Friday, November 11, 2005

COLORS

Black: asphalt, brimstone, burnt toast, carbon, coal, crow, earth,
ebony, espresso, funereal, graphite, ink, jet, Jolly Roger, licorice,
mascara, night, obsidian, onyx, panther, pepper, pitch, priestly,
raven, soot, tar, tea, tuxedo, witch's hat, zinc

White: alabaster, arctic, atrium, birch, bleached, bridal, cameo,
cauliflower, chalk, cloud, cotton, cream cheese, diamond, dove,
fluorescent, frost, gardenia, ghost, halogen, ice, lace, lightning,
lily, milk, onion, opal, paper, peppermint, piña colada, polar,
quartz, rice, snow, sodium, sugar, swan, titanium, vanilla,
waterfall, whitewash

Beige/Off-white: almond, antique, bisque, bone, buff, champagne,
cream, ecru, eggshell, ivory, jute, khaki, linen, mother of pearl,
muslin, natural, oatmeal, opal, papyrus, parchment, pearl, percale,
putty, seashell

Brown: Amaretto, apple butter, ash, bark, beaver, bronze, brunette,
butterscotch, café au lait, camel, caramel, chestnut, chocolate,
cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, cognac, cola, copper, cordovan, dirt, earth,
fawn, feldspar, ginger, hamster, honey, leather, mahogany, maple,
moccasin, mousy, mushroom, nutmeg, oak, peanut butter, pumpernickel,
raisin, roan, saddle, sandy, scorched earth, sepia, sparrow, spice,
syrup, tan, taupe, tawny, timber, toast, tumbleweed, umber, wheat,
wicker, wren

Gray: ash, battleship, charcoal, dove, driftwood, dun, metallic,
nickel, pewter, pigeon, putty, salt and pepper, shadow, slate, smoke,
steely, storm clouds, timberwolf

Silver: aluminum, armor, foil, glass, mercury, mirror, platinum,
steel, sterling, tinsel, titanium

Red: adobe, apple, auburn, beet, blister, blood, Bordeaux, brick,
burgundy, candy apple, candy cane, cardinal, cherry, chili pepper,
claret, cooked lobster, cordovan, cranberry, crimson, currant,
dragonlady, fire, fire engine, garnet, hooker, Irish Setter, ketchup,
licorice, loganberry, marinara, maroon, matchstick, mulberry,
pomegranate, puce, putana, raspberry, rose, ruby, ruddy, rust,
scarlet, stop sign, sunburn, sunset, tomato, valentine, vermilion,
wine

Orange: apricot, burnt, cantaloupe, carrot, cheddar, cheese puffs,
coral, lifevest, Mandarin, mango, marigold, marmalade, melon, neon,
peach, pennant, persimmon, pumpkin, russet, sherbet, sienna, sunrise,
sweet potato, tangerine, terracotta, tigerlily, traffic cone

Yellow: amber, banana, blond, brass, butter, canary, caution,
citrine, citrus, corn, cornsilk, custard, daffodil, dandelion, egg
yolk, flaxen, gold, goldenrod, highlighter, honeysuckle, lemon,
maize, moonlight, mustard, pear, pineapple, rain slicker, saffron,
school bus, straw, sun, sunflower, sunny, tiger's eye, topaz

Green: algae, allium, aloe, apple, Army, artichoke, asparagus,
avocado, cabbage, celery, chartreuse, chive, dishsoap, dragon,
emerald, fern, fir, forest, grass, hazel, honeydew, hunter, Ireland,
jade, kelly, khaki, kiwi, leaf, lime, lizard, mallard, meadow, mint,
mistletoe, moldy, monster, moss, neon, Nile, olive, pea, pear,
peridot, pickle, pine, pistachio, reptilian, scallion, sea, seafoam,
seaweed, serpent, shamrock, spearmint, spring, teal, wintergreen

Blue: anil, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby, bay, blueberry, cadet,
Caribbean, cerulean, China, cobalt, cornflower, crystal, cyan, denim,
electric, hydrangea, ice, indigo, iolite, lagoon, lapis,
Mediterranean, midnight, Navy, ocean, Pacific, peacock, periwinkle,
powder, robin's egg, royal, sapphire, sky, stonewashed, turquoise,
Wedgwood, wisteria

Purple: amethyst, Bermuda onion, eggplant, elderberry, grape, indigo,
iolite, iris, lavender, lilac, magenta, orchid, plum, puce, royal,
tanzanite, violet

Pink: ballerina, bismuth (aka Pepto-Bismol), bisque, blush, bubble
gum, carnation, cerise, cotton candy, flamingo, fuchsia, hibiscus,
mauve, peony, powder puff, primrose, raspberry, rose, rosé, salmon,
shell, shrimp, slipper, strawberry, thistle, tourmaline, watermelon,
white zinfandel

Colorless: crystal, glassy, onionskin, translucent, transparent, quartz, water

Multi-colored: prismatic, rainbow, tie-dyed

1 Comments:

Blogger Angela's Designs said...

Like this list. I've got a second blog too. Similar.

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