Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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vb coruscate; to
To glitter or sparkle.
a corvine
Having the characteristics of a crow – in particular, a glossy black colouring.
n cosmetic
A preparation use to add colour to the skin (particularly the face) usually to make
the wearer appear more attractive. See alacktaka, antimony, blusher, cheek-
colour, eye-colour, eye-shadow, fucus, galena, greasepaint, henna, kohl,
make-up, slaister and yehma.
c couleur de rose
Rose coloured.
n counterglow
See gegenschein.
c Coventry blue
A blue dye providing good fastness of colour; thus used to describe a person
who shows great loyalty. Takes its name from a blue thread once made in Coventry.
See true blue.
n covering power
See opaque.
c cowslip
A light yellow.
c coxcomb
A bluish-red.
c cramoisy
Crimson.
c cranberry red
The dark red of the cranberry.
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a crane-coloured
Having the pale grey colour of the crane bird.
a crane-feather
Having the grey colour of a crane’s feathers.
n crawling
Defects in paintwork such as bare patches.
n crayon
An instrument made of chalk, wax or other material used for colouring, in
particular, on paper. See also conté crayons.
n crayonist
An artist who uses crayons.
c cream
Having the colour of the milk-product cream; yellowish-white.
a cream-faced
Bearing a cream face, in particular, out of fear.
n cream wove
Cream writing paper which has an even surface.
a creamy
As regards colour, resembling cream.
c creamy-white
‘a shade that settled at some indefinable point between yellow and creamy-white’
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernieres.
c creme de violette
A deep violet.
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n cremello
An albino horse having blue eyes and a creamish pink coat.
c Cremnitz white, Kremnitz white
A bright white made from a lead pigment; also called Krems white, Vienna white,
Nottingham white, flake white, silver-white, white lead and ceruse.
c cremosin
Cremosin, cremesin, cremoysin, cremsin, cremysyn, cremysy, cremasie and qerinasi
are all obsolete forms of crimson and carmine.
a crepuscular
Relating to twilight. Crepuscular rays – light from the sun shining through clouds
– are on occasions misread for sitings of UFOs.
c cresson
A shade of green resembling the colour of water-cress; also ‘cress-green’.
c crevette
The deep pink of the shellfish of the same name.
n criblé
An engraving bearing tiny white dots as background.
c crimson
A bluish-red. See cremosin. Originally made from the kermes insect.
c Crimson
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #DC143C.
c crimson lake
A synonym for carmine.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n crimson madder
A permanent bright red pigment by reference to which the lightfastness of inks
used to be compared.
n crocein
A group of acid azo dyes used in the production of red and orange paint.
pr croceo- (L)
Saffron-coloured. See saffron.
a croceous
Saffron-coloured. Also ‘crocreal’.
n crocin
The red powder of Chinese Yellow pods used to dye the vestments of Chinese
mandarins.
vb crock; to
To stain any article with colour or dye.
pr croco- (L)
Orange.
n croquet balls
The colours of the balls used in croquet are blue, red, black and yellow. In singles
each player has two balls. Blue and black always play red and yellow.
a crottle, crotal
Having the golden-brown colour of lichen.
n cryptic colouring
Camouflage especially as regards animals who disguise their shape. See also
apatetic, aposematic, chameleon, chromotropic, epigamic colours, episematic,
metachrosis, procryptic, pseudepisematic, sematic, startle colours, tinctum-
utant and Batesian mimicry.
n cryptochromism
Camouflage.
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c cucumber green
The dark green colour of the rind of the cucumber.
n cudbear
A natural red, violet, purple or brown dye made from fermented lichens.
c cuir
A yellowish-brown; the colour of leather.
c cumquat, kumquat
The yellowy-orange of the cumquat fruit.
a cupreous
The reddish brown colour of copper; copper-coloured; a bronze colour.
pr cupri- (L)
Copper.
n curcum
An ancient yellow dye from the kurkum plant.
n curcumin(e)
The orange-yellow colouring matter of turmeric. An additive used for food
colouring (E100).
n curry colours
See tartrazine, sunset yellow and Ponceau 4R. The colouring from natural spices
such as saffron, turmeric and chilli is preferable since artificial additives can
apparently cause hypertension, asthma and other conditions.
c custard-coloured
Used by Charles Dickens in My Mutual Friend.
c custard-yellow
As regards hair as in custard-yellow streak.
n cutch
A natural brown dye from the Acacia tree and others. Another name for catechu.
