C# Usage
November 13, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
C# support is provided by vycdev/ColorNamesSharp. The library is available as a NuGet package.
Creating the instance
ColorNames colorNames = new ColorNamesBuilder()
.Add("Best Blue", "#3299fe") // Add your own custom colors
.LoadDefault() // Load the default color list
.AddFromCsv("path/to/your/colorlist.csv") // Add a custom color list from a csv file
.Build(); // Get a new ColorNames instance that includes all the colors you've added
Getting a fitting color name
NamedColor customNamedColor = new("Custom Named Color", 50, 153, 254);
// You can directly get the name of the color as a string
string colorNameFromHex = colorNames.FindClosestColorName("#facfea"); // Classic Rose
string colorNameFromRgb = colorNames.FindClosestColorName(224, 224, 255); // Stoic White
string colorNameFromNamedColor = colorNames.FindClosestColorName(customNamedColor); // Best Blue
// Or similarly you can get the NamedColor object
NamedColor namedColorFromHex = colorNames.FindClosestColorName("#facfea"); // Classic Rose
NamedColor namedColorFromRgb = colorNames.FindClosestColorName(224, 224, 255); // Stoic White
NamedColor namedColorFromNamedColor = colorNames.FindClosestColorName(customNamedColor); // Best Blue
// Or a random color
NamedColor randomColor = colorNames.GetRandomNamedColor();
See the upstream project for more details and updates: vycdev/ColorNamesSharp