Paterson J. A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour (анг. яз.)
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pr brunne- (L)
Brown.
a brunneous
Dark brown.
c Brunswick black
Black pigment.
c Brunswick blue
Blue pigment.
c Brunswick green
A bluish-green; a green pigment. See emerald green and chrome green.
n brushmark
The mark made by the bristles of a paintbrush appearing on the surface of a
painting.
n brushwork
The characteristic manner in which an artist applies paint; work which is carried
out by means of a brush.
c bruyère
A greyish purple; the colour of heather.
c bubble-gum pink
A sickly gaudy pink which is characteristic of bubble-gum.
c bud green
A yellowish-green.
c buff
A pale yellowish-brown colour; a light yellow; of the colour
of buff leather which having regard to its proximity to
human skin colour gave rise to the phrase ‘in the buff’ meaning
‘naked’. Also ‘buff-coloured’.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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c buffish
Close to buff in colour.
c Burgundy
The reddish purple colour of Burgundy wine – less blue than Bordeaux. Hence
‘Burgundy red’.
c BurlyWood
A tan colour – one of the colours in the X11 Color Set. Hex code #DEB887.
c Burmese ruby
A pinkish red.
vb burnish; to
To give a surface a glossy appearance, for example, as part of the guilding process.
Literally ‘to make brown’.
c burnt
A yellowy brown colour; hence ‘burnt-coloured’.
a burnt
As regards pigments, having been darkened by scorching. As regards colours,
made from calcined pigments or having the appearance of having been scorched.
See e.g burnt alum, burnt carmine and following entries.
c burnt-almond
A light brown.
n burnt alum
A pigment resulting from treatment of alum by fire.
n burnt carmine
Red pigment resulting from treatment of carmine by fire or having the appear-
ance of having been scorched.
a burnt-coloured
See burnt (c).
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n burnt ochre
Light brown pigment resulting from treatment of ochre by fire or having the
appearance of having been scorched.
c burnt orange
A reddish orange colour.
n burnt sienna
Dark-reddish brown pigment resulting from treatment of sienna by fire or having
the appearance of having been scorched. Also referred to as ‘burnt terra di Sienna’.
c burnt sugar caramel
A deep yellowy brown.
n burnt umber
Reddish-brown pigment resulting from the treatment of umber by fire or roasting.
c buttercup yellow
The pale yellow of buttercup petals.
n butterfly nose
The condition in dogs where de-pigmentation of the nose causes it to lose colour
and to become mottled or spotted.
c butter-nut
The brownish-grey colour of the butter-nut.
c butterscotch
A yellowish brown.
c butter yellow
A dye made from coal tar used for colouring butter.
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c cabbage green
The green of the cabbage leaf.
c cacao brown
The brown of the cacao bean used for making cocoa and chocolate.
c cactus green
The green of the cactus.
a cadaverous
Pale.
c cadet blue
A bluish grey or strong blue colour; sometimes referred to as ‘cadet grey’.
c CadetBlue
One of the 140 colours in the X11 Color Set. It has hex code #5F9EA0.
a cadmium
Descriptive of the mainly strong colours containing cadmium sulphide and
cadmium selenide first isolated in the 18th century. Cadmium pigments first came
into use in the 1820’s and were a favourite of the artist Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Nowadays its use is in decline because of the scarcity of cadmium and its toxicity.
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c cadmium green
Made by mixing cadmium yellow and viridian.
c cadmium lemon
A bright greenish yellow.
c cadmium lithopone
A pale yellow.
c cadmium orange
A bright orange made from cadmium sulphide. See greenockite.
c cadmium red
A bright red primary colour made from a mixture of cadmium sulphide and
cadmium selenide and first marketed in 1910.
c cadmium vermilion
A bright red.
c cadmium yellow
A fine yellow in many varieties first made in 1820 from cadmium sulphide and
used by artists extensively in the 19th century. Sometimes referred to ‘aurora
yellow’. Also ‘cadmium lemon yellow’ which has a more orangey hue.
c cadmopone yellow
A pale yellow also called cadmium lithopone.
pr caesi- (L)
Bluish-grey.
a caesious, caesius
Having a bloom of a bluey-grey colour. Also a pale bluish green.
c café
Coffee colour.
c café au lait
The colour produced by mixing milk with coffee.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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n café sunburn
Slang for a ‘pallid complexion’. See also nightclub tan.
a cain-coloured
Red or reddish yellow possibly in reference to the blood of Able shed by his brother
Cain; having red hair; Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor Act 1 Scene 4.
a calcareous
Lime coloured.
n calcium carbonate
A white food colorant (E170).
n calcographer
Someone who draws with crayons or chalks.
n calcography
Art of drawing with coloured crayons or chalks.
n Caledon Jade Green
A synthetic green dye discovered in 1920.
n Caledonian brown
A red pigment but moving towards black when calcined.
c calico
The piebald or spotted colouring (similar to printed calico) of horses.
pr calig- (L)
Dark.
n caligation
Dimness of sight (obs.).
a caliginous
Dim, dark, obscure. See also tenebrous, thestral, darksome, dusky, murky,
obfuscous.
