Color

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For an overview of graphics in Dwarf Fortress, see Graphics.

For user-compiled colors, see color scheme.

For lists of the colors of materials, professions, creatures, etc., see the "Color Lists" at the bottom of this page.

Dwarf Fortress can use roughly 8424 colors to give many tiles such as foregrounds, backgrounds and sprites different colors. These colors make up the color scheme. Which of these colors are assigned to a given tile is often decided by values in its raw file. Whether a pixel shows foreground, background, black or anything in between is influenced by its brightness and opacity. These colors are shown at the right:

The original game used a simplistic 16-color palette, with 8 of those colors: black, blue, green, cyan, red, purple, yellow, grey, and a lighter version of those colors creating a total of 16. The game also has an option to use the classic ASCII visuals, mimicking the classic version of the game by using 16 colors. Even with the updated graphics turned on, many elements of the game still use this color scheme, as to visually stick with the classic game's graphically simple style. Color is also used to express various information, from a dwarf's profession, to the natural color of a terrain feature, to the material an item is made of.

Some sprite sheets contain their own dedicated color palettes.

Overview

The tileset influences color display

In the simplest case, a pixel on a tileset is either white (foreground) or transparent* (background). However, black, and anything in between is possible as well (even color):

• a white pixel will show the foreground color
• a transparent* pixel will show the background color
• a black pixel will stay black

The darker a white pixel is (i.e. a shade of gray), the darker the foreground color will be displayed. Similarly, a black pixel with lower opacity will result in a darker background color. A partially transparent, non-black pixel shows both the background and foreground color.^[Verify]

*magenta for .bmp files.

Colors are assigned based on material and other raw values

To decide which colors to use for a tile in ASCII mode, DF looks at raw values for that object (color value or color token) and selects a foreground and background color from the 16 colors in the color scheme. When a color value is defined, it directly picks it from the 16. When instead a color token is defined, the game compares the color token definition to all 16 colors in the color scheme and picks the closest match.

For tiles in graphics mode, it instead uses a raw-defined palette. The default palette image is shown above. It checks for each color in the row defined by the PALETTE_DEFAULT token--in this case, the first row--and then maps it to the corresponding color in the same column, based on the STATE_COLOR of the object that the tile being printed corresponds to. For the vanilla raws, this is all in alphabetical order. New palettes and colors can be defined in the same way.

How colors are assigned

Colors of Status icons, professions, text and the interface in general are hardcoded. Items, furniture, constructions, and geographic features get the color of their material. Dyes and material contaminants use color tokens.

Wall and floor color

Phyllite (to the left) has DISPLAY_COLOR:0:7:1 and BASIC_COLOR:7:0. The white sand present has DISPLAY_COLOR:7:6:1 and so the actual floor color is 7:1 (white).

While the foreground, background and brightness shown in the RAW files will be applied to walls, the mineral's "secondary" color will end up different. Here is how it works:

• If the BASIC_COLOR tag is specified, it will use that color. Note that the BASIC_COLOR tag only has foreground and brightness as arguments.
• If BASIC_COLOR is left out:
  • The background color is forced to 0 (effectively stripping it).
  • If the foreground color is 0, the game will display it as dark gray, color 8 (in other words, color 0 with brightness 1).

This is effective for stairs, floors, ramps, and constructions (in the case of stone). When stone is engraved, it uses the material's TILE_COLOR (which is the same as the DISPLAY_COLOR unless overridden).

Color values

Colors are primarily defined using the [COLOR:x:y:z] or [DISPLAY_COLOR:x:y:z] tokens. The three arguments are:

1. Foreground color [0-7]
2. Background color [0-7]
3. Brightness of the foreground color [0 or 1]

The brightness of the background color is always 0.

