Color names you may not know

Word List with 13 words
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aeneous
adj.
bronze-colored:
aubergine
n.
a dark purplish color.
cerulean
adj., n.
deep blue; sky blue; azure.
columbine
adj.
dovelike; dove-colored.
cyaneous
adj.
deep blue; cerulean.
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ferruginous
adj.
of the color of iron rust.
lovat
n.
a grayish blend of colors, esp. of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
nankeen
n.
a firm, durable, yellow or buff fabric, formerly made from a natural-colored Chinese cotton.
or
n.
the tincture, or metal, gold: represented either by gold or by yellow.
sinopia
n.
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
smaragdine
adj.
of or pertaining to emeralds.
solferino
n.
vivid purplish pink.
xanthous
adj.
yellow.

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