A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is...
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first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle. "Periwinkle Color Meaning: The Color Periwinkle Symbolizes...
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In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint. The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in...
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summariser (outside North America) or analyst (a term used throughout the English-speaking world). The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange...
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The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In...
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Shades of violet (redirect from African violet (color))
color term derived from the flower of the same name. There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below. The term...
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tertiary colors etc. Some sources use the terms color wheel and color circle interchangeably; however, one term or the other may be more prevalent in certain...
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Shades of purple (redirect from Thistle (color))
color beyond blue as violet, but this color is called purple by many speakers in the United States. In some texts the term violet refers to any color...
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and others working in "softer" subjects. Color code Color psychology Color term Color theory Political color The Colors Trilogy Three Colours trilogy...
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where his color term boundaries probably lay. Newton's color terms included red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet; this color sequence is...
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Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to pure red than the color crimson...
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Blue–green distinction in language (redirect from Ao (color))
"blue" and "green" might be distinguished, but a single term might be used for both if the color is dark. Furthermore, green might be associated with yellow...
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as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold" (shown below). The first recorded use of golden as a color name...
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new basic color terms in a strict chronological sequence; if a basic color term is found in a language, then the colors of all earlier stages should also...
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Shades of blue (redirect from Dark blue (color))
The term tint and shade is used in its technical sense as used in color theory. In this section, the term 'tint' usually refers to a blueish color mixed...
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colors; likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than...
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Color blindness, color vision deficiency (CVD) or color deficiency is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. The severity of color...
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derives from the color of the nut of the chestnut tree. The first recorded use of chestnut as a color term in English was in 1555. The color maroon is also...
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Blue-gray (redirect from Livid (color))
bluish-gray color. This color name comes from the Latin color term lividus, meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color'; it is also used to describe the color of contused...
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Iris flowers Iris is an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet. However, in certain applications, it has...
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Indigo (redirect from Indigo (color))
term used for a number of hues in the region of blue. The word comes from the ancient dye of the same name. The term "indigo" can refer to the color of...
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basic color categories: white, black, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, purple, pink, orange, and gray. To be considered a basic color category, the term for...
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Shades of red (redirect from Tomato (color))
on the RYB color wheel. The web color pink is a light tint of red, but is often considered to be a basic color term on its own. This color which represents...
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RGB color space SRGB color space YIQ YUV Color space encoding ColorSync Color symbolism Color temperature Color term Color theory Color triangle Color vision...
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The color wine, or wine red (also called bordeaux, vinous, or vinaceous), is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the typical color of red wine...
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most often refers to: Iris (anatomy), part of the eye Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess Iris (plant), a genus of...
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use of the term lilac as an English color name was in 1775. Pale lilac or Pale lavender is the color represented as lilac in the ISCC-NBS color list. The...
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Green (redirect from List of terms associated with the color green)
adoptions that are not in origin color terms (much like the English adjective orange being in origin not a color term but the name of a fruit). Thus, the...
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In the United States Code, the term color of law describes and defines an action that has either a "mere semblance of legal right", or the "pretense of...
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Cyan (redirect from Color/cyan)
the English language began using the term turquoise to describe the cyan color of objects that resembled the color of the stone. In the 1870s, the French...
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