By default*, the following 8 pairs of colors are displayed. These are bright and dark shades of the primary colors, as well as black, white, and two grays:

Col. Bri. Name 0 0 BLACK 1 0 BLUE 2 0 GREEN 3 0 CYAN 4 0 RED 5 0 MAGENTA 6 0 BROWN 7 0 LGRAY

Col. Bri. Name Alt. 0 1 DGRAY 8 1 1 LBLUE 9 2 1 LGREEN 10 3 1 LCYAN 11 4 1 LRED 12 5 1 LMAGENTA 13 6 1 YELLOW 14 7 1 WHITE 15

(* See color scheme for information about how to change the actual various colors as displayed.)

Sometimes the color numbers are part of another token, e.g. [LEAVES:quarry bush leaf:quarry bush leaves:6:7:0:0:0:0:1:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:LEAF] specifies the colors "7:0:0" for quarry bush leaves and "0:0:1" for wilted quarry bush leaves.

Values 8-15

If the brightness value is 1 or another nonzero number, it adds 8 to the foreground color. If the final value of the foreground or background is 8-15, it appears as a "bright" color.

As these values can be manually typed in instead of using the brightness value, you can also give the background a bright color with this method. For example, for a white background color, add 8 to 7 = 15. For a light green background color, you add 8 to 2 = 10.

Color tokens

When in graphics mode, most things do not use color flags. Instead, they reference color tokens defined in descriptor_color_standard.txt. Color tokens are referenced by their token name, e.g. [STATE_COLOR:SOLID:DARK_GREEN] or [POWDER_DYE:EMERALD]. The defined RGB values are not displayed in-game; instead, it assigns colors in the sprite from the top row of the palette file (seen above) to the row defined in data/vanilla/vanilla_descriptors_graphics/graphics/palette_default.txt, or any user-defined palette objects.

The following colors are grouped according to their corresponding display color in ASCII mode. Hexadecimal color values are not used in the raws, but correspond to the RGB values that are. For further information, see the Wikipedia article on web colors.

DGRAY colors Token RGB Hex BLACK 0 0 0 #000000 CLEAR 128 128 128 #808080 GRAY 128 128 128 #808080 TAUPE_GRAY 139 133 137 #8B8589 LGRAY colors Token RGB Hex SILVER 192 192 192 #C0C0C0 ASH_GRAY 178 190 181 #B2BEB5 WHITE colors Token RGB Hex WHITE 255 255 255 #FFFFFF BEIGE 245 245 220 #F5F5DC IVORY 255 255 240 #FFFFF0 LAVENDER 230 230 250 #E6E6FA LAVENDER_BLUSH 255 240 245 #FFF0F5 RED colors Token RGB Hex MAROON 128 0 0 #800000 CHESTNUT 205 92 92 #CD5C5C ROSE 244 194 194 #F4C2C2 RED 255 0 0 #FF0000 VERMILION 227 66 52 #E34234 DARK_CHESTNUT 152 105 96 #986960 BURNT_SIENNA 233 116 81 #E97451 MAHOGANY 192 64 0 #C04000 PALE_BROWN 152 118 84 #987654 RED_PURPLE 178 0 75 #B2004B DARK_PINK 231 84 128 #E75480 DARK_SCARLET 86 3 25 #560319 CRIMSON 220 20 60 #DC143C CARMINE 150 0 24 #960018 CARDINAL 196 30 58 #C41E3A LRED colors Token RGB Hex RUST 183 65 14 #B7410E PUMPKIN 255 117 24 #FF7518 SEPIA 112 66 20 #704214 BROWN 150 75 0 #964B00 CINNAMON 123 63 0 #7B3F00 TAN 210 180 140 #D2B48C RAW_UMBER 115 74 18 #734A12 TAUPE_SANDY 150 113 23 #967117 ECRU 194 178 128 #C2B280 SCARLET 255 36 0 #FF0024

