优劣一目了然
赤、朱、丹、绯(桃红色)、彤、绛(大红色)、茜(红色)、????(浅红色)、赭(红褐带紫色)、赫、赪、赯、奭、殷、檀、猩
栗、褐、驼、赭
橘、曙
翠、碧、綟、盭
金、米、缃(浅黄色) 、黈、黇
靛、紫、藕、桃
青、兰、海、苍
玄、绀、皂、乌、墨、黛、綦(青黑色)、黝、黧(黑中带黄色)、黓、黔、黕、黢、黭、黮(深黑色)、黯、黩、缁、漆、涅
素、杏、缟、垩、鹤、皓、皑、皤、皫、练
苍、华、银
Words That Describe Specific Colours
- alabaster – very white and smooth.
- amber – between brown and yellow in colour.
- amethyst – light purple.
- apricot – a shade of pink tinged with yellow
- avocado – with a pale green colour.
- ash – the colour of ash
- azure – bright blue.
- baby-blue – light blue in colour.
- beige – very pale brown in colour
- black – having the darkest colour, like the sky at night when there is no light
- blue – something that is blue is the same colour as the sky on a clear sunny day.
- bluish – similar to blue or slightly blue in colour
- bone – a shade of white the colour of a bleached skeleton
- bottle green – very dark green
- bronze – an attractive brown colour
- brown – something that is brown is the same colour as wood or coffee
- brownish – similar to brown or slightly brown in colour
- burgundy – dark red
- canary – having the colour of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
- caramel – light yellowish-brown in colour
- cerise – bright red-pink in colour
- chalk – a pure flat white
- charcoal – something that is charcoal is dark grey in colour
- chartreuse – bright green-yellow in colour
- cherry – a red the colour of ripe cherries
- cinnamon – light red-brown in colour
- claret – dark red in colour
- cobalt blue – a shade of blue tinged with green
- copper – red-brown in colour
- coral – with a colour between pink and orange
- cream – yellowish-white in colour
- crimson – dark purple-red in colour
- Day-Glo – extremely bright yellow, orange, pink, or green in colour
- dove-grey – light grey in colour
- dun – between brown and grey in colour
- ebony – dark black in colour
- ecru – very pale brown
- eggshell – like an eggshell, for example white-yellow in colour, not very shiny, or thin and delicate
- electric blue – very bright blue
- emerald – bright green in colour
- fawn – light brown in colour
- flesh-coloured – the colour of white people’s skin
- gold – something that is gold is the colour of gold
- golden – bright yellow in colour
- green – something that is green is the same colour as grass.
- greenish – similar to green or slightly green in colour
- greige – between very pale brown and grey in colour
- grey – between black and white in colour (gray – the American spelling of grey)
- hazel – light brown and slightly green or golden in colour, used especially for describing someone’s eyes
- ice blue – a very light blue colour
- indigo – between dark blue and purple in colour
- inky – mainly literary black, or a very dark colour
- iron-grey – dark grey in colour
- ivory – something that is ivory is a yellowish-white colour
- jet-black – very shiny and black in colour
- lavender – light purple in colour
- leaden – dull and dark grey in colour
- lilac – pale purple in colour
- lily-white – pure white
- lime-green – bright yellow-green in colour
- livid – mainly literary dark purple or blue-grey in colour
- magenta – purple-red in colour
- maroon – dark red-brown in colour
- mauve – pale purple in colour
- milk-white – the colour of milk
- milky – the colour of milk
- navy blue – very dark blue
- nut-brown – medium brown in colour
- off-white – slightly yellow or grey
- olive – dark yellowish green in colour
- olive – dark grey-green in colour, like many military uniforms
- orange – between red and yellow in colour
- orangey – similar to orange or slightly orange in colour
- peach – yellowish pink in colour
- peacock blue – dark blue-green in colour
- pea green – bright green in colour
- pink – between red and white in colour
- pinkish – similar to pink or slightly pink in colour
- pitch-black – completely black or dark
- plum – between red and purple in colour
- puce – between dark brown or dark red and purple
- purple – between red and blue in colour
- purplish – similar to purple or slightly purple in colour
- red – the same colour as blood
- reddish – similar to red, or slightly red
- rose – dark pink in colour
- roseate – pink in colour
- rose-coloured – pink in colour
- rosy – pink in colour
- royal blue – deep blue
- ruby – a deep red colour
- ruddy – red in colour
- russet – red-brown in colour
- rusty – red-brown in colour
- saffron – between bright yellow and orange in colour
- salmon – orange tinged with pink
- sandy – pale yellow in colour
- scarlet – bright red in colour
- sea-green – green-blue in colour
- sepia – something that is sepia is a red-brown colour
- shocking pink – very bright pink in colour
- silver – light grey in colour
- silvery – like silver in colour or appearance
- sky-blue – the colour of the sky on a bright clear day
- smoky – light grey in colour
- snow-white – very white
- sooty – black or dusky in colour
- steely – steely blue is grey-blue in colour
- straw-coloured – pale brown-yellow in colour
- tan – light brown in colour
- taupe – a brown-grey colour
- tawny – between yellow and brown in colour
- teal – between blue and green in colour
- terracotta – brown-red in colour
- turquoise – bright green-blue in colour
- ultramarine – very bright blue in colour
- umber – yellow or reddish brown in colour
- vermilion – bright red or red-orange in colour
- violet a- blue-purple in colour
- white – something that is white is the same colour as milk or snow
- whitish – similar to white or slightly white in colour
- wine – something that is wine is a dark red colour
- yellow a- something that is yellow is the same colour as the middle of an egg
- yellowish – similar to yellow or slightly yellow in colour