COLOUR
TERMS
This list contains definitions of
obscure colour terms using combinations of
'normal' colours of the rainbow and descriptive adjectives; e.g.
cardinal = deep scarlet red; russet = reddish brown.
ATROUS — jet black
AUBERGINE — eggplant; a dark purple colour
AZURE — light or sky blue; the
heraldic colour blue
BEIGE — light
creamy white-brown
BURNET — dark
brown; dark woollen cloth
CARDINAL — deep scarlet red colour
CELESTE — sky blue
CERULEAN — sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green
CHARTREUSE — yellow-green
colour
CINNABAR — red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour
CITRINE — dark greenish-yellow
CLARET — dark red-purple colour; a dark-red wine
CRETACEOUS — of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour
FLAVESCENT — yellowish
or turning yellow
HELIOTROPE — purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
HOARY — pale silver-grey colour; grey with
age
INDIGO — deep blue-violet colour; a
blue-violet dye
JACINTHE — orange colour
KHAKI — light brown or tan
LURID — red-yellow;
yellow-brown
MAGENTA — reddish
purple
MAROON — brownish
crimson
MAUVE — light
bluish purple
OCHRE — yellowish
or yellow-brown colour
PERIWINKLE — a bluish or azure colour; a
plant with bluish flowers
PRIMROSE — pale
yellow
PUCE — brownish-purple;
purplish-pink
RUSSET — reddish
brown
SABLE — black;
dark; of a black colour in heraldry
SAFFRON — orange-yellow
SAGE — grey-green
colour
SANGUINEOUS — bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red
SAPPHIRE — deep pure
blue
SEPIA — fine
brown
SLATE — dull dark blue-grey
SORREL — reddish-brown;
light chestnut
SUEDE — light
beige
SULPHUREOUS — bright
yellow
TAN — tawny brown
TAWNY — brownish-yellow
TEAL — greenish-blue
TERRACOTTA — reddish-brown
TITIAN — red-gold or reddish-brown
TOPAZ — dark yellow
TURQUOISE — blue-green
ULTRAMARINE — deep blue
UMBER — brownish red
VERMALION — bright red
VIRIDIAN — chrome green
WHEY — off-white
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