BROWN colors Token RGB Hex BURNT_UMBER 138 51 36 #8A3324 AUBURN 111 53 26 #6F351A CHOCOLATE 210 105 30 #DC691E TAUPE_PALE 188 152 126 #BC987E COPPER 184 115 51 #B87333 DARK_BROWN 101 67 33 #654321 LIGHT_BROWN 205 133 63 #CD853F BRONZE 205 127 50 #CD7F32 OCHRE 204 119 34 #CC7722 GOLDENROD 218 165 32 #DAA520 GOLD 212 175 55 #D4AF37 BRASS 181 166 66 #B5A642 OLIVE 128 128 0 #808000 YELLOW colors Token RGB Hex DARK_PEACH 255 218 185 #FFDAB9 ORANGE 255 165 0 #FFA500 PEACH 255 229 180 #FFE5B4 SAFFRON 244 196 48 #F4C430 AMBER 255 191 0 #FFBF00 PEARL 240 234 214 #F0EBD6 BUFF 240 220 130 #F0DC82 FLAX 238 220 130 #EEDC82 GOLDEN_YELLOW 255 223 0 #FFDF00 LEMON 253 233 16 #FDE910 CREAM 255 253 208 #FFFDD0 YELLOW 255 255 0 #FFFF00 LIME 204 255 0 #CCFF00 GREEN colors Token RGB Hex TAUPE_DARK 72 60 50 #483C32 DARK_TAN 145 129 81 #918151 YELLOW_GREEN 154 205 50 #9ACD32 DARK_OLIVE 85 104 50 #556832 GREEN-YELLOW 173 255 47 #ADFF2F LGREEN colors Token RGB Hex CHARTREUSE 127 255 0 #7BFF00 GREEN 0 255 0 #00FF00 EMERALD 80 200 120 #50C878 DARK_GREEN 1 50 32 #013220 JADE 0 168 107 #00A86B MIDNIGHT_BLUE 0 51 102 #003366

CYAN colors Token RGB Hex RUSSET 117 90 87 #755A57 TAUPE_MEDIUM 103 76 71 #674C47 FERN_GREEN 79 121 66 #4F7942 MOSS_GREEN 173 223 173 #ADDFAD MINT_GREEN 152 255 152 #98FF98 LIGHT_BLUE 173 216 230 #ADD8E6 SLATE_GRAY 112 128 144 #708090 BLUE-GRAY 186 202 226 #BACAE2 PALE_CHESTNUT 221 173 175 #DDADAF LCYAN colors Token RGB Hex SPRING_GREEN 0 255 127 #00FF7F AQUAMARINE 127 255 212 #7FFFD4 TURQUOISE 48 213 200 #30D5C8 AQUA 0 255 255 #00FFFF SKY_BLUE 135 206 235 #87CEEB LILAC 200 162 200 #C8A2C8 BLUE colors Token RGB Hex SEA_GREEN 46 139 87 #2E8B57 PINE_GREEN 1 121 111 #01796F TEAL 0 128 128 #008080 CERULEAN 0 123 167 #007BA7 AZURE 0 127 255 #007FFF COBALT 0 71 171 #0047AB DARK_BLUE 0 0 139 #00008B BLUE 0 0 255 #0000FF PERIWINKLE 204 204 255 #CCCCFF LBLUE colors Token RGB Hex TAUPE_ROSE 144 93 93 #905D5D PALE_BLUE 175 238 238 #AFEEEE AMETHYST 153 102 204 #9966CC VIOLET 139 0 255 #8B00FF MAUVE_TAUPE 145 95 109 #915F6D MAGENTA colors Token RGB Hex CHARCOAL 54 69 79 #36454F DARK_VIOLET 66 49 137 #423189 DARK_INDIGO 49 0 98 #310062 INDIGO 75 0 130 #4B0082 PURPLE 102 0 153 #660099 PLUM 102 0 102 #660066 TAUPE_PURPLE 80 64 77 #50404D EGGPLANT 97 64 81 #614051 MAUVE 153 51 102 #993366 LMAGENTA colors Token RGB Hex HELIOTROPE 223 115 255 #DF73FF FUCHSIA 244 0 161 #F400A1 PUCE 204 136 153 #CC8899 PINK 255 192 203 #FFC0CB PALE_PINK 250 218 221 #FADADD

