Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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n intensity
Refers to the brightness of a colour or to the degree of its purity or saturation.
Vivid colours have the greatest intensity and become less intense when mixed
with white.
a intercoloured
Interspersed with colours.
n intermediate colours
More usually referred to as tertiary colours.
a intermingled
As regards paint, mixed together.
a intermixable
The quality of paint which allows for the mixing of different colours.
a intermixed
As regards paint, mixed together.
c international Klein blue
An intense blue created and patented by the artist Yves Klein (1928-1962) together
with Edouard Adam in 1955. Klein’s monochrome paintings lifted abstract art
to a new plain in which colour could be treated as an independent element in
art. See white paintings.
c international orange
A vivid orange colour.
c invisible green
A very dark green so called because it verges on black.
a inwrought, enwrought
The embroidering of a pattern onto a fabric. ‘Had I the heavens’
embroider’d cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light’;
Aedh wishes for the cloths of Heaven W B Yeats (1865-1939).
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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c iodine scarlet
An obsolete red pigment introduced in 1811 which rapidly proved to lack
permanence.
c iodine yellow
A bright yellow.
pr iodo-, iono- (G)
Violet.
n iodopsin
A light-sensitive pigment found in the cones of the eye enabling man to distinguish
between different colours. Also called ‘visual violet’.
c Iraq red
A deep red.
a iridal
Pertaining to the rainbow.
a iridescent
Rainbow-like; nacreous; opalescent; opaline; pearlescent. From the Greek for
rainbow. Hence, ‘iridescence’. Iridescence as appearing, for example, on the wings
of butterflies (to help them to avoid predators) or on beetles, oil slicks or soap
bubbles is caused by the structure of the surface of the object.
pr irido- (L)
Rainbow.
c iris
The reddish-blue of the lily – iris. Also a rainbow in reference to, Iris, the messenger
of the Gods, and by extension the colours of the rainbow.
c iris green
A medieval green dye made from the leaves of the buckthorn or possibly from
iris flowers.
a irisated
Iridescent.
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c iron
Having the colour of iron; see ferruginous.
c iron grey
A dark grey.
n iron oxide
Iron oxide pigments include natural earth pigments such as ochres, siennas and
umbers. Iron oxide ores include haematite, magnetite, limonite, siderite and
pyrite. Synthetic iron oxide are used in Mars colours including orange, black,
brown, yellow Also the name for E172, a food additive providing black, brown,
orange, red and yellow.
c iron red
A bright rusty red used as a porcelain glaze. See Five Colours.
vb irradiate; to
To direct beams of light onto something thus causing it to become bright; more
usually associated with the application of radiation.
a irrorate
Coloured with dots or small speckles of colour.
c isabel yellow
The same as isabel.
c isabel, isabella
A dingy yellow grey colour which Chambers suggests is possibly named after
either the daughter of Philip II who wore the same underclothes for three years
or Isabella of Castile who had a similar predeliction for keeping on her apparel.
c isabelline
Greyish-yellow; see isabel.
n isatin
A lustrous yellowish-red substance made from indigo.
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n ISCC-NBS
A US system devised in 1955 for allocating names to colours using the adjectives
‘vivid’, ‘brilliant’, ‘strong’, ‘deep’, ‘light’, ‘dark’ and ‘pale’.
su -ish
A very old suffix first used in the description of origins such as ‘Pictish’. Also
used to mean ‘resembling’ as in ‘childish’. The suffix is now used with adjectives
(particularly colours) to indicate the quality of being ‘somewhat’, ‘nearly’ or ‘slightly’
as in ‘reddish’ and ‘bluish’. Some colours are capable of bearing this suffix including
black, white, pink, red, brown, yellow, green, blue, grey, ochre and purple, but
not orange, gold, silver, or olive or many other colours. Fielding refers to ‘duskish’
and Albers to ‘violetish’.
su -ishness
Tending towards a certain colour; the quality of being somewhat blue or etc.
See -ish.
a isochroous
Having one colour throughout.
n isolated colour
The technique in painting of leaving the edges around an object unpainted so
as to highlight it.
c Italian pink
A brilliant YELLOW lake made from quercitron bark. See English pink.
c ivory
The off-white colour of an elephant’s tusks.
c Ivory
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #FFFFF0.
c ivory black
A black pigment with a brown tinge originally made from carbonised bones. The
Impressionists stopped using this colour because they considered that black did
not occur in nature.
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adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
c ivory white
The white of ivory.
c ivory yellow
A light yellow approaching white.
c ivy green
A dark olive green.
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c jacinth(e)
Reddish-orange; sometimes yellow.
c jacinthine
The dark purple of the jacinth and sometimes a brilliant reddish-yellow.
c jacqueminot
The red colour of the Jacqueminot rose.
c jade
A green in various shades, but mainly yellowish-green.
c jade green
A blue-green or yellowy green.
c Japan black
A black varnish with a glossy finish.
c Japan blue
Dark blue.
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c Japanese red
A reddish brown.
c jasmine
A pale yellow colour.
a jaspé
Mottled in the same fashion as the stone, jasper.
c jasper
Yellowish-green; a blackish green.
a jaundiced
Yellowish.
c jaune brilliant
A variety of Naples yellow.
a jazzy
As regards colour, flashy, gaudy or showy.
c Jenkin’s green
A dark green made from amorphous carbon.
c Jersey blue
The blue of the uniform of New Jersey soldiers in Colonial days.
c jet
Black; jet-black. From the Greek gagates meaning mineral from Gagas – the Roman
name for Lycia where jet was mined. Corrupted from ‘jayet’ (Partridge).
c jet black, jet-black
A deep black.
c jetty
Jet-black.
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n jeweller’s rouge
A powdered red oxide used as a buffing agent to polish gold and silver plate;
also also called ‘Crocus Martis’, colcothar and Venetian red.
c jockey club
A deep blue.
c jonquil
A pale yellow shade after the narcissus flower of the same name; also a vivid
yellow.
c Judas-coloured
Having red hair; from the supposed red hair of Judas Iscariot.
a juicy
Used by the artist Wassily Kandinsky in the phrase ‘juicy green’ (Reminiscences
1913) and by Jane Shilling in The Times (19.5.00).
c jungle green
A deep yellowy-green; a dark or blackish green.
c ‘just-back-from-holiday brown’
A condition which at the same time causes the wearer to look in the best of health
and the viewer to feel ill.
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adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n kaleidoscope
A changing pattern of colours.
vb kalsomine; to
To whitewash.
n kamala
An orange powder used to dye silk yellow.
c Kelly green
A strong mint green colour.
n Kelvin Unit
The unit of temperature employed to determine colour temperature and named
after Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
c Kendal green
This old colour is not known even by Maerz & Paul and probably refers to the
green cloth of the same name.’But, as the devil would have it, three misbegotten
knaves in Kendal-green came at my back and let drive at me’ Shakespeare’s Henry
IV Part 1 Act 2 Scene 4.
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