Random Aqua Colored Things, or Any Color You Pick

Five things in aqua and teal, or any color you choose, each with a swatch.

Swimming pool waterClear water over a pale blue floor on a sunny day.
Hospital scrubsThe loose shirt and pants worn on a ward, often in a soft blue-green.
Turquoise stoneAn opaque blue-to-green mineral with copper in it.
Birthday frostingAqua is a color food only has when someone mixes it.
Glacier lakeRock ground to flour by the ice can turn the water turquoise.

Next step Draw a color name Draw any object

How it works

Press for five random aqua colored things, from sea glass to a glacier lake, each with a swatch of its usual shade and a line on why it is that color or where you meet it.

Read the full guide

Random orange things, or any other color

The list under the button opens on Aqua and teal. Change it to Orange for a clementine, a traffic cone or a monarch butterfly, or to red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white, or gold and silver.

What the line under each thing says

Where we could check a reason, the line gives it: a flamingo is pink from the carotenoids in its food, and a glacier lake turns turquoise from rock that the ice has ground to flour. Otherwise it says where you meet the thing.

Questions and answers

What things are aqua colored?

Sea glass, a robin egg, turquoise stone, aquamarine, a glacier lake, an old copper roof and the shallows of a tropical sea are all aqua or teal. Hardly any food is: aqua frosting is a color someone mixed.

What things are naturally orange?

Carrots, pumpkins, clementines, tigers, goldfish, monarch butterflies and fall leaves. A carrot is orange from beta-carotene, and a goldfish's orange began as a mutation in fish that are normally gray or silver.

Why is the color teal called teal?

It is named after a duck. The Eurasian teal has a stripe of that blue-green on its head, and the color took the bird's name.

Where do the swatch colors come from?

We chose each one by eye to match the thing's usual shade. Real things vary, so treat the swatch as a guide, not a measurement.

All 240 things

Red 20

Brick Most clay bricks come out of the kiln in a shade of red.
Cherry Shiny dark red, often two to a stem.
Cranberry A small red berry that grows in cool, acidic bogs.
Fire truck The truck that comes with sirens and a long ladder.
Fly agaric The storybook toadstool: a bright red cap dotted with white warts.
Ladybug Red with black spots, a pattern that warns hunters it tastes bad.
Mars Its dust and sand are rich in reddish iron oxides.
Northern cardinal The adult male is a brilliant crimson red with a black face mask.
Poppy A red flower you meet at the edge of a field.
Red barn The big red building in every picture of a farm.
Red bell pepper The sweet red one in the salad bowl.
Red maple leaf In fall the leaf makes a red pigment as its green fades.
Red pen The color a teacher's corrections come in.
Red rose The flower a dozen of which comes in a long box.
Ruby Red from chromium; the name comes from the Latin word for red.
Stop sign A red octagon in many countries.
Strawberry Red when it is ready to pick, green at the cap.
Tail light The red light on the back of every car.
Tomato Lycopene gives the ripe fruit its red.
Watermelon slice Red inside a green rind, at every summer picnic.

Show all 240 things (220 more)

Orange 20

Apricot A small soft fruit in a pale orange skin.
Autumn leaf The orange was in the leaf all summer, hidden by the green.
Basketball An orange surface with black ribs is the traditional look.
Campfire embers What a fire glows like after the flames die down.
Cantaloupe Plain and netted outside, orange inside.
Carrot Orange from the beta-carotene inside it.
Clementine A small citrus with a glossy, deep orange peel that comes off easily.
Clownfish Orange with three white bands, at home among sea anemones.
Goldfish Its wild relatives are gray or silver; the orange began as a mutation.
Life jacket Bright orange, stowed under the seat of a boat.
Marigold A garden flower in orange pompoms.
Monarch butterfly Black, orange and white wings that are easy to tell at a glance.
Orange The fruit and the color share one word.
Pumpkin Ribbed skin in deep yellow to orange, on every porch in October.
Safety vest Worn by road crews so that nobody misses them.
Sunset The sky's last color on a clear evening.
Sweet potato Orange all the way through once it is baked.
Terracotta pot Fired clay keeps its natural brownish-orange.
Tiger Orange fur that fades to white in parts, crossed by black stripes.
Traffic cone Safety orange, so that it is seen early on the road.

