Friday, March 31, 2017

"Obscure Color Words"


  1. Albicant: whitish; becoming white
  2. Amaranthine: immortal; undying; deep purple-red color
  3. Aubergine: eggplant; dark purple
  4. Azure: light or sky blue
  5. Celadon: pale green
  6. Cerulean: sky blue; dark blue; sea green
  7. Chartreuse: yellow-green color
  8. Cinnabar: red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet color
  9. Citrine: dark greenish-yellow
  10. Eburnean: of or like ivory
  11. Erythraean: Reddish color
  12. Flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow
  13. Greige: a grey-beige color
  14. Haematic: blood colored
  15. Heliotrope: purpish hue
  16. Hoary: pale silver-grey color
  17. Isabelline: greyish yellow
  18. Jacinth: orange color
  19. Kermes: brilliant red color
  20. Lovat: grey-green; blue-green
  21. Madder: a reddish or red-orange color
  22. Mauve: light bluish purple
  23. Mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue color
  24. Russet: reddish brown
  25. Sable: black; dark; of a black color
  26. Saffron: orange-yellow
  27. Sarcoline: flesh-colored
  28. Smaragdine: emerald green
  29. Tilleul: pale yellowish-green
  30. Titian: red-gold; reddish brown
  31. Vermilion: bright red
  32. Virid: green

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