---
title: colorNameComponent
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nscolor/colornamecomponent
---

# colorNameComponent

The name of the color.

## Declaration

```swift
var colorNameComponent: NSColor.Name { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Access this property only for colors in the named color space. Accessing it for other color types raises an exception.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [init(catalogName:colorName:)](appkit/nscolor/init(catalogname:colorname:).md)

### Retrieving individual components

- [alphaComponent](appkit/nscolor/alphacomponent.md)
- [whiteComponent](appkit/nscolor/whitecomponent.md)
- [redComponent](appkit/nscolor/redcomponent.md)
- [greenComponent](appkit/nscolor/greencomponent.md)
- [blueComponent](appkit/nscolor/bluecomponent.md)
- [cyanComponent](appkit/nscolor/cyancomponent.md)
- [magentaComponent](appkit/nscolor/magentacomponent.md)
- [yellowComponent](appkit/nscolor/yellowcomponent.md)
- [blackComponent](appkit/nscolor/blackcomponent.md)
- [hueComponent](appkit/nscolor/huecomponent.md)
- [saturationComponent](appkit/nscolor/saturationcomponent.md)
- [brightnessComponent](appkit/nscolor/brightnesscomponent.md)
- [catalogNameComponent](appkit/nscolor/catalognamecomponent.md)
- [localizedCatalogNameComponent](appkit/nscolor/localizedcatalognamecomponent.md)
- [localizedColorNameComponent](appkit/nscolor/localizedcolornamecomponent.md)