Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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n tenebrity
Darkness.
a tenebrose
Dark. Hence, ‘tenebrosity’ – darkness.
a tenebrous, tenebrious
Dark, shadowy, gloomy.
c tenné, tenney
In heraldry, the colour orange or brownish orange. Derives from the French tanné
(see tawny).
c terra rosa
A light red colour similar to Venetian red.
c terra-cotta, terracotta
Having one of the many brownish-orange shades of unglazed terra-cotta
earthenware.
c terrapin
A deep golden tan colour.
c terreau
A very dark brown; the colour of earth.
n terre verte, terra verte
An ancient pigment having many shades from greyish-green to bluish-green
to olive-green sometimes having a yellowish hue. Also referred to as green earth,
Verona green, stone green, verdetta and celadonite.The 14th century artist,
Cennino Cennini, recommended in his Il libro dell’Arte that terre verte be used
as an undercoat in painting human faces.
n tertiary colours
The result of mixing one of the primary colours with one of the secondary colours
next to it on the colour wheel. The six tertiary colours are: red-orange, yellow-
orange, yellow-green, blue-green (or turquoise), blue-violet (or blue-purple) and
red-violet (or red-purple) – sometimes referred to as ‘intermediate colours’.
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pr tesselat- (L)
Checkered.
a tesselated
Having the appearance of mosaic; containing blocks of colour.
a testaceous
Having the reddish-brown colour of unglazed tiles or flowerpots; brick-red or
brownish-yellow.
a testudinarious
Having the colour (and other characteristics) of a tortoise or tortoise-shell.
a tetrachromatic
Having four colours.
a tetrachromic
Being able to distinguish only four colours.
c Thalo blue
See phthalocyanines.
c Thalo red
See phthalocyanines.
pr thapsino- (G)
Yellow.
c Thénard’s blue
A vivid blue pigment discovered by the chemist Louis Thénard in 1802 and
consisting of cobalt and aluminium; a greenish-blue; cobalt blue.
a thestral
Dark, dim.
n thinner
A solvent used to dilute paint such as turpentine. See diluent.
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n thioindigo
A red vat dye; thus thioindigo red and thioindigo violet.
n thionine, thionin
A violet dye used to dye specimens viewed under a microscope.
c thistle
A purple colour.
c Thistle
A very pale purple – one of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code
#D8BFD8.
n three-colour ware
Chinese pottery characterised by the use of three colours, namely, aubergine,
blue and turquoise.
c thrush brown
A yellowish-brown.
n tie-dying
The process of dyeing fabric by tying it using waxed thread so as to cause bunching
and the coloration of only those surfaces which remain exposed.
c Tiffany blue
The turquoise-blue colour adopted by Tiffany, the jewellers.
c tilleul
The delicate yellowish green of the foliage of lime trees.
n tinct
An obsolete word for tint.
a tinctorial
Relating to colour or to dyeing.
n tinctumutant
An animal which is able to change its colour. See aposematic.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n tinctumutation
The quality or process of changing colour. See cryptic colouring.
n tincture
A tinge or shade of colour particularly in heraldry; a dye or colouring matter
used particularly in cosmetics.
vb tinge; to
To modify the basic colour of something to a small degree; to colour something
lightly.
n tinge
A delicate tint; an addition of a minute amount of colour.
a tinged
‘pink-tinged sky’, for example.
a tingible
Having the property of being able to be coloured.
vb tint; to
To colour something lightly; to impart a light colour.
n tint
A slight tinge; a variation of a principal colour. In painting (particularly oil painting)
the addition of white to any colour produces a tint of that colour. In watercolours
dilution by the use of water produces a new tint.
a tinted
Tinged with colour or dye.
n tinting strength
The extent of the ability of a particular pigment or colour to cover a white ground
or to influence another colour mixed with it. Sometimes also referred to as
‘colouring strength’. Phthalocyanine blue, for example, has a very pronounced
tinting strength whereas ultramarine blue has a very low tinting strength.
n titanium
A pigment such as titanium white containing titanium.
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n titanium dioxide
A naturally occurring brilliant synthetic white mineral used as a pigment in paint
(particularly titanium white). It was discovered in 1821 but not commercially
available to any significant extent until 1921. It is now the most widely used white
pigment. Also used as a colorant in food and food supplements and also used
to dilute some of the brighter synthetic pigments employed in the cosmetic industry;
a component of colours such as titanium white. A food additive (E171) used to
colour food white or to provide opacity or whiteness in a variety of products.
Also referred to as titania and permanent white.
c titanium green
A green pigment.
c titanium white
See titanium dioxide.
c Titian
Red; auburn; yellowish red. After the painter Tiziano Vecellio (?1488-1576) referred
to in English as ‘Titian’. Also referred to as Titian red.
n Titian’s colours
See previous entry. Titian, one of the greatest masters of colour, used a variety
of hand-made colours and pigments in his paintings including Kermes (used
to make red lake), lead-tin yellow, lead white, malachite, orpiment, realgar,
ultramarine, verdigris and vermilion.
c Titian white
A pale yellow used by Titian, (see previous entries).
n tiver
A red colouring agent. Also ‘to tiver’ – to mark with red.
c tobacco
A yellowish-brown.
c toffee-coloured
The brown colour of toffee.