Yellow 20

Banana Picked green, then ripened to yellow after the trip.
Butter A pale yellow block in a dish by the toaster.
Caution tape Yellow ribbon with black letters, strung across a doorway.
Chick A handful of yellow fluff, a day or two old.
Corn on the cob Rows of yellow kernels under a green husk.
Daffodil A yellow trumpet that turns up in early spring.
Dandelion Yellow first, then a white ball of seeds that glide on the wind.
Egg yolk Yellow from lutein and zeaxanthin, two carotenoids.
Lemon The pointed oval yellow fruit of the lemon tree.
Mustard The yellow stripe on a hot dog.
Pencil The classic school pencil in its coat of yellow paint.
Pineapple ring A yellow circle with a hole in it, out of a can.
Raincoat The bright slicker that comes out with the puddles.
Rubber duck A bath toy that is usually yellow with a flat base.
School bus In the United States the school bus is yellow.
Sticky note The square of pale yellow paper on the edge of a screen.
Sulfur A chemical element that is a bright yellow solid at room temperature.
Sunflower A tall flower with a ring of yellow round a dark center.
Tennis ball Most are a fluorescent color called optic yellow.
Wet floor sign The folding sign a freshly mopped floor gets.

Green 20

Avocado Green under a dark, bumpy skin.
Blade of grass Green from chlorophyll, the pigment that lets a plant take in light.
Broccoli A small green tree on a dinner plate.
Caterpillar A green tube working its way along a leaf.
Chalkboard The dark green board at the front of an old classroom.
Cucumber Cool, green and sliced into every salad.
Emerald A kind of beryl colored green by traces of chromium.
Fern A spray of green fronds on the forest floor.
Four-leaf clover A lucky find in a lawn full of threes.
Garden hose Coiled green by the tap at the side of a house.
Go light The bottom light of the three.
Grasshopper Green in green grass, until it jumps.
Jade The stone called nephrite is typically green.
Lily pad A flat green plate floating on a pond.
Lime Small, round to oval and sour, with green skin and green flesh.
Mint leaf The green sprig on top of a dessert.
Moss Dense green mats in damp, shady places.
Peas in a pod A row of green beads in a green case.
Pickle A cucumber after a long bath in a jar.
Tree frog Sits on a leaf and is nearly impossible to spot.

Aqua and teal 20

Aquamarine A pale-blue to light-green gemstone of the beryl family.
Birthday frosting Aqua is a color food only has when someone mixes it.
Blue spruce A tree known for its blue-green needles.
Common kingfisher Green-blue above and orange below, with a long bill.
Glacier lake Rock ground to flour by the ice can turn the water turquoise.
Hospital scrubs The loose shirt and pants worn on a ward, often in a soft blue-green.
Larimar A blue to blue-green stone found only in the Dominican Republic.
Mint toothpaste A stripe of blue-green on a brush.
Old canning jar Pale blue-green glass from the back of a pantry shelf.
Old copper roof Copper left out in the weather grows a green coat called a patina.
Peacock feather The color comes from the tiny structure of the feather itself.
Pool tile The small glazed squares along the waterline.
Robin egg The eggs of the American robin gave the color robin egg blue its name.
Sea glass Broken glass that years in the water have worn smooth and frosted.
Statue of Liberty Her green is the natural patina on a copper surface.
Swimming pool water Clear water over a pale blue floor on a sunny day.
Teal duck The color teal is named for the stripe on this duck's head.
Tropical shallows Clear sea over white sand, a few steps from the beach.
Turquoise stone An opaque blue-to-green mineral with copper in it.
Weathered copper coin Left outdoors, copper slowly turns green.

