Colors
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The following is a list of colors which can be used not only to describe hair, skin, or eyes, but clothing as well.
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White
alabaster: pale, yellowish-pink to yellowish-gray.
albicant: whitish or becoming white.
albino: white skin and hair, lacking pigment.
albugineous: like the white of an eye or an egg.
argent: the heraldic color silver or white.
argentine: silver or white.
bleach blonde: washed out, whitish-blonde.
bone: white, ivory, the color of bone.
chalky: white, gray, or yellowish, associated with illness.
cream: creamy white.
eburnean: ivory.
eggshell: creamy white or light brown.
ivory: creamy white.
leucochroic: white or pale-coloured.
marble: white or pink, usually.
milky: smooth white.
niveous: snowy white.
ochroleucous: yellowish white.
salt: the color of salt, white
whey: off-white.
Gray
alabaster: yellowish-gray.
ash: a grayish tint.
caesious: greyish green.
cesious: bluish-grey.
cinerious: ashen or ash-grey.
charcoal: dark gray.
dove gray: grayish blue, grayish-brown.
dun: dull, grayish brown.
dusky: dark, shadowy.
glaucous: greyish-blue.
greige: of a grey-beige color.
gridelin: violet-grey.
griseous: pearl-grey or blue-grey.
hoary: pale silver-grey or grey with age.
isabelline: greyish yellow.
liard: grey or dapple-grey.
lovat: grey-green.
moonlight: very light gray.
perse: bluish-grey.
sage: grey-green.
salt and pepper: mixed black and gray.
silver: a light or metallic gray.
slate: dark gray to bluish-gray.
smoke: gray-blue.
smoked-glass: gray or dark gray.
soot: grayish-brown, black, gray.
steel: dark gray to bluish gray.
tarnished: grayed with tarnish.
taupe: brownish-grey.
umber: the color of shadow.
Black
atrous: jet black.
blue-black: so black it shines blue in the light.
coal: dark grey or black.
corbeau: blackish green.
ebony: dark brown or black.
humus: rich, soil-brown or black.
ink: black as ink.
jet: flat black.
lignite: brownish-black.
melanic: black or very dark.
metal: black or gray.
morel: blackish, usually a dark-colored horse.
midnight: black or very dark.
nigricant: of a blackish colour.
nigrine: black.
onyx: flat black.
obsidian: very dark or black.
piceous: like pitch, a reddish black.
pitch: black as night.
raven: black with hints of blue.
sable: of a black color in heraldry.
tar: dull black.
Brown
aeneous: shining bronze colour.
auburn: reddish-brown, like thick copper.
aurulent: gold-colored.
badious: chestnut-colored.
beige: light creamy white-brown.
biscuit: light, toasted brown.
bronze: reddish or orange-brown.
brunneous: dark brown.
buff: a light, creamy brown.
burnet: dark brown or dark woollen cloth.
caramel: light or medium brown.
castaneous: chestnut-colored.
castory: brown color or dye derived from beaver pelts.
cocoa: rich, cool brown.
chestnut: rich, warm brown.
chocolate: rich, deep brown.
cinnamon: brownish-red.
dove gray: grayish-brown.
dun: dull, grayish brown.
dusty road: light brown or light brownish-red.
ferruginous: of the color of rust, impregnated with iron.
filemot: dead-leaf color, dull brown.
fulvous: dull yellow, tawny.
fuscous: brown, tawny, dingy.
ginger: sandy or reddish-brown.
golden: yellow-brown.
greige: of a grey-beige color.
hawk brown: yellowish-brown, medium brown, or grayish brown.
hay: golden brown or tan.
hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown, flecked with green or gray.
honey: golden brown or yellow-brown.
humus: rich, soil-brown.
infuscate: clouded or tinged with brown.
kelp: the color of brown seaweed.
khaki: light brown or tan.
leather: medium-dark brown, reddish-brown.
lurid: yellow-brown.
mahogany: dark, reddish-brown or yellowish brown.
molasses: thick, dark brown.
nankeen: buff-coloured, light brown.
nubian: medium brown.
nutmeg: broad variability from light to dark brown.
ochre: dark yellow or reddish-brown.
olive: dark brown or black, yellow or greenish brown.
puce: brownish-purple.
rufous: brownish-red.
russet: yellowish-brown, reddish-brown.
rust: orange, reddish-brown, or reddish-yellow.
sable: rich brown.
sandalwood: light brown.
sandy: yellowish, grayish, or medium brown.
sarcoline: flesh-coloured.
sepia: dark, reddish-brown.
sienna: yellowish-brown. Burnt sienna is reddish-brown.
sinopia: reddish-brown as in the preparatory drawing for a fresco.
sorrel: light brown or light reddish-brown, like a dried autumn leaf.
spadiceous: chestnut-coloured.
stramineous: strawy, light brown.
suede: light beige.
taupe: dark, brownish-gray like moleskin.
tawny: brownish-yellow or tan.
teakwood: yellowish-brown.
terracotta: reddish-brown.
titian: red-gold or reddish-brown.
umber: brownish red.
wheat: tan or brown.
