vermillion, russet, cyan

Hannah P. (United States of America)
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  1. vermillion
    of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  2. russet
    a reddish brown homespun fabric
  3. cyan
    a primary subtractive color for light
  4. azure
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
  5. lazuline
    a light shade of blue
  6. sapphire
    a precious transparent stone that is typically a rich blue
  7. chestnut
    a type of hardwood tree that yields edible nuts
  8. jade
    a semiprecious gemstone that is usually green
  9. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  10. trollop
    a woman adulterer
  11. carmine
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  12. cerise
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  13. ruddy
    inclined to a healthy reddish color
  14. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  15. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  16. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  17. umber
    an earth pigment
  18. chocolate
    a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
  19. vermillion
    of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  20. cinnabar
    a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide
  21. snuff
    inhale audibly through the nose
  22. blae
    of bluish-black or grey-blue
  23. chartreuse
    of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
  24. rosaceous
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae
  25. gilt
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  26. aureate
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  27. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  28. vinaceous
    of or relating to wine
  29. buff
    a soft thick undyed leather
  30. dulcify
    make sweeter in taste
  31. mauve
    a moderate purple
  32. ochre
    any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
  33. amethyst
    a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
  34. lilac
    any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
  35. dun
    a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  36. tawny
    having the color of tanned leather
  37. tangerine
    a variety of mandarin orange
  38. taupe
    a greyish brown
  39. fuscous
    of something having a dusky brownish grey color
  40. xanthous
    of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
  41. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  42. carnation
    Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
  43. cresson
    of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
  44. canary
    any of several small Old World finches
  45. indigo
    deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
  46. olive
    small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree
  47. scarlet
    a variable vivid red color, sometimes with an orange tinge
Created on Fri Jul 17 12:20:08 EDT 2009 (updated Fri Jul 17 12:26:41 EDT 2009)

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