Blue 20

Ballpoint pen The blue line in most notebooks.
Blue corn chips Chips with the dusty blue of the corn they are made from.
Blue jay No blue pigment: the color comes from the structure of the feathers.
Blue raspberry slush A flavor with a color no raspberry ever had.
Blue ribbon What first place wins at a county fair.
Blue tang A fish with a royal blue body and a yellow tail.
Blue whale Shades of grayish blue above, somewhat lighter underneath.
Blueberry A small round berry in blue or purple.
Cornflower A field flower with a shade of blue named after it.
Daytime sky Blue because air scatters blue light more than red or green.
Forget-me-not Tiny flowers that are typically blue.
Gas flame The color of a stove burner turned up.
Hydrangea Big round flower heads in a garden bed.
Jeans Pants cut from heavy blue denim.
Lapis lazuli A deep-blue rock prized for its color since antiquity.
Mailbox The blue box on a street corner that takes your letters.
Open ocean Far from shore on a clear day.
Painter's tape The blue strip that keeps paint off the trim.
Sapphire Blue is the best-known color of this gemstone.
School globe Mostly blue, because the map is mostly ocean.

Purple 20

Amethyst A violet variety of quartz.
Beet Stains the cutting board and your fingers.
Crocus A purple cup that comes up through late snow.
Eggplant A spongy fruit, most commonly purple, cooked as a vegetable.
Fig Dusky purple outside, seedy inside.
Grape ice pop The purple one in the freezer box.
Grape jelly The purple half of a lunchbox sandwich.
Grapes A bunch of purple on the fruit plate.
Iris A tall purple flower with petals that fold down.
Lavender Spikes of blue, violet or lilac flowers.
Lilac A bush of purple flowers by a garden gate in spring.
Pansy A flat purple face in a window box.
Plum A stone fruit in a dark purple skin.
Purple carrot Old kinds of carrot come in purple as well as orange.
Purple crayon The one that draws the grapes.
Purple sea urchin A deep purple ball of spines from the Pacific coast.
Red cabbage Dark red to purple leaves, whatever the name says.
Thistle A spiky plant with a purple tuft on top.
Twilight sky The few minutes between sunset and dark.
Violet A small purple flower low in the grass.

Pink 20

Axolotl The pale pink kind with black eyes is called leucistic.
Ballet slipper Pale pink satin with ribbons.
Bubble gum The classic pink of a blown bubble.
Carnation A frilly pink flower in a buttonhole.
Cherry blossom Pale pink petals on bare branches in spring.
Cotton candy Spun sugar; it was plain white before anyone added coloring.
Flamingo Pink from the carotenoids in the plankton it eats.
Lake Hillier A lake in Western Australia known for its pink water.
Pencil eraser The pink end of a school pencil.
Peony A big ruffled pink flower in early summer.
Piggy bank A pink pig with a slot in its back.
Piglet Pink snout, pink ears, curly tail.
Pink grapefruit A breakfast half with pink flesh.
Pink lemonade The pink pitcher at a summer stand.
Rose quartz The pink variety of a mineral that is colorless when pure.
Roseate spoonbill A wading bird whose pink comes from its diet, as a flamingo's does.
Salmon fillet Pigments from the krill that wild salmon eat color the flesh.
Strawberry ice cream The pink stripe in a three-flavor tub.
Strawberry milkshake Pink in a tall glass with a straw.
Sunrise clouds The first color of the day, low in the east.

Brown 20

Acorn The nut of an oak, sitting in its own little cup.
Brown bear Fur that runs from cream through reddish to dark brown.
Cardboard box What everything arrives in.
Chocolate bar Brown squares that snap apart.
Cinnamon stick A curl of the inner bark of a tree, used as a spice.
Coffee beans Roasted dark brown and ground every morning.
Football A brown leather ball with white laces.
Gingerbread Brown cookies cut into people and houses.
Leather boot Brown leather that darkens with wear.
Mud puddle Brown water in a dip in the path.
Paper bag Brown paper folded flat by the checkout.
Peanut butter The brown half of a lunchbox sandwich.
Pine cone Brown scales under every pine tree.
Pretzel A baked brown knot with salt on it.
Rust The reddish-brown coat iron grows when it meets oxygen and water.
Sparrow The small brown bird under a café table.
Teddy bear The brown bear that lives on a bed.
Tree bark The rough brown coat of a trunk.
Walnut A wrinkled brown shell with a wrinkled nut inside.
Wooden spoon The brown spoon standing in a jar by the stove.

