Obscure Color Terms

aeneous: shining, bronze color

albicant: whitish, becoming white

albugineous: like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured

amaranthine: immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour

argent: the heraldic colour silver or white

atrous: jet black

aubergine: eggplant; a dark purple color

aurulent: gold-coloured

azuline: blue

azure: light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue

badious: chestnut-coloured

beige: light creamy white-brown

brunneous: dark brown

burnet: dark brown; dark woollen cloth

caesious: bluish or greyish green

cardinal: deep scarlet colour

castaneous: chestnut-coloured

castory: brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts

celadon: pale green; pale green glazed pottery

celeste: sky blue

cerulean: sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green

cesious: bluish-grey

chartreuse: yellow-green colour

chlorochrous: green-coloured

chrysochlorous: greenish-gold

cinerious: ashen;ash-grey

cinnabar: red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour

citreous: lemon-coloured; lemony

citrine: dark greenish-yellow

claret: dark red-purple colour, a dark-red wine

coccineous: bright red

columbine: of or like a dove; dove coloured

coquelicot: brilliant red; poppy red

corbeau: blackish green

cramoisy: crimson

cretaceous: of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour

croceate: saffron-coloured

cyaneous: sky blue

eau-de-nil: pale green colour

eburnean: of or like ivory; ivory-coloured

erythraean: reddish colour

ferruginous: of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron

filemot: dead-leaf colour; dull brown

flammeous: flame-coloured

flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow

fuliginous: sooy; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot

fulvous: dull yellow; tawny

fuscous: brown; tawny, dingy

gamboge: reddish-yellow colour

glaucous: sea-green; greyish-blue

goldenrod: dark golden yellow

greige: of a grey-beige colour

gridelin: violet-grey

griseous: pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled

haematic: blood-coloured

heliotrope: purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror

hoary: pale silver-grey colour; grey with age

hyacinthine: of a blue or purple color

ianthine: violet-coloured

ibis: large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour

icterine: yellowish of marked with yellow

icteritious: jaundiced; yellow

incarnadine: carnation-coloured; blood-red

indigo: deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye

infuscate: clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown color

isabelline: greyish yellow

jacinthe: orange color

jessamy: yellow like a jasmine

kermes: brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects

khaki: light brown or tan

lateritious: brick red

leucochroic: white or pale-coloured

liard: grey; dapple-grey

lovat: grey-green; blue-green

lurid: red-yellow; yellow-brown

luteolous: yellowish

luteous: golden-yellow

lutescent: yellowish

madder: red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour

magenta: reddish purple

maroon: brownish crimson

mauve: light bluish purple

mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue colour

melanic: black; very dark

melichrous: having a honey-like colour

meline: canary-yellow

miniaceous: colour of reddish lead

minium: vermilion; red lead

modena: crimson

morel: dark-coloured horse; blackish colour

nacarat: bright orange-red

nankeen: buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton

nigricant: of a blackish colour

nigrine: black

niveous: snowy; white

ochre: yellowish or yellow-brown colour

ochroleucous: yellowish white

olivaceous: olive-coloured

pavonated: peacock-blue

periwinkle: a bluish or azure colour; a plant with bluish flowers

perse: dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour

phoeniceous: bright scarlet-red colour

piceous: like pitch; inflammable; reddish black

plumbeous: leaden; lead-coloured

ponceau: poppy red

porphyrous: purple

porraceous: leek-green

prasinous: leek-green colour

primrose: pale yellow

puccoon: blood-root; dark red colour

puce: brownish-purple; purplish-pink

puniceous: bright or purplish red

purpure: heraldic colour purple

purpureal: purple

pyrrhous: reddish; ruddy

rhodopsin: visual purple

rubiginous: rusty-coloured

rubious: ruby red; rusty

rufous: reddish or brownish-red

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

sarcoline: flesh-coloured

sepia: fine brown

sinopia: preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour

slate: dull dark blue-grey

smalt: deep blue

smaragdine: emerald green

solferino: purplish red

sorrel: reddish-brown; light chestnut

spadiceous: chestnut-coloured

stammel: coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour

stramineous: strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured

suede: light beige

sulphureous: bright yellow

tan: tawny brown

taupe: brownish-grey

tawny: brownish-yellow

teal: greenish-blue

terracotta: reddish-brown

testaceous: of or having a hard shell; brick-red

tilleul: pale yellowish-green

titian: red-gold or reddish-brown

topaz: dark yellow

turquoise: blue-green

ultramarine: deep blue

umber: brownish red

vermeil: bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver

vermilion: bright red

vinaceous: wine-coloured

vinous: deep red; burgundy

violaceous: violet-coloured

violet: bluish purple

virescent: becoming green or greenish; of a greenish colour

virid: green

viridian: chrome green

vitellary: bright yellow

wallflower: yellowish-red

watchet: pale blue

wheaten: the golden colour of ripe wheat

whey: off-white

willowish: of the colour of willow leaves

xanthic: yellow; yellowish

zinnober: chrome green