Colour Summary

aeruginose

verdigris-green, (malachite-green), the color of oxidized copper

alutaceous

light leather colored, usually interpreted as light tan or medium yellow brown

argillaceous

clay color, resembling ochraceous-cinnamon-brown

army brown

vinaceous brown

avellaneous

dull grayish brown, hazel-brown or light gray yellow brown closer to drab, in Ridgway 1912 a color closer to pinkish buff

azure

sky-blue

badious

dark red brown

bay

red-brown approaching but lighter than chestnut

beige

light grayish yellowish brown

benzo brown

pale purplish brown, dark brownish violaceous, violaceous fuscous, in Ridgway 1912, gray brown with a pinkish tinge

bister

blackish brown, a warm dark brown color, like sepia, dark yellow-brown

black

will match with bister, bistre, black, blackish, dingy, dusky, fuliginous, fuscous, livid, slate, slaty smoky, sooty

blue

will match with blue, bluish, livid, turquoise

bone brown

dark vinaceous brown

brown

will match with argillaceous, avellaneous, bay, bister, bistre, brick, brown, brownish, chestnut, cinnamon, clay, coffee, dingy, drab, ferruginous, foxy, fuliginous, fulvous, fuscous, hazel, honey, isabelline, rufous, rusty, russet, sienna, sepia, umber

brownish drab

purple gray with slight brownish cast

buckthorn brown

dull yellowish brown

buff

a pale yellow toned with gray-brown, i.e. a dingy yellowish brown or very pale tan, will match with alutaceous, beige, brownish yellow, buff, buffy, fawn, honey, leather, sandy, tan, yellowish brown

buffy brown

grayish brown

burnt sienna

watery strong red brown, dark orange brown

caesious

pale bluish-gray

candidous

shining white

cartridge buff

pale yellowish

chamois

pale yellow

chartreuse

a color between green and lemon yellow, apple green, the color of Letharia (wolf lichen)

chateura drab

pale fuscous

chestnut

dark red-brown

chrome-yellow

intense or strong yellow; also can be deep orange or even reddish orange

cigar-brown

a dark blackish brown, like that of the tobacco found in a cigar

cinereous

ash-colored, dirty white

cinnabar

deep bright rather orange red

cinnamon

a light brown with a little pink

cinnamon-buff

pale dingy tan

cinnamon-drab

violaceous brown with only a faint cinnamon tint, pinkish gray-brown

citrine

a light greenish yellow

citron yellow

greenish yellow

clay color

clay color, resembling dull ochraceous-cinnamon-brown, in Ridgway 1912 closer to ocher or bright yellow brown

cream-buff

a moderately dark buff

crimson

rich deep red inclining to purple

dingy

color appearing grimy or dirty

drab

a dull medium or brownish gray, dark gray with shades of yellow; gray-brown, dark gray with shades of yellow; gray with violet overtones; in Ridgway 1912, a gray-brown

drab gray

brownish gray

Dresden brown

dark yellowish brown

dusky

somewhat dark, implies absence of light and color

eburneous

white, like ivory

ecru

light brown or the color of unbleached linen

ecru drab

brownish gray with slight pinkish cast

ferruginous

rusty red

fuliginous

sooty brown or dark-smoke colored

fulvous

fox-colored, deep orange to reddish orange, reddish cinnamon brown

fuscous

color of a very dark storm cloud: variously described as combinations of gray, brown, purple, or black

fuscous-black

a dark, dusky black or a black with a dark reddish-gray component

fuscous-brown

a dark, dusky brown or a brown with a dark reddish-gray component

fuscous-purple

purple with a dark reddish-gray component or somewhat dark (dusky) purple

gilvous

a bright yellowish brown, yellowish leather colored

glaucous

sea-gray; sea-blue-green; of cap, covered with white bloom, easily rubbed off

gray

will match with cinereous, dingy, drab, dusky, fuliginous, fuscous, gray, grayish, grey, greyish, livid, silver, slate, slaty, smoky, sooty