Black 20

Black beans Small black beans in a bowl of rice.
Black cat A black shape on a windowsill.
Black olive The black ring on a slice of pizza.
Black panther A leopard or a jaguar with extra black pigment; the spots are still there.
Blackberry Picked off a bramble at the end of summer.
Cast-iron pan A heavy black pan that lasts for generations.
Coal A black or brownish-black rock that is mostly carbon.
Crow A black bird on a wire.
Hockey puck A black disk sliding across white ice.
Licorice A chewy black rope from the candy jar.
Night sky Overhead, far from any street light.
Obsidian Volcanic glass, formed when lava cools fast.
Peppercorn A small black bead waiting in the grinder.
Piano key The short raised keys between the white ones.
Poppy seeds The black specks on a bagel.
Raven A large bird that is black all over.
Tire Rubber mixed with carbon black, among other things.
Top hat A tall black hat for a stage magician.
Umbrella The plain black one by every office door.
Vinyl record A black disk with a groove and a paper label.

White 20

Arctic fox Brown in summer and entirely white in winter.
Cauliflower A white head inside green leaves.
Chalk A soft, white rock that is a form of limestone.
Chef's hat The tall white hat in a restaurant kitchen.
Cloud A fair-weather heap on a blue day.
Cotton boll A puff of white fiber on a dry stalk.
Daisy White petals round a yellow button.
Dove A white bird let go at a celebration.
Eggshell White, thin and gone with one tap on a bowl.
Golf ball A white ball covered in dimples.
Marshmallow A soft white pillow on a stick.
Milk A food that is usually white, poured over cereal.
Mute swan Wholly white, with an orange beak edged in black.
Pearl Layer on layer; the thinner the layers, the finer the shine.
Polar bear The fur looks white, but the hairs are transparent and the skin is black.
Popcorn White puffs out of a hot pan.
Rice A bowl of small white grains.
Sheet of paper Blank, and waiting.
Snow Clear ice that looks white because the crystals scatter all the light.
Whipped cream A white swirl on top of a pie.

Gold and silver 20

Aluminum foil It comes off the roll with one shiny side and one matte side.
Brass doorknob The metal has long been used for drawer pulls and doorknobs.
Chocolate coin A chocolate disk in a wrapper of gold foil.
Disco ball A ball of little mirrors hung over a dance floor.
Fool's gold Pyrite: its metal shine and brass-yellow color pass for gold at a glance.
Gold leaf Gold beaten so thin that light can pass through it.
Gold nugget Pure gold is a bright metallic yellow.
Golden retriever The dog with its color in its name.
Goldenrod A roadside wildflower with its color in its name.
Honey Gold in the jar, more so with the sun behind it.
House key A small piece of silver-colored metal on a ring.
Moonlight on water A silver path across a lake at night.
Paper clip A bent loop of silver wire.
Quarter The silver-colored coin for a parking meter.
Sardines A tin of small silver fish.
Silver spoon Silver reflects more light than any other metal.
Trophy The gold cup on a shelf.
Trumpet Brass has long been liked for its bright, golden look.
Wedding ring A plain gold band.
Wheat field Gold from edge to edge just before harvest.

How this list was compiled: Own list of 240 things that are commonly one color, twenty to a color, written for this page on 2026-09-30; no list was copied. The swatch colors (x.hex) were chosen by eye to match each thing's usual shade and are a guide, not a measurement. 92 lines state a fact about the thing (why it is that color, what it is made of, where it is found). Each of those was checked by script on 2026-09-30 against the wording of the thing's English Wikipedia article, whose address is in x.src (86 articles, read through one request at a time). The other lines say only where you meet the thing and carry no source. Left out where the article did not support the line we wanted: why a lobster turns red, why a fire truck is red, why a cloud is white, and a line on blue agave. No product, shop, team or character is named; the Statue of Liberty is the one landmark, there because Wikipedia's Patina article gives it as the example of copper gone green. Aqua and teal has one food only (frosting that someone mixed), because we found no everyday food of that color. Licence: Own work; facts checked against English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), in our own words