Roget's Thesaurus Part 48

#431. Blackness. -- N. blackness &c. adj.; darkness &c. (want of light). 421; swartliness[obs3], lividity, dark color, tone, color; chiaroscuro &c. 420.

nigrification[obs3], infuscation[obs3].

jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, s.m.u.t, raven, crow.

[derogatory terms for black-skinned people] Negro, blackamoor, man of color, n.i.g.g.e.r, darkie, Ethiop, black; buck, n.i.g.g.e.r [U. S.]; c.o.o.n [U. S.], sambo.

[Pigments] lampblack, ivory black, blueblack; writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink.

V. be black &c. adj.; render -black &c. adj.

blacken, infuscate[obs3], denigrate; blot, blotch; s.m.u.tch[obs3]; smirch; darken &c. 421.

black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous[obs3], jetty; coal-black, jet-black; fuliginous[obs3], pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic; low-toned, low in tone; of the deepest dye.

black as jet &c. n., black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight; nocturnal &c. (dark) 421; nigrescent[obs3]; gray &c. 432; obscure &c. 421.

Adv. in mourning.

#432. Gray. -- N. gray &c. adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille[Fr].

[Pigments] Payne's gray; black &c. 431.

Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan; calcareous, limy, favillous[obs3]; silver, silvery, silvered; ashen, ashy; cinereous[obs3], cineritious[obs3]; grizzly, grizzled; slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash- colored; cool.

#433. Brown. -- N. brown &c. adj. bister[obs3][Pigments], ocher, sepia, Vand.y.k.e brown.

V. render brown &c. adj.; tan, embrown[obs3], bronze.

Adj. brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous[obs3], chestnut, nut- brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous[obs3], chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown[obs3]; fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver- colored; brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves; khaki.

sun-burnt; tanned &c. v.

-- - Primitive Colors --

#434. Redness. -- N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose[Fr], rose du Barry[obs3]; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules[Heraldry].

ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold.

[Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine[obs3]; ruddle[obs3], madder; Indian red, light red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto[obs3]; annatto[obs3], realgar[ISA:mineral], minium[obs3], red lead.

redness &c. adj.; rubescence[obs3], rubicundity, rubification[obs3]; erubescence[obs3], blush.

V. be red, become red &c.adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden.

render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify[obs3], rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle[obs3].

Adj. red &c. n., reddish; rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine; rosy, roseate; blowzy, blowed[obs3]; burnt; rubicund, rubiform[obs3]; lurid, stammell blood red[obs3]; russet buff, murrey[obs3], carroty[obs3], sorrel, lateritious[obs3]; rubineous[obs3], rubricate, rubricose[obs3], rufulous[obs3].

rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored.

blushing &c. v.; erubescent[obs3]; reddened &c. v.

red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey c.o.c.k, red as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy.

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#435. Greenness. -- N. green &c. adj.; blue and yellow; vert [heraldry].

emerald, verd antique[Fr], verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine; absinthe, creme de menthe[Fr].

[Pigments] terre verte[Fr], verditer[obs3], verdine[obs3], copperas.

greenness, verdure; viridity[obs3], viridescence[obs3]; verditure[obs3].

[disease of eyes with green tint] glaucoma, [j.a.p: rokunaisho].

Adj. green, verdant; glaucous, olive, olive green; green as gra.s.s; verdurous.

emerald green, pea green, gra.s.s green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle green, c.o.ke bottle green.

greenish; virent[obs3], virescent[obs3].

green (learner) 541[new, inexperienced, novice], (unskillful) 699.

green [ill, sick].

Phr. green with envy; the green gra.s.s of Ireland; the wearing of the green.

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#436. Yellowness. -- N. yellow &c. adj.; or.

[Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment[obs3], yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin[obs3]; xanthein[Chemsub], xanthin[obs3]; zaofulvin[obs3]. crocu s, saffron, topaz; xanthite[obs3]; yolk.

jaundice; London fog !; yellowness &c. adj.; icterus[obs3]; xantho- cyanopia !, xanthopsia[Med].

Adj. yellow, aureate, golden, flavous , citrine, fallow; fulvous[obs3], fulvid[obs3]; sallow, luteous[obs3], tawny, creamy, sandy; xanthic[obs3], xanthous[obs3]; jaundiced- auricomous[obs3].

gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored; xanthocarpous[obs3], xanthochroid[obs3], xanthopous[obs3].

yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot.

warm, advancing.

#437. Purple. -- N. purple &c. adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple; aniline dyes, gridelin[obs3], amethyst; purpure[Heraldry]; heliotrope.

lividness, lividity.

V. empurple[obs3].

Adj. purple, violet, ultraviolet; plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve; livid.

#438. Blueness. -- N. blue &c. adj.; garter-blue; watchet .

[Pigments] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen[Chemsub]; Prussian blue, syenite blue[obs3]; bice[obs3], indigo; zaffer[obs3].

lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise; indicolite[obs3].

blueness, bluishness; bloom.

Adj. blue, azure, cerulean; sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed; cerulescent[obs3]; powder blue, bluish; atmospheric, retiring; cold.

#439. Orange. -- N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame &c. color, adj.

[Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange[obs3], cadmium.

cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia[a flowering plant].

V. gild, warm.

Adj. orange; ochreous[obs3]; orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, bra.s.s-colored, apricot-colored; warm, hot, glowing.

#440. Variegation. -- N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae.

spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peac.o.c.k, chameleon, b.u.t.terfly, tortoise sh.e.l.l; mackerel, mackerel sky; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite[obs3], mother-of-pearl, opal, marble.

check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry-, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae[obs3], strigae[obs3]; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor.

V. be variegated &c. adj.; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; bespeckle[obs3], speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot[obs3]; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt.

Adj. variegated &c. v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor[obs3], tricolor, versicolor[obs3]; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic.

iridescent; opaline[obs3], opalescent; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant[obs3]; irisated[obs3], pavonine[obs3].

pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous[obs3].

mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortoise sh.e.l.l &c. n.

spotted, spotty; punctated[obs3], powdered; speckled &c. v.; freckled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered[obs3]; striated, barred, veined; brinded[obs3], brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered &c.

v.; daedal[obs3]; naevose[obs3], stipiform[obs3]; strigose[obs3], striolate[obs3].

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-- (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT --

#441. Vision. -- N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight.

view, look, espial[obs3], glance, ken, coup d'oeil[Fr]; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, stare, leer; perl.u.s.tration[obs3], contemplation; conspection , conspectuity ; regard, survey; introspection; reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage[Fr], autopsy; ocular inspection, ocular demonstration; sight-seeing.

point of view; gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower.

field of view; theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon; commanding view, bird's eye view; periscope.