Red
amaranthine: deep purple-red.
auburn: reddish-brown, like copper.
blood: red, the color of blood.
brick red: a dark brownish red.
bronze: reddish-brown.
burgundy: a brownish or purple-red.
cardinal: deep scarlet.
cinnibar: a brilliant, bright red.
cinnamon: brownish-red.
claret: dark red-purple like wine.
coccineous: bright red.
copper: reddish-orange.
coquelicot: brilliant poppy red.
cramoisy: crimson.
crimson: deep red.
dusty road: light brownish-red.
erythraean: reddish.
ferruginous: of the color of rust.
fire: a bright red.
flammeous: flame-colored.
fuschia: a bright reddish pink.
gamboge: reddish-yellow.
garnet: a deep, cool red.
ginger: red or orange with a hint of brown.
haematic: blood-colored.
hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown, usually flecked with green or gray.
incarnadine: carnation-colored or blood-red.
kermes: a brilliant red dye derived from insects.
lateritious: brick-red.
lobster red: severely sunburned.
lurid: red-yellow.
madder: red-orange.
magenta: a reddish-purple.
mahogany: dark reddish-brown.
maroon: a dark and dull brownish red or purple-red.
minium: vermilion or red lead.
modena: crimson.
nacarat: bright orange-red.
peach: a pinkish or reddish orange.
phoeniceous: bright scarlet-red.
piceous: reddish black.
pink: a light red.
ponceau: poppy red.
puniceous: bright or purplish red.
pyrrhous: reddish or ruddy.
rose: a pink or warm red.
rosy: a pinkish red.
rubiginous: rusty-colored.
rubious: ruby red, rusty.
ruby: bright red.
ruddy: healthy red like a blush.
rufous: of a yellowish-red or brownish-red color.
russet: reddish brown.
rust: orange, reddish-brown, or reddish-yellow.
sanguine: blood red.
sanguineous: bloody.
scarlet: very bright red.
sepia: dark reddish-brown.
sinopia: reddish-brown as in the preparatory drawing for a fresco.
solferino: purplish red.
sorrel: reddish-brown.
stammel: a coarse woollen fabric usually dyed bright red.
tarnished: reddish like rust.
terracotta: reddish-brown.
testaceous: brick-red.
titian: red-gold or reddish-brown.
vermeil: bright red.
vermilion: a brilliant and bright red.
vinaceous: wine-colored.
vinous: deep red or burgundy.
wallflower: yellowish-red.
wine: dark purple-red.
Orange
amber: yellowish orange.
apricot: a pinkish orange.
carrot: pure orange.
copper: reddish-orange, metallic orange.
flammeous: flame-colored.
ginger: red or orange with a hint of brown.
golden: an orange-yellow.
henna: a brownish-red or orange.
jacinthe: a bright orange.
madder: red-orange.
nacarat: bright orange-red.
ochre: yellowish-orange.
peach: a pinkish or reddish orange.
saffron: a bright yellow-orange.
strawberry-blonde: an orangish blonde haircolor.
wallflower: yellowish-red.
Yellow
aeneous: shining bronze.
amber: yellowish orange.
bleach blonde: washed out, whitish-blonde.
blonde: unsaturated yellow, the color of honey.
chartreuse: yellow-green.
chrysochlorous: greenish-gold.
citreous: lemon-coloured.
citrine: dark greenish-yellow.
flammeous: flame-colored.
flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow.
flaxen: blonde, yellow.
fulvous: dull yellow, tawny.
gamboge: reddish-yellow.
ginger: sandy or reddish-brown.
golden: warm yellow or yellow-brown.
goldenrod: dark golden yellow.
hawk brown: yellowish-brown.
hay: golden brown or tan.
honey: golden brown or yellow-brown.
icterine: yellowish or marked with yellow.
icteritious: jaundiced yellow.
isabelline: greyish yellow.
jessamy: yellow like a jasmine.