Raws

[COLOR:AMBER] [NAME:amber] [WORD:AMBER] [RGB:255:191:0] [COLOR:AMETHYST] [NAME:amethyst] [WORD:AMETHYST] [RGB:153:102:204] [COLOR:AQUA] [NAME:aqua] [WORD:AQUA] [RGB:0:255:255] [COLOR:AQUAMARINE] [NAME:aquamarine] [WORD:AQUAMARINE] [RGB:127:255:212] [COLOR:ASH_GRAY] [NAME:ash gray] [WORD:GRAY] [RGB:178:190:181] [COLOR:AUBURN] [NAME:auburn] [WORD:AUBURN] [RGB:111:53:26] [COLOR:AZURE] [NAME:azure] [WORD:AZURE] [RGB:0:127:255] [COLOR:BEIGE] [NAME:beige] [WORD:BEIGE] [RGB:245:245:220] [COLOR:BLACK] [NAME:black] [WORD:BLACK] [RGB:0:0:0] [COLOR:BLUE] [NAME:blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:0:0:255] [COLOR:BRASS] [NAME:brass] [WORD:BRASS] [RGB:181:166:66] [COLOR:BRONZE] [NAME:bronze] [WORD:BRONZE] [RGB:205:127:50] [COLOR:BROWN] [NAME:brown] [WORD:BROWN] [RGB:150:75:0] [COLOR:BUFF] [NAME:buff] [WORD:BUFF] [RGB:240:220:130] [COLOR:BURNT_SIENNA] [NAME:burnt sienna] [WORD:SIENNA] [RGB:233:116:81] [COLOR:BURNT_UMBER] [NAME:burnt umber] [WORD:UMBER] [RGB:138:51:36] [COLOR:CARDINAL] [NAME:cardinal] [WORD:CARDINAL_COLOR] [RGB:196:30:58] [COLOR:CARMINE] [NAME:carmine] [WORD:CARMINE] [RGB:150:0:24] [COLOR:CERULEAN] [NAME:cerulean] [WORD:CERULEAN] [RGB:0:123:167] [COLOR:CHARCOAL] [NAME:charcoal] [WORD:CHARCOAL] [RGB:54:69:79] [COLOR:CHARTREUSE] [NAME:chartreuse] [WORD:CHARTREUSE] [RGB:127:255:0] [COLOR:CHESTNUT] [NAME:chestnut] [WORD:CHESTNUT] [RGB:205:92:92] [COLOR:CHOCOLATE] [NAME:chocolate] [WORD:CHOCOLATE] [RGB:210:105:30] [COLOR:CINNAMON] [NAME:cinnamon] [WORD:CINNAMON] [RGB:123:63:0] [COLOR:CLEAR] [NAME:clear] [WORD:CLEAR] [RGB:128:128:128] [COLOR:COBALT] [NAME:cobalt] [WORD:COBALT] [RGB:0:71:171] [COLOR:COPPER] [NAME:copper] [WORD:COPPER] [RGB:184:115:51] [COLOR:CREAM] [NAME:cream] [WORD:CREAM] [RGB:255:253:208] [COLOR:CRIMSON] [NAME:crimson] [WORD:CRIMSON] [RGB:220:20:60] [COLOR:DARK_BLUE] [NAME:dark blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:0:0:139] [COLOR:DARK_BROWN] [NAME:dark brown] [WORD:BROWN] [RGB:101:67:33] [COLOR:DARK_CHESTNUT] [NAME:dark chestnut] [WORD:CHESTNUT] [RGB:152:105:96] [COLOR:DARK_GREEN] [NAME:dark green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:1:50:32] [COLOR:DARK_INDIGO] [NAME:dark indigo] [WORD:INDIGO] [RGB:49:0:98] [COLOR:DARK_OLIVE] [NAME:dark olive] [WORD:OLIVE] [RGB:85:104:50] [COLOR:DARK_PEACH] [NAME:dark peach] [WORD:PEACH] [RGB:255:218:185] [COLOR:DARK_PINK] [NAME:dark pink] [WORD:PINK] [RGB:231:84:128] [COLOR:DARK_SCARLET] [NAME:dark scarlet] [WORD:SCARLET] [RGB:86:3:25] [COLOR:DARK_TAN] [NAME:dark tan] [WORD:TAN] [RGB:145:129:81] [COLOR:DARK_VIOLET] [NAME:dark