Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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c honeysuckle
Pale pinkish-yellow; a yellowish brown.
c Hooker’s green
A yellowy green originally prepared from Prussian blue and gamboge and now
more usually from cadmium yellow and phthalo blue.
c horizon blue
A light greenish blue.
n horse colours
Dapple-grey, grulla, roan, strawberry roan, bay, grey, piebald and skewbald
are all colours particularly applied in the description of horses. In Colour & Culture
John Gage refers to the fact that writers in the 5th and 7th centuries listed thirteen
colours used in Latin to describe horses (some of which however depicted
markings).
a hot
As regards a particular colour, vivid or intense; for example, hot pink, hot orange
and even hot pink-orange.
c hot orange
An intense orange colour.
c hot pink
An intense pink colour; a colour particularly popular in the 1950’s.
c HotPink
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #FF69B4.
n hue
Hue indicates a particular colour sensation which is dependent simply on the
relevant wavelength; the inherent colour of a thing; the purest or brightest form
of a colour having no white or black mixed with it. A particular colour or colour
name. Each hue has an intrinsic tonal value on the chromatic scale.
c Hunter’s green
A dark yellowish-green.
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c hunting pink
The colour of the coats worn by foxhunters. The colour, however, is scarlet rather
than pink, but, according to the Masters of the Foxhound’s Association even that
is likely to change to black or some other less invasive colour – no doubt as a
measure intended to help change the image of foxhunting.
c hyacinth blue
A purplish blue; a colour popular in the 1930’s.
c hyacinth red
A reddish orange.
c hyacinthine
The purplish-blue of the hyacinth; blue-red; hyacinth violet or pink.
a hyaline
Transparent, translucent, see-through or colourless.
a hyaloid
Clear – particularly as regards membrane of the eye.
c hydrangea pink
A yellowy pink. Also hydrangea blue and hydrangea red.
n hyperchromasia
Medical term for abnormal coloration of the skin.
n hypernic
A red dye.
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adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
I
pr ianthin- (G)
Violet.
c ianthine
Having a violet colour.
n iceblink
The strange phenomenon seen in the sky resulting from the reflection of light
from an expanse of snow or ice.
c ice blue
Greenish-blue; a pale blue.
n ice colour
An azo dye applied directly onto the cotton or fabric by means of the interaction
of two solutions cooled by the means of ice.
n ice-cream colours
Pastel pinks, blackcurrants, strawberries, lemons etc (used in The Times of 8.3.00
to describe suede handbags).
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c ice-green
An extremely pale shade of green.
a icteritious
Jaundiced yellow.
n identification colour
The particular distinctive colour applied to an object in order to draw attention
to its function or the danger which attends it, for example, the white of a blind
person’s walking stick, the red of a no-entry sign and the green of the uniforms
of the ambulance service. See colour code.
n ilixanthin
A yellow dye extracted from holly.
a ill-coloured
Bearing colours which are inharmonious, incongruous or inappropriate.
n illuminant
Something which produces light. In colourspeak this indicates the predominant
light source in which an object is being viewed such as a bright sky, a cloudy
sky, light bulbs of various kinds, sodium lights and mercury lights. The colours
we see will vary considerably according to the particular illuminant in which we
see them.
vb illuminate; to
To light up; to decorate with lights; to highlight in colour particularly as regards
the lettering or borders of a manuscript. Thus ‘illuminated’ and ‘illuminated
manuscripts’.
n illumination
That which provides light; the amount of available light in a given place.
n ilmenite black
A black pigment used in paint applied to metals.
a imbrued, embrued
Stained with blood.
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n impasto
The technique of using oil paint in thick application so as to show the brush marks
and to give a textured effect.
a imperial
First used in relation to imperial yellow and subsequently borrowed by other
colours with pretensions of majesty.
c imperial blue
A deep blue; a dye.
c imperial green
See emerald green.
c imperial red
A deep bluish red.
c imperial yellow
A deep yellow colour originating from the yellow porcelain produced in China.
The colour was considered to be the reserve of the imperial court; see also yellow.
n imprimatura
A primer or glaze, applied usually as a secondary colour ground to a canvas
– the ground first having been prepared with gesso. The colour of a primer may
be green, grey or sometimes yellow or brown.
a inaurate
Gilded.
c inca brown
A dark brown.
n incandescence
The quality of a body which, as a result of its high temperature, emits light.
a incandescent
Shining brightly; emitting light as a consequence of reaching a high temperature.
