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44 Songs With Colors in Their Titles for Karaoke and Playlists

DJ Wonder Sean · October 27, 2025

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A color round is one of those karaoke themes you can explain before the next singer reaches the microphone: pick a song with a color in its title. That's it. No costume, no specialist knowledge, and no ten-minute argument about whether the song is secretly about a traffic light.

The fun is how far that simple rule travels. One singer brings Prince, another brings Willie Nelson, and someone finds a shade nobody else considered. Here are 44 songs with colors in their titles, grouped so you can build a karaoke round, plan a party playlist, or find something worth hearing again.

Browse the full Songs With a Color in the Title theme for more choices. Each song below links to its DJWS record.

Start With Six Different Colors

If you just need a starting point, try these six. They are suggestions to choose from, not a fixed running order or a promise that every song suits every singer.

For karaoke, check the host's catalog for the specific artist and version. A song's presence in DJWS means it belongs in the music catalog, not that a backing track is available at every venue. Listen through the arrangement before your turn, especially if you have only ever sung along with the chorus.

What Counts as a Color Song?

The color word belongs in the song title. It can describe an object, a feeling, or something metaphorical. Black, white, brown, grey, gold, and silver qualify alongside red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink. Recognizable shades such as scarlet and crimson can work, too.

An artist's name alone does not qualify. Pink Floyd, Green Day, and the White Stripes still need a qualifying song title. For the picks below, the color is visible in the title; there is no need to hunt through lyrics or argue about an album cover.

If you want to allow compounds such as “Blackbird,” or titles using “blues,” announce that variation before the round. A loose party game should not turn into a surprise vocabulary exam. The broader catalog includes some compound-title choices; this guide sticks to clear color words.

Pick Your Color

Red

Red is a generous starting point: romance, wine, warning signs, and enough drama to fill a whole rotation. Choose the song you actually want to perform, then let the title do the qualifying.

Blue

Blue gives you room to change the temperature. Put a reflective selection beside something brisker instead of treating the entire color as one long sad song.

Yellow

This is a compact set with very different demands. A familiar title is not the same as an easy vocal. Try the chorus before committing to Elton John, and check the arrangement of Joni Mitchell's song.

Green

Green works for country, rock, and an instrumental breather. “Green Onions” belongs on a listening playlist or between singers; the Booker T. & the M.G.'s recording is an instrumental, not a conventional karaoke vocal.

Purple

You can make purple the big finish, the guitar-heavy detour, or the wonderfully odd choice. “Purple Toupee,” from They Might Be Giants' Lincoln, gives this section an alternative to the two answers everyone thinks of first.

Pink

Pink has more range than the name suggests. Put Aerosmith and Chappell Roan beside Nick Drake's Pink Moon, Mitski's “Pink in the Night” from Be the Cowboy, and the National's “Pink Rabbits” from Trouble Will Find Me. Those last three also make a useful quieter listening detour.

Orange

Orange is the smaller shelf, which is exactly why it is fun. R.E.M.'s “Orange Crush” and MARINA's “Orange Trees,” from Love + Fear, give you two distinct directions without stretching the rule to include an artist's name.

Black

Here is the heavier corner of the paint box. These are good candidates when the room wants rock, but leave space around demanding vocals and long arrangements. Five singers selecting five big finales in a row is a scheduling decision.

White

The two “White Horse” entries are different songs by different artists. Put the performer beside the title on your request so the host knows which one you mean.

Gold and Silver

Metallic colors count here, too. “Silver, Blue & Gold” offers three color words in one title, although it still earns its singer one turn at the microphone.

Brown and Grey

These choices keep the theme from ending at the rainbow. Crystal Gayle gives you two color words, D'Angelo adds another direction, and the Cure supplies a grey option for the listening list.

Three Ways to Run the Round

Open paint box: any qualifying color is welcome. This is the easiest version to announce and the least likely to leave a singer without a choice. Repeated colors are fine; repeated songs can follow your usual house rule.

Build a rainbow: ask each singer to choose a color nobody has used yet. Keep it optional if the catalog or someone's vocal comfort makes that difficult. Black, white, brown, and metallic shades give you somewhere to go after purple.

One color, many moods: pick blue or red and see how different the selections become. This works particularly well for a listening party, where you can move between recordings without needing karaoke versions.

For a karaoke night, fit the theme into the normal rotation and keep the announcement short. Give people time to search, check the actual song length, and let an unsure singer choose something comfortable. The theme should help someone find a song, not make their turn feel like homework.

Make a Song Book, or Keep Exploring

Explore the complete color-title theme, then use Create a Song Book to assemble your own selection. Saving a book requires a free account. Keep a few alternate picks ready in case the host does not have your first choice.

Want a different kind of challenge? Try bands with food in their names or songs for Halloween. And before you confidently sing every word, visit Everybody Knows the Words. Nobody Knows What They're Singing About.

How This List Was Built

The selections were reconciled with the DJWS song database. Additional discovery came from Smooth Radio's color-title list and Color Meanings' song list. New song and album identities were checked against artist pages, label track listings, or release catalogs linked from the song records. The round ideas and commentary here are original.