Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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c carrot orange
The yellowish-orange colour of the carrot previously referred to as carrot red.
Carrots have not always been orange in colour. The Egyptians from 2000 BC grew
purple carrots and the Romans ate purple and white carrots. Black, red, green
and yellow carrots were also grown but Dutch carrot-growers favoured their
chosen orange colour which became the standard colour for carrots from around
the 16th century. The orange colouring derives from beta-carotene. Purple carrots
are now being grown in England.
c carrot red
This colour dates back to before the 17th century when red carrots were grown.
c carroty
Having the reddish orange colour of the carrot.
n carte blanche
Full power and authority to take any action; literally ‘white paper’ on which the
vanquished in battle would sign a blank sheet of paper with authority to the
victorious side to write whatever terms it thought fit.
n carthamin(e)
The red dye of the safflower.
c cæruleum
In Roman times this Latin term designated both blue and yellow and perhaps
also green. See also cerulean.
n casein
Milk protein mixed with pigment and serving as a binder or an emulsion in the
preparation of paint.
c Cassel brown
A brown pigment made from lignite and named after the town of the same name
now called Kassel; also Cassel green and Cassel yellow.
n Cassel earth
An earth pigment referred to from the end of the 18th century as Vandyke brown.
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c Cassel yellow
A yellow pigment also called Montpellier yellow.
n cassius
A purple pigment.
n cast
A pale shade or tinge of colour; a shade or colour; a dash of colour imposed on
another.
pr castane- (L)
Brown, chestnut.
a castaneous
Chestnut-coloured.
c Castillian
A deep red.
c castor
Referred to in the Daily Mail of 5 June 1923. A dark brownish grey or a light brown
beaver colour named, it is hoped, after the star in the constellation, Gemini, and
not after the unctuous malodorous secretion of beavers.
n catechu
A dye (also called cutch) containing tannin made from the bark of certain trees
found in Asia and used in the tanning industry and in dyeing.
c catechu brown
The shade of brown derived from catechu.
c cathay
A bluish purple.
n cats’ eyes
A reflecting module contained within the surface of some unlit highways to indicate
the way. Solar-powered cats’-eyes have now been developed.
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a Caucasian
One of the divisions of mankind indicating human beings who are fair-skinned
or white; named after the region known as the Caucasus.
a Caucasoid
Same as Caucasian.
c cedar
A reddish-brown colour.
c cedary
Of the colour etc of the cedar tree.
c celadon
A pastel green also referred to as Celadon green – Celadon, according to Partridge
being a rustic lover in French pastoral poetry. Used in glazing Chinese porcelain.
Celadonite is another name for terre verte.
n celandine
A natural dye made from the plant, celandine, yielding a yellow colourant.
c celestial blue
A greenish blue.
c celestine
Sky blue.
c cendre
Ash-coloured.
c cerise
After the French for cherry but not necessarily the same colour
as the fruit. Often a bluish-red or a purplish red.
pr cerule-, ceruleo- (L)
Blue, sky blue, but in Roman times probably designated a
yellow colour.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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c cerulean
The deep blue colour of a cloudless sky; azure; also spelt cerulian, ceruleum,
ceruline, coeruleun, coerulein and caerulean. See sky blue.
c cerulean blue
A vivid light greenish blue pigment made from oxides of chromium cobalt and
tin discovered in 1860 by the firm George Rowney and Son.
c cerulin, cerulein
A vivid blue substance derived from indigo.
n ceruse
Another name for white lead; a white cosmetic.
n chakra
One of the seven energy centres in Yoga each accorded its own colour, namely,
magenta (or violet), violet (or indigo), blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
c chalcedony
Used to describe both a shade of crimson and a browny yellow colour.
Chalcedony is a precious stone, a versicoloured variety of quartz.
pr chalco- (G)
Designating copper in compound words.
c chalk
A grey white.
n chalk
A piece of soft rock used for drawing or writing; a filler or extender used in
manufacturing pigment or priming canvases; a white pigment made from calcium
carbonate.
c chalk-white
The white of chalk.
a chalky
Like chalk in colour etc.
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pr chalybd- (L)
Steel.
a chalybeous
Having a dark blue metallic colour.
c chambray
A shade of blue.
n chambray
Similar to gingham in pattern.
n chameleon
A lizard able to change the colour of its skin to suit its environment or situation.
Dr Andrew Parker’s theory is that animals developed colours in the Cambrian
period as part of the evolutionary process in order to hide from other creatures
or to frighten off their enemies. See also sematic, startle colours cryptic colouring
and chromatophore.
c chamois
The yellowish-tan colour of a chamois leather.
c champagne
Yellowy-white or yellowy-pink; a 1920’s mink colour.
c charcoal
A dark grey colour.
a charcoal
Descriptive of those pigments made from or containing charcoal as in ‘charcoal
black’.
n charcoal
An ancient medium for black and white drawing coming in many different forms
including pencils, charcoal sticks and compressed charcoal.
n charcoal black
An ancient pigment made from charcoal; also called carbon black.