violet] [WORD:VIOLET] [RGB:66:49:137] [COLOR:ECRU] [NAME:ecru] [WORD:ECRU] [RGB:194:178:128] [COLOR:EGGPLANT] [NAME:eggplant] [RGB:97:64:81] [COLOR:EMERALD] [NAME:emerald] [WORD:EMERALD] [RGB:80:200:120] [COLOR:FERN_GREEN] [NAME:fern green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:79:121:66] [COLOR:FLAX] [NAME:flax] [WORD:FLAX] [RGB:238:220:130] [COLOR:FUCHSIA] [NAME:fuchsia] [WORD:FUCHSIA] [RGB:244:0:161] [COLOR:GOLD] [NAME:gold] [WORD:GOLD] [RGB:212:175:55] [COLOR:GOLDEN_YELLOW] [NAME:golden yellow] [WORD:GOLD] [WORD:YELLOW] [RGB:255:223:0] [COLOR:GOLDENROD] [NAME:goldenrod] [WORD:GOLDENROD] [RGB:218:165:32] [COLOR:GRAY] [NAME:gray] [WORD:GRAY] [RGB:128:128:128] [COLOR:GREEN] [NAME:green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:0:255:0] [COLOR:GREEN-YELLOW] [NAME:green-yellow] [WORD:GREEN] [WORD:YELLOW] [RGB:173:255:47] [COLOR:HELIOTROPE] [NAME:heliotrope] [WORD:HELIOTROPE] [RGB:223:115:255] [COLOR:INDIGO] [NAME:indigo] [WORD:INDIGO] [RGB:75:0:130] [COLOR:IVORY] [NAME:ivory] [WORD:IVORY] [RGB:255:255:240] [COLOR:JADE] [NAME:jade] [WORD:JADE] [RGB:0:168:107] [COLOR:LAVENDER] [NAME:lavender] [WORD:LAVENDER] [RGB:230:230:250] [COLOR:LAVENDER_BLUSH] [NAME:lavender blush] [WORD:LAVENDER] [RGB:255:240:245] [COLOR:LEMON] [NAME:lemon] [WORD:LEMON] [RGB:253:233:16] [COLOR:LIGHT_BLUE] [NAME:light blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:173:216:230] [COLOR:LIGHT_BROWN] [NAME:light brown] [WORD:BROWN] [RGB:205:133:63] [COLOR:LILAC] [NAME:lilac] [WORD:LILAC] [RGB:200:162:200] [COLOR:LIME] [NAME:lime] [WORD:LIME] [RGB:204:255:0] [COLOR:MAHOGANY] [NAME:mahogany] [WORD:MAHOGANY] [RGB:192:64:0] [COLOR:MAROON] [NAME:maroon] [WORD:MAROON_COLOR] [RGB:128:0:0] [COLOR:MAUVE] [NAME:mauve] [WORD:MAUVE] [RGB:153:51:102] [COLOR:MAUVE_TAUPE] [NAME:mauve taupe] [WORD:MAUVE] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:145:95:109] [COLOR:MIDNIGHT_BLUE] [NAME:midnight blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:0:51:102] [COLOR:MINT_GREEN] [NAME:mint green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:152:255:152] [COLOR:MOSS_GREEN] [NAME:moss green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:173:223:173] [COLOR:OCHRE] [NAME:ochre] [WORD:OCHRE] [RGB:204:119:34] [COLOR:OLIVE] [NAME:olive] [WORD:OLIVE] [RGB:128:128:0] [COLOR:ORANGE] [NAME:orange] [WORD:ORANGE] [RGB:255:165:0] [COLOR:PALE_BLUE] [NAME:pale blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:175:238:238] [COLOR:PALE_BROWN] [NAME:pale brown] [WORD:BROWN] [RGB:152:118:84] [COLOR:PALE_CHESTNUT] [NAME:pale chestnut] [WORD:CHESTNUT] [RGB:221:173:175] [COLOR:PALE_PINK] [NAME:pale