Descriptive words (Color Terms)

Sometimes there's not enough ways to describe the color yellow. For this, I like to use Color Terms most of which can be used when describing a complexion or eye color. 


Color Terms


Aeneous - shining bronze color


Albicant - whitish; becoming white


Albugineous - like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured


Amaranthine - immortal; undying; deep purple-red color


Argent - the heraldic color silver or white


Atrous - jet black


Aubergine - eggplant; a dark purple color


Aurulent - gold-colored


Azuline - Blue


Azure - light or sky blue


Badious - chestnut-coloured


Beige - light creamy white-brown


Brunneous - dark brown


Burnet - dark brown; dark woolen cloth


Caesious - bluish or greyish green


Cardinal - deep scarlet red color


Castaneous - chestnut-coloured


Castory - brown


Celadon - pale green


Celeste - sky blue


Cerulean - a mix of sky-blue; dark blue; and sea-green


Cesious - bluish-grey


Chartreuse - yellow-green color


Chlorochrous - green-coloured


Chrysochlorous - greenish-gold


Cinerious - ashen; ash-grey


Cinnabar - deep red or scarlet color


Citreous - lemon-coloured; lemony


Citrine - dark greenish-yellow


Claret - dark red-purple color resembling wine


Coccineous - bright red


Columbine - dove white


Coquelicot - brilliant poppy red


Corbeau - blackish green


Cramoisy- crimson


Cretaceous - whitish chalky color


Croceate - saffron-coloured


Cyaneous - sky blue


Eburnean - Ivory


Erythraean - reddish color


Ferruginous - of the color of rust


Filemot - dull brown like dead-leaves


Flammeous - flame-coloured


Flavescent - yellowish or turning yellow


Fuliginous - sooty; dusky; soot-colored; pertaining to soot


Fulvous - dull yellow; tawny


Fuscous - tawny brown


Gamboge - reddish-yellow color


Glaucous - sea-green; greyish-blue


Goldenrod - dark golden yellow


Greige - of a grey-beige color


Gridelin - violet-grey


Griseous - pearl-grey or blue-grey


Haematic - blood-coloured


Heliotrope - purplish hue


Hoary - pale silver-grey


Hyacinthine - bluish purple


Ianthine - violet


Ibis - pale apricot color


Icterine - yellowish


Icteritious - jaundiced; yellow


Incarnadine - blood-red


Indigo - deep blue-violet color


Infuscate - cloudy brown color


Isabelline - greyish yellow


Jacinthe - orange


Jessamy - yellow like a jasmine


Kermes - brilliant red color


Khaki - light brown or tan


Lateritious - brick-red


Leucochroic - white or pale-colored


Liard - grey; dapple-grey


Lovat - greyish-green


Lurid - yellow-brown


Luteolous - yellowish


Luteous - golden-yellow


Lutescent - yellowish


Madder - reddish-orange color


Magenta - reddish purple/ hot pink


Maroon - brownish crimson


Mauve - light bluish purple


Mazarine - rich blue or reddish-blue color


Melanic - black; very dark


Melichrous - honey-like color


Meline - canary-yellow


Miniaceous color of reddish lead


Minimum-vermilion - red lead


Modena - crimson


Morel - blackish color


Nacarat - bright orange-red


Nankeen - Pale buff-colored


Niveous - snowy white


Ochre - yellowish or yellow-brown color


Ochroleucous - yellowish white


Olivaceous - olive-colored/ golden or yellow


Pavonated - peacock-blue


Periwinkle - a bluish or azure color


Perse - dark blue or bluish-grey


Phoeniceous - bright scarlet-red color


Piceous - reddish-black


Plumbeous - lead-coloured


Ponceau - poppy red


Porphyrous - purple


Porraceous - leek-green


Prasinous - leek-green


Primrose - pale yellow


Puccoon - dark red color


Puce - brownish-purple or purplish-pink


Puniceous - bright purplish-red


Purpure - purple


Purpureal - purple


Pyrrhous - ruddy red


Rhodopsin - visual purple


Rubiginous - rusty-coloured


Rubious - rusty ruby red


Rufous - brownish-red


Russet - reddish brown


Sable - black


Saffron - orange-yellow


Sage - grey-green


Sanguineous - bloody red


Sapphire - deep pure blue


Sarcoline - white flesh-coloured


Sepia - fine brown


Sinopia - reddish-brown color


Slate - dull dark blue-grey


Smalt - deep blue


Smaragdine - emerald green


Solferino - purplish red


Sorrel - reddish-brown; light chestnut


Spadiceous - chestnut-coloured


Stammel - bright red color


Stramineous - straw-coloured


Suede - light beige


Sulphureous - bright yellow


Tan - tawny brown


Taupe - brownish-grey


Tawny - brownish-yellow


Teal - greenish-blue


Terracotta - reddish-brown


Testaceous - brick-red


Tilleul - pale yellowish-green


Titian - red-gold or reddish-brown


Topaz - dark yellow


Turquoise - blue-green


Ultramarine - deep blue


Umber - brownish red


Vermeil - bright red or vermilion color


Vermilion - bright red


Vinaceous - wine-coloured


Vinous - deep red; burgundy


Violaceous - violet-coloured


Violet - bluish purple


Virescent - greenish


Virid - green


Viridian - chrome green


Vitellary - bright yellow


Wallflower - yellowish-red


Watchet - pale blue


Wheaten - the golden color of ripe wheat


Whey - off-white


Willowish - of the color of willow leaves


Xanthic - yellow; yellowish


Zinnober - chrome green

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