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c charcoal brown
A dark brown.
c charcoal grey
A dark grey.
c Charron blue
A blue used by the artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) made by mixing barium sulphate
with cobalt blue.
n Chartered Colorist
The qualification offered by the Society of Dyers and Colorists. A Fellow is an
‘FSDC’, an Associate is an ‘ASDC’.
c chartreuse
A pale apple-green colour with a yellow tinge; a colour name adopted by Web
page creators on the Internet; see X11 Color Set. It has hex code #7FFF00.
c chasseur-blue
The dark blue colour of the jacket of the French Chasseur soldier.
a chatoyant
Having a changing iridescent lustre comparable to that of cats’ eyes at night.
See also chatoyment.
n chatoyment, chatoyement
The play of colours as for example exhibited in certain minerals.
n chay, chaya, choya, shaya, shaii
A red dye made from the root of the Indian plant oldenlandia umbellata which
is of the same family as the madder plant.
n check
A chequered pattern or fabric design.
a checked
Has the same meaning as chequered.
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n cheek-colour
A cosmetic used for colouring the cheeks.
n chemi-luminescence
The shining light emanating from some insects and animals, for example, glow-
worms and fireflies and produced by a chemical reaction.
a chequered, checkered
Having various colours; having a geometric pattern or motif composed of alternate
stripes of colour or light and shade as on a chess board. There is no specific term
in the English language for this black and white pattern, but John Gage in Colour
and Meaning refers to the frequent use of this motif in the Inca tradition and to
one Inca language which has a special word for it.
c Cherokee red
The dark bricky-red shade chosen by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright
(1869-1959) as his signature colour.
c cherry
Bright red; the colour of cherries; hence cherry-coloured. See cerise.
c cherry-red
Of the colour of the red cherry.
c chestnut
Reddish-brown after the name of the shell of the chestnut.
c chestnut-brown
A reddish-brown.
n chevron
A V-shaped or inverted V-shaped pattern or marking.
c Chianti
A dark cerise colour after the wine from Tuscany.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n chiaroscuro
A manner of painting where only light and shade rather than colour is used;
otherwise known as clair-obscur.
n chica
Orange-red dye from South American plant.
c chilli-red
A strong red colour.
c China blue
A lavender blue.
a Chinese
Indicating a colour or pigment possibly originating in China.
c Chinese blue
A blue pigment made from mixing cobalt blue with flake white. Synonymous
with Prussian blue. Also Chinese white, orange and yellow; all originating in
China according to Partridge although Prussian blue was discovered in Berlin.
c Chinese red
A chrome red pigment. Obsolete name for cinnabar.
c Chinese vermilion
A vivid yellow-red pigment;.
c Chinese white
A white pigment prepared from zinc oxide and possibly so named after the fine
porcelain from China. This was the first permanent opaque white watercolour.
See zinc oxide.
c Chinese yellow
A vivid yellow pigment made from arsenic.
c ching
A vivid greenish-blue.
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c chinoline-blue
A blue colour made from quinoline.
pr chiono- (G)
Snowy.
c chlorine
Light green; of the colour of vegetation.
pr chloro- (G)
Green.
a chlorocarpous
Bearing green fruit.
n chlorocruorin
A green pigment present in some marine creatures.
a chlorophanous
Having a yellowish appearance.
n chlorophobia
Fear of the colour green.
n chlorophyl(l)
A pigment absorbing red, yellow, violet and blue light but reflecting green light;
the green colouring matter of plants and vegetation. The greenish olive food
additive (E140).
n chloroplasts
Minute bodies found in the cells of plants and containing chlorophyll.
n chlorosis
The process whereby a plant or part thereof (such as a leaf) turns green from
some other colour; an inadequacy of chlorophyll in a normally green plant the
effect of which is to make it turn yellow or white.The term thus has two opposite
meanings.
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a chloroxanthous
According to the OED having a ‘green or olive and yellow colour’.
c chocolate
A deep brown, the colour of chocolate, although it embraces many shades. Also
chocolate brown.
c Chocolate
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. Its hex code is #D2691E.
c chocolate brown
A dark brown colour; a food additive producing a brown colouring and used
particularly in chocolate cake mixes (E155). Also called ‘Brown HT’.
n chord
In relation to colours, an effective juxtaposition of various hues.
c chow
A vivid blue.
n chroma
The extent of a colour’s brightness or saturation; the purity of a colour. From
the Greek ‘chroma’ meaning ‘colour’.
n chroma colour
A water-based paint similar to acrylic paint originally used in the making of cartoon
films.
a chromatic
Descriptive of the brightness of a colour – the brighter it is the more chromatic
it is considered to be; having colour or pertaining to colour.
n chromatic colour
The technical term for colour; as regards surface colours, a hue having a degree
of colourfulness.
n chromaticity
Hue and saturation taken together.