Google Assistant understands many different color names, but it’s tough to find an exhaustive list with all of the Google Assistant light color options. On top of that, brands have there own color lists, like this Phillips Hue color list. To help with this confusion, below is a complete list of light color names that Google Assistant understands. This list includes Phillips Hue colors, LifX colors, and other branded light colors. These colors will work with form of Google Assistant, including Google Home. Colors are an approximation. What you see with your Smart Light might be a bit different.
Quick note: If you use a different assistant, I also create lists for the other major assistants below:
Check out this post to see only the shades of white.
FAQ
Can different manufacturers support different colors on Google Assistant?
No. Google determines what color names Google Assistant can understand. Google sends RGB Values to manufacturers when you issue a command to change the color. It’s up to the manufacture to set the right color on the light itself. More info can be found in the Google Developer Documentation.
Where did you find these color names?
Where are the unsupported color names from?
Most colors in the supported and unsupported lists are taken from various color standards and lists, like this Wikipedia list. The vast majority do work, but there are a few that aren’t supported.
Do these colors work for every Voice Assistant, like Alexa and Siri?
Each Voice Assistant understands many, but not all of the same colors. You can find other Voice Assistant Color Lists by looking at other Smart Light color articles.
Supported Google Assistant Light Colors
These colors are listed as supported by manufacturers and also work for me.
“Hey Google, set the light to _____”
| Alabama Crimson | |
| Alice Blue | |
| Amaranth | |
| Amber | |
| Amethyst | |
| Android Green | |
| Antique Fuchsia | |
| Antique White | |
| Apricot | |
| Aqua | |
| Aquamarine | |
| Army Green | |
| Artichoke | |
| Ash Gray | |
| Asparagus | |
| Atomic Tangerine | |
| Auburn | |
| Avacado | |
| Aztec Gold | |
| Azure | |
| Baby Blue | |
| Baby Pink | |
| Barbie Pink | |
| Barn Red | |
| Battleship Gray | |
| Beaver | |
| Beige | |
| Bittersweet | |
| Black | |
| Blizzard Blue | |
| Blue | |
| Blue Bell | |
| Blue Gray | |
| Blue Violet | |
| Blue-Gray | |
| Blue-Green | |
| Blue-Violet | |
| Blush | |
| Bottle Green | |
| Brick Red | |
| Bright Mint | |
| Brilliant Rose | |
| Brown | |
| Brunswick Green | |
| Buff | |
| Burgundy | |
| Burnished Brown | |
| Burnt Orange | |
| Burnt Sienna | |
| Burnt Umber | |
| Byzantium | |
| Cadet Blue | |
| Cadet Gray | |
| Cadmium Orange | |
| Cadmium Red | |
| Cal Poly Pomona Green | |
| Cameo Pink | |
| Capri | |
| Cardinal | |
| Caribbean Green | |
| Carmine | |
| Carnation Pink | |
| Carrot Orange | |
| Castleton Green | |
| Celadon | |
| Celadon Green | |
| Celeste | |
| Celestial Blue | |
| Cerise | |
| Cerulean | |
| Cerulean Blue | |
| Cerulean Frost | |
| Champagne | |
| Charcoal | |
| Charcoal Gray | |
| Charleston Green | |
| Charm Pink | |
| Chartreuse | |
| Chesnut | |
| Chili Red | |
| China Pink | |
| Chocolate | |
| Cinnamon Satin | |
| Citrine | |
| Cobalt Blue | |
| Cocoa Brown | |
| Congo Pink | |
| Copper | |
| Copper Penny | |
| Coral | |
| Coral Pink | |
| Cornell Red | |
| Cornflower | |
| Cosmic Cobalt | |
| Cotton Canddy | |
| Cotton Candy | |
| Cream | |
| Crimson | |
| Cyan | |
| Cyber Yellow | |
| Dandelion | |
| Dark Blue | |
| Dark Cyan | |
| Dark Goldenrod | |
| Dark Gray | |
| Dark Green | |
| Dark Khaki | |
| Dark Magenta | |
| Dark Olive Green | |
