Top 10 Weird Colors You’ve Never Heard Of

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5. Arsenic


It doesn’t take a brain scientist to figure out this color, but it’s definitely not a “happy” color, so to speak. Imagine saying you want to paint your walls in arsenic, semi-gloss. You’d get some looks there. The color arsenic is based around the element arsenic which is a dark gray-blue color. Arsenic is a metalloid that is often naturally found. However, there are other types of arsenic that aren’t the gray-blue color. Some are more of a red-orange tint.

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4. Feldgrau


A German color, translating to “field gray,” feldgrau was the color of German uniforms worn from 1907 until late 1945. The color was also used in post war uniforms by the East German Army (NVA) and the Bundeswehr, West Germany’s army. The color was last used on the woollen m/58 winter uniform. The gray-green color is very similar to the greens, grays, and browns used in more widely used army uniforms, such as those of the U.S. Army.

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3. United Nations Blue


That’s right, the United Nations, the international organization provided to help countries with human rights, social progress, economic development and more has it’s own color. Originally named United Nations blue, the color is very similar to Dodger blue, but is more pastel like and not as vibrant. You will find this blue on the U.N. flag, as well as their emblem and even the U.N. peacekeeper uniforms.

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2. Xanadu


No this color has nothing to do with Robert Greenwald’s film. Instead, Xanadu is said to be a color coming from the color of a plant. Xanadu is a green-gray color that comes from a plant known as the Philodendron. The plant leaves are generally a green color with a tint of gray. This plant is widely seen in Australia, but it is said that the plant got its name from Xanadu, which was an ancient city located in Inner Mongolia, China.

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1. Caput Mortuum


If you’re one of those super cool Latin scholars, or maybe one who knows a little about alchemy, you may have heard the term caput mortuum. In Latin, the words translate into “worthless remains” or “dead head.” The color name comes from the variety of purples and brownish colors that are created when iron oxide, A.K.A. rust is oxidized. It is said that the color was widely used when painters would paint important people or religious figures such as patrons. It’s a highly popular color used in dying paper as well as oil paints.