---
title: Standard colors
framework: appkit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: appkit/standard-colors
---

# Standard colors

Retrieve the standard color objects for common colors like red, blue, green, black, white, and more.

## Overview

Overview For design guidance, see Human Interface Guidelines.

## Topics

### Adaptable system colors

- [systemBlue](appkit/nscolor/systemblue.md)
- [systemBrown](appkit/nscolor/systembrown.md)
- [systemCyan](appkit/nscolor/systemcyan.md)
- [systemGray](appkit/nscolor/systemgray.md)
- [systemGreen](appkit/nscolor/systemgreen.md)
- [systemIndigo](appkit/nscolor/systemindigo.md)
- [systemMint](appkit/nscolor/systemmint.md)
- [systemOrange](appkit/nscolor/systemorange.md)
- [systemPink](appkit/nscolor/systempink.md)
- [systemPurple](appkit/nscolor/systempurple.md)
- [systemRed](appkit/nscolor/systemred.md)
- [systemTeal](appkit/nscolor/systemteal.md)
- [systemYellow](appkit/nscolor/systemyellow.md)

### Transparent color

- [clear](appkit/nscolor/clear.md)

### Fixed colors

- [black](appkit/nscolor/black.md)
- [blue](appkit/nscolor/blue.md)
- [brown](appkit/nscolor/brown.md)
- [cyan](appkit/nscolor/cyan.md)
- [darkGray](appkit/nscolor/darkgray.md)
- [gray](appkit/nscolor/gray.md)
- [green](appkit/nscolor/green.md)
- [lightGray](appkit/nscolor/lightgray.md)
- [magenta](appkit/nscolor/magenta.md)
- [orange](appkit/nscolor/orange.md)
- [purple](appkit/nscolor/purple.md)
- [red](appkit/nscolor/red.md)
- [white](appkit/nscolor/white.md)
- [yellow](appkit/nscolor/yellow.md)

## See Also

### Getting and creating colors

- [UI element colors](appkit/ui-element-colors.md)
- [Color creation](appkit/color-creation.md)