| Dark Orange | |
| Dark Orchid | |
| Dark Purple | |
| Dark Red | |
| Dark Salmon | |
| Dark Slate Gray | |
| Dark Turquoise | |
| Dark Venetian Red | |
| Dark Violet | |
| Dartmouth Green | |
| Deep Pink | |
| Deep Sky Blue | |
| Denim | |
| Desert Sand | |
| Desire | |
| Dim Gray | |
| Dodger Blue | |
| Ecru | |
| Eggplant | |
| Egyptian Blue | |
| Electric Blue | |
| Electric Indigo | |
| Electric Lime | |
| Emerald | |
| Eminence | |
| English Vermilion | |
| Fandango | |
| Feldgrau | |
| Fern | |
| Fern Green | |
| Fire Brick | |
| Fire Engine Red | |
| Flame | |
| Forest Green | |
| French Fuchsia | |
| French Pink | |
| Fuchsia Rose | |
| Fuschia | |
| GO Green (GO Transit, Toronto) | |
| Gainsboro | |
| Gamboge | |
| Ghost White | |
| Giants Orange | |
| Glaucous | |
| Glossy Grape | |
| Gold | |
| Goldenrod | |
| Granite Gray | |
| Granny Smith Apple | |
| Gray | |
| Gray Green | |
| Green | |
| Green Sheen | |
| Green Yellow | |
| Green-Blue | |
| Green-Yellow | |
| Gunmetal | |
| Harlequin | |
| Harvard Crimson | |
| Harvest Gold | |
| Heliotrope | |
| Honeydew | |
| Hot Magenta | |
| Hot Pink | |
| Hunter Green | |
| IU Crimson (Indiana University) | |
| Imperial Red | |
| Independence | |
| India Green | |
| Indian Red | |
| Indigo | |
| Indigo Dye | |
| International Orange | |
| Islamic Green | |
| Ivory | |
| Jade | |
| Jasmine | |
| Jazzberry Jam | |
| Jet | |
| Jonquil | |
| Jungle Green | |
| KSU Purple (Kansas State University) | |
| Kelly Green | |
| Khaki | |
| Kobicha | |
| Lapis Lazuli | |
| Laser Lemon | |
| Laurel Green | |
| Lavender | |
| Lavender Blush | |
| Lawn Green | |
| Lemon | |
| Lemon Chiffon | |
| Lemon Yellow | |
| Liberty | |
| Light Blue | |
| Light Chrome Green | |
| Light Coral | |
| Light Cyan | |
| Light Goldenrod Yellow | |
| Light Gray | |
| Light Green | |
| Light Pink | |
| Light Salmon | |
| Light Sea Green | |
| Light Sky Blue | |
| Light Slate Gray | |
| Light Steel Blue | |
| Light Venetian Red | |
| Light Yellow | |
| Lilac Luster | |
| Lime | |
| Lime Green | |
| Linen | |
| Lion | |
| MSU Green (Michigan State University) | |
| Macaroni and Cheese | |
| Madder Lake | |
| Magenta | |
| Magenta Haze | |
| Magic Mint | |
| Mahogany | |
| Maize | |
| Malachite | |
| Manatee | |
| Mango Tango | |
| Mantis | |
| Mardi Gras | |
| Marengo | |
| Marigold | |
| Maroon | |
| Mauve | |
| Mauvelous | |
| Medium Aquamarine | |
| Medium Blue | |
| Medium Chrome Green | |
| Medium Purple | |
| Medium Rose | |
| Medium Sea Green | |
| Medium Spring Green | |
| Medium Turquoise | |
| Medium Violet | |
| Mellow Yellow | |
| Melon | |
| Midnight Blue | |
| Midnight Green | |
| Mikado Yellow | |
| Mimi Pink | |
| Mint Cream | |
| Mint Green | |
| Misty Moss | |
| Misty Rose | |
| Morning Blue | |
| Moss Green | |
| Mountain Meadow | |
| Mulberry | |
| Mustard | |
| Myrtle Green | |
| Mystic Maroon | |
| Naples Yellow | |
| Navajo White | |
| Navy | |
| Navy Blue | |
| Neon Carrot | |
| Neon Green | |
| New York Pink | |
| Nickel | |
| Oklahoma Crimson | |
| Old Gold | |
| Old Lace | |
| Olive | |
| Olive Drab | |
| Olive Green | |
| Onyx | |
| Orange | |
| Orange Peel | |
| Orange Red | |
| Orange-Yellow | |
| Orchid | |
| Outer Space | |
| Outrageous Orange | |
| Pacific Blue | |
| Pakistan Green | |
| Pansy Purple | |
| Papaya Whip | |
| Paradise Pink | |
| Paris Green | |
| Pastel Pink | |
| Peach | |
| Peach Puff | |
| Pearly Purple | |
| Periwinkle | |
| Permanent Geranium Lake | |
| Persian Green | |
| Persian Orange | |
| Persian Pink | |
| Persimmon | |
| Peru | |
| Pewter Blue | |
| Phlox | |
| Pig Pink | |
| Piggy Pink | |
| Pigment Red | |
