English for Specific Purposes
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Colour Words

Dictionary

Index

Brown
Black
Blue
Green
Grey
Indigo
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
Violet
White
Yellow

Brown

amber having a brown hue

auburn a moderate reddish brown to brown.

bay a reddish brown.

beige a light greyish brown or yellowish brown to greyish yellow.

biscuit a pale brown.

bist-er(-re) a greyish to yellowish brown.

blond(e) a light yellowish brown to dark greyish yellow.

bole a moderate reddish brown.

brick red a moderate to strong reddish brown.

bronze a moderate yellowish to olive brown.

bronze having a brown hue

brown any of a group of colours between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.

brunette having a brown hue

buff a pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange yellow to light yellowish brown.

burgundy a dark greyish or blackish red to dark purplish red or reddish brown.

burnt almond having a brown hue

butterscotch having a brown hue

café-au-lait having a brown hue

caramel a moderate yellow brown.

charcoal a dark greyish brown to black or dark purplish grey.

chestnut a moderate to deep reddish brown.

chocolate a greyish to deep reddish brown to deep greyish brown.

cinnamon a light reddish brown.

cocoa a moderate brown to reddish brown.

coffee a moderate brown to dark brown or dark greyish brown.

copper a reddish brown.

dead leaf having a brown hue

drab a moderate to greyish or light greyish yellowish brown or light olive brown.

dun an almost neutral brownish grey to dull greyish brown.

ecru a greyish to pale yellow or light greyish-yellowish brown.

fawn a greyish yellow brown to light greyish or moderate reddish brown.

ferruginous having the colour of iron rust; reddish-brown.

foxy having a reddish-brown colour.

fuscous dark brownish-grey in colour

ginger a strong brown.

gold a light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow.

hazel a light brown or yellowish brown sometimes with reddish tint.

henna a moderate or strong reddish brown to strong brown.

khaki a light olive brown to moderate or light yellowish brown.

liver a dark reddish brown.

mahogany a moderate reddish brown.

mahogany having a brown hue

manil(l)a a light yellow brown.

maroon a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

mocha a dark olive brown.

mous(e)y having a drab, pale brown colour

mud-coloured having a brown hue

mushroom having a brown hue

mustard a dark yellow to light olive brown.

Natal brown a greyish brown.

nutmeg a greyish to moderate brown.

oak any of various brown shades resembling the wood of an oak in colour.

oatmeal having a brown hue

ocher (ochre) a moderate orange yellow, from moderate or deep orange to moderate or strong yellow.

old gold a dark yellow, from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow.

olive drab a greyish olive to dark olive brown or olive grey.

oxblood red a dark or deep red to medium reddish brown.

puce having a brown hue

putty a yellowish or light brownish grey to greyish yellow or light greyish brown.

raw sienna a brownish orange to light brown.

roan having a brown hue

rubigino-us (-se) rust-coloured; reddish-brown

russet a moderate to strong brown.

rust(y) of a yellowish-red or brownish-red colour

sable a greyish yellowish brown.

sandalwood a light to moderate or greyish brown

sand(y) a light greyish brown to yellowish grey.

sepia a dark greyish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.

sorrel a brownish orange to light brown.

sub-fusc having a brown hue

suntan having a brown hue

taffy having a brown hue

tan a light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.

tawny a light brown to brownish orange.

teak a greyish yellowish brown or greyish to moderate brown.

terra cotta a brownish orange

testaceous having the reddish-brown or brownish-yellow hue of bricks.

tobacco leaf having a brown hue

toffee having a brown hue

umber any of the shades of brown produced by umber in its various states.

Vandyke brown a moderate to greyish brown.

venetian red a deep to strong reddish brown.

walnut having a brown hue