green

will match with green, greenish, olivaceous, olive, turquoise

hair brown

grayish brown

hazel

light to moderate yellowish brown; the color of the shell of the ripe hazelnut

hyaline

colorless

incarnate

flesh-colored

isabelline

color of unbleached linen, dingy yellowish brown, pale tan, similar to alutaceous, in Ridgway 1912, isabella color is a yellow brown

kaiser brown

deep ferruginous

latericeous

brick-red

lilac

the color of flowers of the lilac shrub, a pale purple or mauve

liver brown

deep reddish brown

livid

a dark blue-gray color

luteous

dull egg-yellow

lutescent

becoming luteous

madder brown

moderate grayish red

magenta

brilliant mauvish crimson

maroon

brownish crimson

Mars brown

dark rusty brown

mauve

pale purple

mummy brown

very dark brown with no violet tinge

Natal brown

dark brown with a reddish-vinaceous cast

ochraceous

ochre-yellowish, yellow-orange with a brownish tinge

ochraceous-buff

a very pale but dingy yellow

ochraceous-tawny

like the color of a dingy or dirty lion

ochre

between warm buff and yellow to brownish orange

olivaceous

olive gray-brown; with an olive shade

orange

will match with amber, apricot, bay, burnt sienna, cinnabar, ferruginous, foxy, fulvous, golden, orange, peach, rufous, russet, rusty, saffron, tawny, vermilion

pallid

very pale in color, almost a dull whitish

pecan brown

orangy pinkish brown

pink

will match with flesh, incarnate, magenta, pink, red, rose, salmon

plumbeous

lead-gray

Prout's brown

dark yellow-brown, warm mid-brown

Quaker drab

medium gray

raw sienna

brownish yellow-orange, bright yellow brown

red

will match with brick, cinnabar, crimson, ferruginous, incarnate, magenta, maroon, red, rose, rufous, russet, rusty, scarlet, vermilion, vinaceous, wine

Rood's brown

dark purplish brown

rufous

brownish red

russet

reddish-brown

Saccardo's umber

close to date brown, dark yellow brown

salmon-buff

a dingy pink

sanguineous

blood-red

Sayal brown

close to cinnamon in color; between a moderate orange and a moderate yellowish-brown

scarlet

a brilliant red color slightly tinged with orange

sepia

a moderate brown; a brownish gray to a dark olive-brown

sienna

raw sienna is brownish yellow-orange or bright yellow brown; burnt sienna is a watery strong red brown or dark orange brown

snuff-brown

same as tobacco-brown, a dark sepia

tan

leather-colored, similar to undressed leather

tawny

approximately the color of a lion, between yellow brown and rusty brown; used by some as more orange, fox-colored, equivalent to fulvous

testaceous

brown mixed with yellow or red, close to brick color, in Ridgway 1912, an orangy pink

tobacco brown

the color of tobacco as it is found in a cigar or cigarette

umber

a deep dull dark brown, smoky brown; earth brown sometimes with a very slight reddish tinge

umbrinous

olive-brown; umber

vermilion

a bright red color with a strong orange tinge

Verona brown

dull cinnamon, dull reddish cinnamon

Victoria lake

deep red

vinaceous

the color of red wine or red wine stains; a paler or grayish red; dull pinkish brown to dull grayish purple

vinaceous-drab

purple-gray

violaceous

of some violet hue

violet

will match with fuscous, lavender, lilac, maroon, mauve, purple, vinaceous, violet, violaceous, wine

warm buff

pale yellowish buff

warm sepia

dark dull vinaceous brown, dark dingy cinnamon

white

will match with cream, ivory, pallid, silver, white, whitish

wine

wine-colored; will match with wine-colored, winy, vinaceous

wood brown

dark avellaneous

yellow

will match with amber, citrine, cream, golden, honey, saffron, sandy, straw, yellow, yellowish