Thus ‘incandescence’.
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c incarnadine
Carnation colour, flesh-coloured; now associated with the colour of blood. Also
used as an adjective.
vb incarnadine; to
To dye or make something red.
c incarnate
Light pink or flesh-coloured.
a incarnate
Flesh-coloured.
n incidental colour
Colour occurring in nature which has no functional purpose in contrast to functional
colour serving, for example, in certain animals and plants as a means of camou-
flage, courtship or mimicry. See epigamic colours and cryptic colouring.
n indamine
A blue dye.
n indanthrene
A class of complex synthetic organic dyes and pigments; also referred to as
indanthrone.
c Indanthrone blue
A coal-tar blue used in watercolour painting; the chemical description of
anthraquinone blue; an antiseptic containing blue dye.
c inde blue
A greyish purple; a dye.
a Indian
Usually indicating colours or dyes originally made from
pigments found in India or the Indies.
c Indian brown
A dark reddish brown.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n Indian ink, India ink
Ink which originated in China but was produced from a pigment (lampblack,
carbon black or bone black) made in India.
c Indian orange
A vivid reddish-orange colour.
c Indian red
A dark brownish red originally made from iron oxide. See Venetian red.
c IndianRed
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #CD5C5C.
c Indian yellow
A vivid golden yellow pigment known in India for many years but now
synthetically produced. It was originally made from earth on which mangoleaf-
eating cows or camels had urinated over many weeks. Since mango leaves give
insufficient nourishment, the export of Indian yellow was banned to avoid cruelty
to animals and by the beginning of the 20th century it had ceased to exist. Also
referred to as purree, puri, peoli and gaugoli.
c indigo
The blue shades between approximately 445 and 425 nanometres; the blue derived
from the dye indigo and ubiquitous since the advent of blue jeans in the 1950’s.
c Indigo
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #4B0082.
n indigo
A natural blue dye from the leaves of various plants of the Indigofera family and
sometimes including woad. ‘Indigo’ derives from indikos – the Greek for India.
Synthetic indigo was developed from around 1856 having a severe impact on
the indigo fields of India and its 2800 indigo factories existing in the 1870’s even
though mass production did not take place until the end of the 19th century. Indigo
was not produced in England until 1916 when the forerunner to ICI started
production. When first brought to the British isles it was called ‘indico’.
c indigo blue
A dark sometimes purplish blue; also the name of the dye.
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n indigo carmine
A blue colouring additive (E132) used particularly in confectionery and biscuits.
Also used for a diagnostic purposes.
n indigo white
The colourless form to which indigo is reduced to enable it to be taken up by
wool for dyeing blue.
a indigoid
Having the characteristics of indigo.
n indigoid
A dye so called by reason of having a chemical composition similar to indigo.
n indigotin(e)
Used in the manufacture of indigo.
n indoaniline
A violet dye.
n induline
A coal-tar dye producing a blue colour.
n infrared
That invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths between
approximately 750 nanometres and 1millimetre.
n infrared reflectogram photography
See underdrawing.
vb infucate; to
To colour.
n infuscation
The process of making something dark (obs.).
c ingenue
Yellowish-green.
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v ingrain; to
As regards textiles and carpets, to dye with colourfast dyes. To engrain or ingrain
originally meant to dye something in red dye but came to mean dyeing in any
dye-stuff. (See kermesic acid).
c ink
A dark blue colour.
n ink
A liquid available in many different colours used for printing, writing, drawing
and painting. See atramentum, bistre, sepia and Indian ink.
n ink-blot
An accidental spillage of ink creating a stain.
c ink-blue
A dark blue.
a inky
Black. Also used in conjunction with blue to describe the colour of indigo – hence
‘inky-blue’.
n inocarpin
A red colorant from the Inocarpus edulis tree.
n inorganic pigments
See organic pigments.
a insipid
As regards colour, dull, lifeless.
a intense
As regards colour, deep, strong.
n intensed pulsed light (IPL)
A form of treatment for removing wrinkles and unwanted hair by applying bursts
of multi-coloured light using several wavelengths.