| Pine Green | |
| Pink | |
| Pink Flamingo | |
| Pink Lace | |
| Pink Lavender | |
| Pink Sherbert | |
| Platinum | |
| Plum | |
| Polished Pine | |
| Portland Orange | |
| Powder Blue | |
| Princeton Orange | |
| Process Yellow | |
| Pumpkin | |
| Purple | |
| Purple Heart | |
| Purple Mountain Majesty | |
| Purple Pizzazz | |
| Purpureus | |
| Queen Pink | |
| Quick Silver | |
| Radical Red | |
| Raw Sienna | |
| Raw Umber | |
| Razzle Dazzle Rose | |
| Razzmatazz | |
| Red | |
| Red-Orange | |
| Red-Violet | |
| Resolution Blue | |
| Rifle Green | |
| Robin Egg Blue | |
| Rocket Metallic | |
| Rose | |
| Rose Dust | |
| Rose Quartz | |
| Royal Blue | |
| Royal Purple | |
| Royal Yellow | |
| Ruby | |
| Russet | |
| Russian Green | |
| Rust | |
| Rusty Red | |
| Sacramento State Green | |
| Safety Orange | |
| Safety Yellow | |
| Saffron | |
| Salmon | |
| Salmon Pink | |
| Sandy Brown | |
| Sapphire | |
| School Bus Yellow | |
| Screamin’ Green | |
| Sea Green | |
| Seashell | |
| Sepia | |
| Shadow | |
| Shadow Blue | |
| Shamrock | |
| Shamrock Green | |
| Shiny Shamrock | |
| Shocking Pink | |
| Sienna | |
| Silver | |
| Silver Pink | |
| Sky Blue | |
| Sky Magenta | |
| Slate Blue | |
| Slate Gray | |
| Slytherin Green | |
| Smokey Topaz | |
| Snow | |
| Space Cadet | |
| Spring Green | |
| Steel Blue | |
| Steel Teal | |
| Straw | |
| Sugar Plum | |
| Sunglow | |
| Sunset Orange | |
| Super Pink | |
| Tan | |
| Tango Pink | |
| Taupe | |
| Tawny | |
| Tea Rose | |
| Teal | |
| Teal Blue | |
| Thistle | |
| Tickle Me Pink | |
| Tiffany Blue | |
| Tomato | |
| Tropical Indigo | |
| Tropical Rain Forest | |
| Tumbleweed | |
| Turkey Red | |
| Turquoise | |
| Turquoise Blue | |
| Twilight Lavender | |
| Tyrian Purple | |
| UT Orange (University of Tennessee) | |
| Ultramarine | |
| Ultramarine Blue | |
| Unmellow Yellow | |
| Utah Crimson | |
| Van Dyke Brown | |
| Vanilla | |
| Vanilla Ice | |
| Venetian Red | |
| Verdigris | |
| Violet | |
| Violet (Purple) | |
| Violet-Blue | |
| Violet-Red | |
| Viridian | |
| Vivid Tangerine | |
| Vivid Violet | |
| Wheat | |
| White | |
| White Smoke | |
| Wild Blue Yonder | |
| Wild Strawberry | |
| Wild Watermelon | |
| Wine | |
| Wintergreen Dream | |
| Wisteria | |
| Wood Brown | |
| Yellow | |
| Yellow-Green | |
| Yellow-Orange |
Unsupported Google Assistant Light Colors
These are colors that are said to be supported, but I’m unable to get working.
| Almond | |
| Antique Brass | |
| Banana Mania | |
| Bisque | |
| Blanched Almond | |
| BurlyWood | |
| Canary | |
| Cornsilk | |
| Dark Sea Green | |
| Dark Slate Blue | |
| Floral White | |
| Fuzzy Wuzzy | |
| Inchworm | |
| Jasper | |
| Medium Orchid | |
| Medium Slate Blue | |
| Medium Violet Red | |
| Moccasin | |
| Moonstone | |
| Pale Goldenrod | |
| Pale Green | |
| Pale Turquoise | |
| Pale Violet Red | |
| Peridot | |
| Pink Pearl | |
| Rebecca Purple | |
| Rosy Brown | |
| Saddle Brown | |
| Scarlet | |
| Tiger’s Eye | |
| Timberwolf | |
| Vermilion |
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Thank you so much! During the day I feel like I need different colors to work and this list is fantastic!
Whenever I asked the Google Assistant to change the lights to “red”, it always failed to understand, instead using “read”. The workaround for this is to say colour then red. For example, “OK Google, change the office lights to colour red.”
I don’t think there is a way to have the ARGB LED strip lights to change to one of the other supported modes, like sound-linked or “breathing” or colour-shifting.
i was wondering this, i want a command for party mode or something.