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n toga praetexta
A roman toga having a broad purple border and used by magistrates. Togas,
made from wool and worn almost exclusively in Rome, were mainly white. Bright
white togas were worn by candidates for offices (toga candida). Black togas (toga
pulla) were worn by those in private mourning. The trabea was a purple toga or
a toga bearing horizontal purple stripes used as a holy or royal garment. Togas
worn by Roman emperors were completely purple.
c Tomato
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #FF6347.
c tomato red
The rich red colour of the fruit, tomato; an orange-red colour adopted as a colour
name by web page compilers on the Internet. Of course, not all tomatoes are
red. Heinz have introduced a green ketchup made from green tomatoes. This was
such a success in Canada that Heinz introduced purple ketchup to attract children
and ketchup in one of three ‘mystery’ colours (pink, orange or teal) revealed only
when the packaging has been removed.
n tone
A colour’s relative degree of lightness or darkness. The addition of grey to any
colour produces a tone of that colour. Also used in reference to variations in hue.
In the US ‘tone’ is sometimes referred to as ‘value’. Tints and shades are sometimes
together referred to ‘tones’.
n tone colour
The quality of a musical tone.
a toned
Used with a colour as in ‘plum-toned’, ‘two-toned’, deep-toned’. See also flesh-
toned and full-toned.
vb tone down; to
To reduce the brightness, colour or intensity of something.
n toning colours
Colours having the same depth of tone; also toning shades.
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n tonking
The process of removing excess oil paint from the surface of an unfinished painting
by the use of absorbent paper.
c tony, toney
A red-brown colour fashionable in the 1920’s.
c topaz
The dark yellow or light brown colour of the precious stone of the same name;
sometimes a light muted yellow.
n toptone
Another name for masstone.
n torchlight
The light emanating from a torch.
c tortoiseshell
A medium brown.
n tortoiseshelling
As regards painting, the technique of creating an effect or appearance similar
to that of tortoiseshell.
vb touch; to
To mark slightly with colour.
n touch
A limited controlled application of colour to a painting etc.
c tourmaline
A bluish green; a dark green.
vb trace; to
To sketch in outline.
vb transcolour; to
To alter the colour of something.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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a translucent
As regards a surface having a quality which allows the passage of light through
it but not so as to enable the viewer to see clearly what is under or beyond it.
Also ‘translucence’ and translucency’.
a transparent
See-through or diaphonous; having a substance which allows the passage of
light to pass through it thus enabling the viewer to see clearly what is under or
beyond it. As regards any colour (particularly in watercolour painting) the extent
to which light can pass through it and be reflected back to the viewer.
c transparent green
See chrome oxide.
c transparent white
Aluminium hydroxide.
a transpicuous
Transparent.
c travertine
Off-white, cream.
n triad colours
On a colour wheel of twelve colours any combination of three colours which are
equidistant from each other. See also tenary and primary colours.
a trichroic
Having the quality (usually as regards crystals) where three different colours are
displayed from three different angles; hence ‘trichroism’. See dichroic.
n trichromacy
The ability to distinguish the colours blue, green and red. So-called ‘anomalous
trichromacy’ (in the form of deuteranomaly, protanomaly or tritanomaly) is
a form of colour-blindness in which there is merely a reduction in the ability
to distinguish colours.
n trichromatic process
A process of colour printing using the three primary colours.
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a trichromatic, trichromic
Involving three colours; in photography and human colour vision, the three colours
used to produce any particular colour, namely, blue, green and red. See RGB.
vb trick; to
To delineate with colour.
n tricolour
A flag with three colours such as the French national flag of blue, white and
red and the Italian tricolore of green, white and red dating from July 1797 and
becoming the national flag in November 1947. Whilst the French are specific
about the precise hues of their national flat the Italians are less certain and in
April 2003 by what has been described as a ‘chromatic coup d’état’ the colours
of their tricolore were apparently changed so to consist of a much darker green,
ivory and a dark-reddish brown or ruby. Also an adjective – using or having
three colours. Also ‘tricoloured’.
a tricoloured
Trichroic or having three colours.
n tristimulus
The three reference colours (red, green, and blue) which when used additively
(tristimulus values) can produce any colour.
n tristimulus colorimeter
See colorimeter.
n tritanomaly
A mild form of colour-blindness in which there is a reduced ability to appreciate
the colour blue. See trichromacy.
n tritanopia
A form of colour-blindness where green is confused with blue – and grey is
confused with yellow or violet. Blindness to blue. Caused by the absence of the
appropriate pigment in the cones of the retina. Sufferers are called ‘tritanopes’.
Airline pilots have been alerted by America’s Federal Aviation Administration
to the fact that the infamous blue impotence drug, Viagra, apparently impairs
the ability to distinguish blue from green.
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a true blue
See ‘to be a true blue’ in Phrases.
n trypan blue
A dye used as a stain and as a treatment of certain infections. ‘Trypan red’ is a
drug also used for this purpose.
n tube colours
Watercolour paint with glycerine to make it sufficiently pliable to be stored in a
tube.
c tuly
The rich red of ‘tuly’ silks – possibly referring to silks originally produced in
Toulouse.
n tungsten lamp
A lamp using a tungsten filament.
n turacin, turacine
A red or crimson dye named after the touraco bird, native to Africa, whose feathers
when coming into contact with ammonia release a durable red dye.
n turacoverdin
A green pigment found in the feathers of the African bird, the touraco.
a Turkey
Originating from Turkey or the Levant.
n Turkey blue
A blue dye.
n Turkey red
A brilliant red dye made from alizarin; yellowish red; and sometimes described
as a moderate red or a brownish red. Also called ‘Adrianople red’ and ‘Levant
red’. A technique of dyeing cloth and yarn which was extensively practised in
Britain between 1785 and the 1930’s.