lurid: red-yellow or yellow-brown.
luteolous: yellowish.
luteous: golden-yellow.
lutescent: yellowish.
melichrous: having a honey-like color.
meline: canary-yellow.
nubian: medium brown.
ochre: dark yellow.
ochroleucous: yellowish white.
or: heraldic color gold or yellow.
primrose: pale yellow.
russet: yellowish-brown.
saffron: orange yellow.
sallow: sickly yellow or pale yellow.
sandy: yellowish, grayish, or medium brown.
sienna: yellowish-brown.
straw: pale yellow.
sulphureous: bright yellow.
sunflower: golden yellow.
sunshine: bright yellow.
tawny: brownish-yellow or tan.
teakwood: yellowish-brown.
tilleul: pale yellowish-green.
topaz: dark yellow.
vitellary: bright yellow.
wallflower: yellowish-red.
wheaten: the golden color of ripe wheat.
xanthic: yellow, yellowish.
Green
cactus: a vibrant yellow-green.
caesious: bluish or greyish green.
celadon: pale green.
cerulean: sea-green.
chartreuse: yellowish-green.
chlorochrous: leaf green.
chrysochlorous: greenish-gold.
citrine: dark greenish-yellow.
corbeau: blackish green.
eau-de-nil: pale green.
forest: a dark, sometimes brownish green.
grass: bright green.
emerald: a deep, gem-like green.
evergreen: a dark, sometimes bluish green.
glaucous: sea-green.
leaf: bright green.
leek-green: green like seaweed.
lime: bright yellow-green.
lovat: grey-green or blue-green.
jade: pale, cool green.
moss: grey-green.
olive: a yellowish or grey-green.
peridot: yellow-green.
porraceous: leek-green.
prasinous: leek-green.
sage: grey-green.
smaragdine: emerald green.
teal: bluish-green.
terre verte: brownish green.
tilleul: pale yellowish-green.
turquoise: blue-green.
virescent: becoming green or greenish.
virid: pure green.
viridescent: greenish.
viridian: chrome green.
willowish: the color of willow leaves.
zinnober: chrome green.
Blue
azuline: sky blue.
azure: the heraldic color blue, sky blue.
baby blue: very light to a very pale greenish or purplish blue.
caesious: bluish green.
celeste: sky blue.
celestial blue: sky blue.
cerulean: sky-blue, slightly greenish blue.
cesious: bluish-grey.
cobalt: deep, vivid blue or strong, greenish blue.
cyan: greenish-blue.
cyaneous: sky blue.
dove gray: grayish blue.
electric blue: bright, almost glowing blue.
gentian: royal blue.
glaucous: greyish-blue.
griseous: pearl-grey or blue-grey.
hyacinth: deep, purplish-blue to vivid violet.
hyacinthine: of a blue or purple color.
indigo: deep blue to purplish-blue.
juniper: grey-blue, the color of juniper berries.
lapis lazuli: sky blue to deep blue.
lavender: light, purplish-blue.
lovat: blue-green.
mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue color.
midnight: a very dark blue.
misty blue: very light blue.
navy: a very dark blue.
pavonated: peacock-blue.
periwinkle: light, purplish-blue.
perse: dark blue or bluish-grey.
powder blue: medium to pale blue.
prussian blue: medium to dark blue.
royal blue: a very deep blue.
sapphire: deep pure blue.
sky blue: light blue.
slate: dull dark blue-grey.
smalt: deep blue.
smoke: gray-blue.
teal: greenish-blue.
turquoise: blue-green.
ultramarine: deep blue.
violet: bluish purple.
watchet: pale blue.
Purple
amaranthine: deep purple-red.
aubergine: eggplant, a dark purple.
claret: dark red-purple wine color.
eggplant: a dark purple.
grape: a deep purple.
gridelin: violet-grey.
heliotrope: purple as the flower.
hyacinth: deep, purplish-blue to vivid violet.
hyacinthine: of a blue or purple color.
ianthine: violet-colored.
indigo: dark blue to purplish-blue.
iris: light purple.
lavender: pale to light purple or very pale violet.
lilac: pale or light to medium purple.
magenta: purplish-red.
mauve: brilliant violet or purple, medium reddish-purple.
porphyrous: purple-colored.
puce: a brownish purple, purplish-pink.
purpure: heraldic purple color.
purpureal: deep purple.
rhodopsin: visual purple.
royal purple: deep purple.
twilight: dark purple.
violaceous: violet-colored.
violet: reddish-blue, purple.
