With a little help from the Phrontistery and a colors study series by CLmember Miaki, we’ve put together a guide to lesser-known color vocabulary.
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pale green colour |
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of or like ivory; ivory-coloured |
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reddish colour |
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of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron |
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dead-leaf colour; dull brown |
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flame-coloured |
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yellowish or turning yellow |
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sooty; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot |
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dull yellow; tawny |
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brown; tawny; dingy |
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reddish-yellow colour |
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sea-green; greyish-blue |
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dark golden yellow |
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of a grey-beige colour |
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violet-grey |
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pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled |
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blood-coloured |
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purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror |
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pale silver-grey colour; grey with age |
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of a blue or purple colour |
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violet-coloured |
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large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour |
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yellowish or marked with yellow |
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jaundiced; yellow |
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carnation-coloured; blood-red |
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deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye |
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clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour |
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greyish yellow |
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orange colour |
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yellow like a jasmine |
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brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects |
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light brown or tan |
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brick-red |
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white or pale-coloured |
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grey; dapple-grey |
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grey-green; blue-green |
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red-yellow; yellow-brown |
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yellowish |
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golden-yellow |
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yellowish |