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n cutting
Filling (such as barite, clay or chalk) added to a pigment.
c cyan
Greenish blue. Hence, ‘cyanic’. One of the three subtractive primary colours.
c Cyan
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #00FFFF.
a cyaneous
Dark blue. Occurring in Homer’s Iliad on 45 occasions.
n cyanin
The blue colouring matter of violets, the cornflower and other flowers.
n cyanine
A group of synthetic dyes including cyanine blue used particularly in photography.
pr cyano- (G)
Blue.
n cyanobacterium
Micro-organisms or algae of a kind existing billions of years ago containing (blue)
phycocyanin and (green) chlorophyll producing beautiful colours and the bloom
of which may be the reason why the Red Sea appears to be red.
n cyanophil
A blue-green colorant in certain plants.
n cyanosis
Blueness of the complexion due to lack of aeration or oxygen.
c cyclamen
The red or pink or reddish-purple colour of the cyclamen flower.
a cymophanous
Opalescent.
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adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
c cypress
Dark grey.
c cypress green
A yellowish green.
c cypress green
A green pigment also referred to as Verona green and Appian green.
n cytochrome
Colourless pigment found in all living matter.
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vb dabble; to
To daub, spatter, splash or smear with paint or colour.
c daffodil yellow
The yellow of the daffodil. See also asphodel from which word daffodil emanates
– de affodil meaning from the affodil or asphodel a genus of the lily.
c dahlia
The bluish-red of the flower which was named after the Swedish botanist, Dahl,
who was the first to cultivate the plant.
n Daltonism
Colour-blindness; the inability to distinguish red from green.
a damascene
Having the dark purple colour of the damson. Both this and the next entry are
derived from ‘Damascus’.
c damask
Deep pink, rose; blush-coloured. ‘There was a pretty redness in his lip, A little
riper and more lusty red Than that mixed in his cheek. ‘Twas just the difference
Betwixt the constant red and mingled Damask’ Shakespeare’s As You Like It Act
3 Scene 5.
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n dammar
Varnish.
c damson
The deep purple colour of the damson fruit or of the plum; also damson brown.
From the same root as damask, namely, ‘damascene’ pertaining to the city of
Damascus.
c dandelion
The vivid yellow of the petals of the flower of the same name. From dent de lion
literally the tooth of the lion in reference to the tooth-like roots of the plant.
n dapple
A round spot of colour.
a dappled
Having patches or spots of different colours; mottled; ‘dappled things’ Gerald
Manley Hopkins. Hence ‘to dapple’.
c dapple-grey
A grey colour with darker patches of grey; used especially in describing horses.
This is an old word used by Chaucer (? 1343-1400) in the Canterbury Tales and
is possibly a corruption of ‘apple-grey’.
a dark
As regards colour, reflecting only a small amount of light; a colour is said to become
darker the more grey there is in it. Having limited or no light, as regards hair or
complexion, not fair, swarthy, brunette; gloomy, iniquitous, hidden, obscure.
n Dark Ages, the
The period in European history from about 470 AD to 1000 AD. Some academics
consider that the Dark Ages began in 540 AD as a result of the Northern
hemisphere being struck by fragments of a large comet which plunged large parts
of Europe into darkness as a consequence of the resulting debris and dust in the
atmosphere.
c DarkBlue
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #00008B.
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c DarkCyan
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #008B8B.
n darkening
The process whereby oil paint colours, if left to dry in the dark, will themselves
darken. Their colour can be restored during the drying process by being exposed
to light.
c DarkGoldenrod
A light brown colour – one of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code
#B8860B.
c DarkGray
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #A9A9A9.
c DarkGreen
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #006400.
c DarkKhaki
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #BDB76B.
vb darkle; to
To darken.
a darkling
In darkness. Originally an adverb meaning in the dark.
adv darkly
Mysteriously; in a threatening manner; dark-looking.
c DarkMagenta
One of the colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #8B008B.
n dark matter
The highly elusive matter which is expected to provide the key to understanding
the universe. Although it constitutes 90 per cent of the universe’s mass, scientists
have not yet been able to trace it.