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n calotype
An early form of photography where the object, lit by the sun, had to remain
still for three minutes.
c Cambridge blue
The light blue Eton colour adopted, it is said, in haste in the 1836 annual Cambridge
and Oxford varsity boat race by the Cambridge cox having forgotten his team’s
own colours. See blue (n).
c camel
The fawn colour of the camel; beige.
a camleted
Variegated with wavy lines.
n camouflage
The disguise of animals, personnel or equipment by the use of such colours as
make the object in question appear to merge with its surroundings. Derived from
the French ‘camoufler’ – to disguise. It is an offence to wear camouflage clothing
in Barbados unless the wearer is part of the Defence Force. See cryptic colouring.
c campanula
A violetish-blue after the flower of the same name. Used by the art theorist Charles
Blanc (1813-1882).
n camwood
Dye from wood initially white and turning red on exposure to air.
c canard
A dark blue.
c canary
Bright yellow resembling the colour of the canary’s plumage.
c canary green
A dark yellow colour.
c canary yellow
The bright yellow of the canary.
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n candela
A unit of light intensity.
a candent
Glowing with white heat (obs.).
pr candid- (L)
White. The root of the word ‘candid’ (developing its meaning from ‘white’ or ‘pure’)
and of ‘candidate’ – candidates having worn white togas in Roman times. See
toga praetexia.
n candle-light
The light of a candle. See lux.
a candy-coloured
Having a shade of pink. Also ‘candy pink’.
a candy-striped
Having a pattern of alternate stripes of colour usually pink on white.
a cane-coloured
Having the colour of cane.
a canescent
Becoming or tending towards white.
n cangiantismo
The technique used by Michelangelo where an object painted in one colour bears
another colour as it goes into shadow.
n canities
Grey or white hair; the change in hair colour to grey or white.
c cannelas
A cinnamon-brown colour.
c cantaloupe
A light shade of yellow after the melon of the same name.
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n canthaxanthin
A chemical colorant used in some foodstuffs fed to hens to yield a uniformly bright
yellow yolk in eggs. Also used to give a pink colour to salmon. It is thought that
the chemical can damage the retina of the eye and some supermarkets have banned
eggs from chickens so fed (E161(g)).
c canvas
Of the colour of canvas.
n canvas
A painting; the material or colour ground on which an artist paints.
n Cappagh brown
A native bituminous earth containing manganese oxide once mined in Cork,
Ireland. When the mine became exhausted Winsor & Newton acquired the
remaining stock. Otherwise called Cappah brown.
a cappucino-tinted
From The Times of 1.9.99 – presumably, having the colouring and markings
suggestive of the whipped cream and powdered chocolate expected on the top
of a cup of cappucino coffee.
n capsanthin
An orange red food colouring agent (E160 (c)).
n capsicin
The red pigment in cayenne pepper.
c capucine
A dark yellowy orange.
c caramel
A pale brown colour; the colour of toasted sugar. The dark
brown colouring used as a colouring agent in food (E150).
n carbon black
The darkest of pigments. Another name for lampblack. One
of the E-number colours (E153). See also blue black and
charcoal black.
adjective a
adverb adv
a colour c
noun n
prefix pr
suffix su
verb vb
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c cardinal (red)
The scarlet colour of a cardinal’s vestments.
c carmine
A crimson colour. See next entry.
n carmine
An ancient red, orange or crimson pigment originally derived from the kermes
insect and subsequently from the cochineal insect. Used, amongst other things
to manufacture eye make-up. See cremosin.
n carmoisine
Red colouring used as an additive in food, particularly, in confectionery and
marzipan (E122). Research at the Asthma and Allergy Research Centre suggests
that E122 might lead to hyperactivity in children.
c carnadine
Carnation colour.
c carnation
Rose-pink, flesh-coloured. ‘A’ could never abide carnation- ‘twas a colour he never
lik’d’ Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost Act 2 Scene 1. From carneus the Latin
for flesh-coloured. It was not until the 20th century that ‘carnation’ also came
to be used as the colour of the flower although having regard to the many varieties
of the flower in modern times the colour term used in this context has little
precision.
c carnelian
A pale reddish-brown or ruby colour after the semi-precious stone of the same
name; see sard. Also called cornelian.
n carotene
The yellow or orange pigment occurring in many plants, in particular, carrots.
Also called carotin. Used to give butter its yellow colour (E160(a)). See carrot
orange.
n carotenoids
A group of yellow, orange or red pigments including carotenes, xanthophylls
and fucoxanthin, found in many plants and animals.