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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.

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