pink] [WORD:PINK] [RGB:250:218:221] [COLOR:PEACH] [NAME:peach] [WORD:PEACH] [RGB:255:229:180] [COLOR:PEARL] [NAME:pearl] [WORD:PEARL] [RGB:240:234:214] [COLOR:PERIWINKLE] [NAME:periwinkle] [WORD:PERIWINKLE] [RGB:204:204:255] [COLOR:PINE_GREEN] [NAME:pine green] [WORD:GREEN] [WORD:PINE] [RGB:1:121:111] [COLOR:PINK] [NAME:pink] [WORD:PINK] [RGB:255:192:203] [COLOR:PLUM] [NAME:plum] [WORD:PLUM] [RGB:102:0:102] [COLOR:PUCE] [NAME:puce] [WORD:PUCE] [RGB:204:136:153] [COLOR:PUMPKIN] [NAME:pumpkin] [WORD:PUMPKIN] [RGB:255:117:24] [COLOR:PURPLE] [NAME:purple] [WORD:PURPLE] [RGB:102:0:153] [COLOR:RAW_UMBER] [NAME:raw umber] [WORD:UMBER] [RGB:115:74:18] [COLOR:RED] [NAME:red] [WORD:RED] [RGB:255:0:0] [COLOR:RED_PURPLE] [NAME:red-purple] [WORD:RED] [WORD:PURPLE] [RGB:178:0:75] [COLOR:ROSE] [NAME:rose] [WORD:ROSE] [RGB:244:194:194] went with tea rose [COLOR:RUSSET] [NAME:russet] [WORD:RUSSET] [RGB:117:90:87] [COLOR:RUST] [NAME:rust] [WORD:RUST] [RGB:183:65:14] [COLOR:SAFFRON] [NAME:saffron] [WORD:SAFFRON] [RGB:244:196:48] [COLOR:SCARLET] [NAME:scarlet] [WORD:SCARLET] [RGB:255:36:0] [COLOR:SEA_GREEN] [NAME:sea green] [WORD:GREEN] [WORD:SEA] [WORD:OCEAN] [RGB:46:139:87] [COLOR:SEPIA] [NAME:sepia] [WORD:SEPIA] [RGB:112:66:20] [COLOR:SILVER] [NAME:silver] [WORD:SILVER] [RGB:192:192:192] [COLOR:SKY_BLUE] [NAME:sky blue] [WORD:BLUE] [RGB:135:206:235] [COLOR:SLATE_GRAY] [NAME:slate gray] [WORD:GRAY] [RGB:112:128:144] [COLOR:SPRING_GREEN] [NAME:spring green] [WORD:GREEN] [RGB:0:255:127] [COLOR:TAN] [NAME:tan] [WORD:TAN] [RGB:210:180:140] [COLOR:TAUPE_DARK] [NAME:dark taupe] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:72:60:50] [COLOR:TAUPE_GRAY] [NAME:taupe gray] [WORD:TAUPE] [WORD:GRAY] [RGB:139:133:137] [COLOR:TAUPE_MEDIUM] [NAME:taupe] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:103:76:71] [COLOR:TAUPE_PURPLE] [NAME:purple taupe] [WORD:PURPLE] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:80:64:77] [COLOR:TAUPE_PALE] [NAME:pale taupe] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:188:152:126] [COLOR:TAUPE_ROSE] [NAME:rose taupe] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:144:93:93] [COLOR:TAUPE_SANDY] [NAME:sandy taupe] [WORD:TAUPE] [RGB:150:113:23] [COLOR:TEAL] [NAME:teal] [WORD:TEAL] [RGB:0:128:128] [COLOR:TURQUOISE] [NAME:turquoise] [WORD:TURQUOISE] [RGB:48:213:200] [COLOR:VERMILION] [NAME:vermilion] [WORD:VERMILION] [RGB:227:66:52] [COLOR:VIOLET] [NAME:violet] [WORD:VIOLET] [RGB:139:0:255] [COLOR:WHITE] [NAME:white] [WORD:WHITE] [RGB:255:255:255] [COLOR:YELLOW] [NAME:yellow] [WORD:YELLOW] [RGB:255:255:0] [COLOR:YELLOW_GREEN] [NAME:yellow-green] [WORD:GREEN] [WORD:YELLOW] [RGB:154:205:50] [COLOR:BLUE-GRAY] [NAME:blue-gray] [WORD:GRAY] [RGB:186:202:226]

