Colors
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
White: Milky, pearl (white as a First Communion dress)
red: crimson, ferruginous (Proust), florid, henna (reddish-brown), scarlet, rosy, rouge
/orange/
yellow:
canary yellow,
lurur: L. wan or yellow color),
ocher/ochre: earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red. (Lawrence)
golden, aureate, gilt
green: verdigris
blue: azure, verdigris
/indigo/
violet, heliotrope, lilac, plum (Proust)
black, ebony, japanned, sable, silver/
brown, auburn.
Calico: of an animal, multicolored or mottled.
Lurid: very vivid in color, esp. as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.
Opalescent: showing varying colors as an opal does.
Pallid: (of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health. Feeble or insipid.
Wan: (of a person’s complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. (of light) pale, weak. (of a smile) weak, strained. (of the sea) without luster; dark and gloomy.
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