Chestnut (color) Chestnut (color) Chestnut is a colour, a medium reddish shade of brown (displayed right), and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. An alternate name for the colour is badious. Indian red is a similar but separate and distinct colour from "chestnut". Chestnut is also a very dark tan that almost appears brown. The name "chestnut" derives from the color of the nut of the chestnut tree. The first recorded use of "chestnut" as a color term in English was in 1555. The color maroon is also named after the chestnut (via French "marron"). Deep chestnut is the
Capri (color) tourists. The web color for Capri is called "Deep sky blue" which is another name for this color. The first use of "Capri" as a colour name in English was in 1920. Capri (color) Capri is a deep shade of sky blue which is between cyan and azure on the color wheel. The colour "Capri" in general is named for the colour of the Mediterranean sea around the island of Capri off Italy, the site of several villas belonging to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his Imperial residence in his later years, the "Villa Jovis". Specifically, the colour Capri is