the web; colours were measured from the published files. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.

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NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams NASA media (SDO data are free to use).
NASA/JSC NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA Earth Observatory (Reto Stöckli), Blue Marble Next Generation NASA media (not copyrighted).
NASA Earth Observatory (Joshua Stevens), Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC NASA media (not copyrighted).
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (Ernie Wright), data from LRO LROC and LOLA teams NASA media (not copyrighted).
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA CC BY 4.0.
NASA/JPL-Caltech; Viking images processed at the USGS NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) CC BY 4.0.
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Tiscareno (SETI Institute), M. Hedman (University of Idaho), M. El Moutamid (Cornell University), M. Showalter (SETI Institute), L. Fletcher (University of Leicester), H. Hammel (AURA), J. DePasquale (STScI) CC BY 4.0.
NASA/JPL NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI) CC BY 4.0.
NASA/JPL NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI CC BY 4.0.
ESO/M. Montargès et al. CC BY 4.0.
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/E. O’Gorman/P. Kervella CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, B. Williams (University of Washington) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, A. Lessing (Stanford University), E. Baltz (Stanford University), M. Shara (AMNH), J. DePasquale (STScI) CC BY 4.0.
EHT Collaboration CC BY 4.0.
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
USGS, JPL & Caltech; colour from a Galileo global mosaic NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
USGS, JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
USGS, JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/DLR NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
USGS, JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL/USGS NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator; Viking images processed at the USGS NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator; Viking images processed at the USGS NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic) NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI). CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim (Princeton University) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University). CC BY 4.0.
ESO CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI) CC BY 4.0.
ESA, NASA, HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgement: Robert A. Fesen (Dartmouth College, USA) and James Long (ESA/Hubble) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent) CC BY 4.0.
ESO CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (Sheffield), A. de Koter (Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU) and H. Sana (Amsterdam) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowlegement: A. Cool (San Francisco State Univ.) and J. Anderson (STScI) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team The original observations of Westerlund 2 were obtained by the science team: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI), Elena Sabbi (STScI), Eva Grebel and Peter Zeidler (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg), Monica Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna), Alceste Bonanos (National Observatory of Athens, Astronomical Institute), Carol Christian (STScI/AURA) and Selma de Mink (University of Amsterdam). Follow-up observations were made by the Hubble Heritage team: Zoltan Levay (STScI), Max Mutchler, Jennifer Mack, Lisa Frattare, Shelly Meyett, Mario Livio, Carol Christian (STScI/AURA), and Keith Noll (NASA/GSFC). CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) CC BY 4.0.
Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, and M. Durbin, J. Dalcanton, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) CC BY 4.0.
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI CC BY 4.0.
ESO/S. Brunier CC BY 4.0.
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines).
EHT Collaboration CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI CC BY 4.0.
NASA, ESA, CSA, R. Crawford (STScI) CC BY 4.0.

Colors of the Universe: data and references

Facts, colour notes and explanations on the space pages cite these publishers and catalogues.

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Flags

Flag colours on PaintColorKE are screen colours. Where a country publishes official colours or proportions, these are the references.

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Holidays and occasions

Dates and background for the holiday and occasion collections. The palettes themselves are original PaintColorKE palettes, not official colours.

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Design palettes in the tools

Tailwind CSS default colours (tailwindcss@4.3.3 theme.css) MIT licence, Copyright (c) Tailwind Labs, Inc.
M. Okabe and K. Ito, Color Universal Design (Okabe–Ito palette)
Paul Tol, Colour schemes and templates
David Nichols, Coloring for Colorblindness