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    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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  • The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white"...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    The color wine (also called bordeaux, vinous, or vinaceous) is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the typical color of red wine. The first...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to red than the color crimson...
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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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  • "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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. The severity of color blindness ranges...
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    distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold". The...
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    color, like that of unripe or green olives. As a color word in the English language, it appears in late Middle English. Olivine is the typical color of...
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    closely related to the term "ruddy," which also refers to a reddish coloring in an object. "Rust / #b7410e hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-10-29...
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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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    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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  • blue is a color or range of colors, typically a lightened shade with a hue between cyan and blue. The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English...
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    approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed...
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