Preface: Out of curiosity, I performed a Socrates Computer File Search at Stanford University Libraries to see which color appeared most in book titles. Colors were searched under "Title" and arranged in the frequency of citations. No attempt has been made to cull out place & family names (e.g., Orange County, Red China, Black, White, Brown, etc.) which may bias this listing. This study was completed during the Lunar Eclipse visible at the Stanford Engineering Library from 9 to 11 pm on November 28, 1993. This survey was conducted while taking "ART-20A: Color", a class with Professor Linda Lum at Foothill College (Autumn 1993)

Color	# of Citations	Sample Title of Book
Black	6335	Ellis Peters, Black is the Colour of My True-Love's Heart (1967)
White	4802	Harald Lange, Kilimanjaro, The White Roof of Africa (1985)
Red	3128	Jack Micheline, River of Red Wine and Other Poems (1986)
Gold	2720	Jean Mambrino, The Inner Gold (1970) [Interieur Poems]
Green	1756	William Butler Yeats, The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1910)
Blue	1629	Gary Gildner, Blue Like the Heavens (1984) [New & Selected Poems]
Silver	1463	John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)
Brown	1230	Eugene O'Neill, The Great God Brown (1926)
Orange	881	Gordon T. McClelland, California Orange Box Labels (1985)
Gray	541	Hazel S. McCartney, In the Gray Rain (1957)
Yellow	484	Mary C. Richards, Imagine Inventing Yellow (1991) [New & Selected Poems]
Purple	125	Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982)
Pink	121	Christopher Hope, The Dragon Wore Pink (1985)
Violet	107	David Lindsay, The Violet Apple & the Witch (1976)
Scarlet	105	Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (1883)
Plum	51	Brook Astor, The Last Blossom on the Plum Tree (1986)
Crimson	41	Whidden Graham, Crimson Hairs, An Erotic Mystery Story (1970)
Orchid	41	Joan S. Grigsby, The Orchid Door: Ancient Korean Poems (1935)
Sky Blue	37	Maksim Gorky, A Sky-Blue Life (1964)
Indigo	31	Ntozake Shange, Sassfrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982)
Blue-Green	31	N.G. Carr, Biology of Blue-Green Algae (1973)
Lavender	24	Olive Green, Lavender and Old Lace (1902)
Turquoise (Cyan)	19	David Rains Wallace, The Turquoise Dragon (1985)
Beige	18	Duke Ellington, Black, Brown & Beige (1988) [Sound Recording]
Mauve	13	Thomas Beer, The Mauve Decade (1926) [American Life - End of 19th Century]
Royal Blue	12	H. A. Applebaum, Royal Blue, Culture of Construction Workers (1981)
Magenta	10	H.C. Wylly, The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino (1859)
Maroon	8	Mayne Reid, The Maroon (1873) [Planter Life in Jamaica]
Navy Blue	6	George Bruce, Navy Blue and Gold (1936) [Story of Naval Academy]
Yellow-Green	5	Marvin Bell, These Green-Going-to-Yellow: Poems (1981)
Yellow-Orange	4	Frederick Test, Nature of Red, Yellow and Orange Pigments in Woodpeckers (1942)
Red-Orange	2	A. S. King, Relative Intensities of Yellow, Orange and Red Lines of Calcium (1909)
Red-Violet	2	C.W. Bauschlicher, Dissociation Energy of Red & Violet Band System of CN (1987)
Blue-Violet	1	A. S. King, The Electric Furnace Spectrum of Iron in the Ultra-Violet (1922)