Color lists

For the different colors used to represent different professions, see Skill categories.

For a list of the colors of items listed in the z-stocks menu, see Stocks.

For the colors of the various creatures, see creature

For the colors of status icons, see status icon

Material by color

For those who want to know which materials display as which color, for levers, aesthetic concerns, etc.

Color names listed and the colors shown below match the colors from default init/color.txt. To change these from the default tones, see Color scheme.

Color	Stones	Ores	Metals	Other
• WHITE	Alabaster, Alunite, Borax, Calcite, Chalk, Cryolite, Dolomite, Limestone, Marble, Marcasite, Periclase, Quartzite, Rock salt, Satinspar, Selenite, Talc	Galena, Horn silver, Native aluminum, Native platinum, Native silver	Silver, Platinum, Aluminum, Fine pewter, Nickel silver, Sterling silver	Crystal glass, Feather tree, Tower-cap
• LGRAY	Anhydrite, Dacite, Gneiss, Granite, Phyllite, Stibnite	Bismuthinite	Nickel, Tin, Zinc, Billon, Trifle pewter
• DGRAY	Andesite, Basalt, Claystone, Chromite, Diorite, Gabbro, Graphite, Hornblende, Ilmenite, Jet, Mica, Pyrolusite, Rhyolite, Shale, Slate, Obsidian	Bituminous coal, Lignite, Magnetite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite	Iron, Steel, Lead, Pig iron	Black-cap
• BROWN	Chert, Conglomerate, Mudstone, Puddingstone, Sandstone, Schist, Siltstone	Cassiterite, Native copper	Copper, Bronze	All other aboveground trees
• YELLOW	Brimstone, Orpiment, Orthoclase, Saltpeter, Sylvite, Gypsum, Olivine	Limonite, Native gold	Gold, Bismuth bronze, Brass, Electrum	Fungiwood
• RED	Bauxite, Kaolinite	Hematite		Blood thorn
• LRED	Cinnabar, Petrified wood, Realgar			Goblin-cap
• GREEN	Serpentine	Malachite		Green glass
• LGREEN		Garnierite
• CYAN			Lay pewter	Clear glass, Spore tree
• LCYAN	Microcline	Raw adamantine	Adamantine	Ice
• BLUE	Kimberlite			Nether-cap
• LBLUE	Cobaltite
• MAGENTA	Pitchblende, Rutile		Black bronze	Glumprong
• LMAGENTA			Bismuth, Rose gold	Tunnel tube

"Color" in other Languages Dwarven: dakas Elven: mima Goblin: zon Human: rusna