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Obscure Names of Color You Should Know About

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amaranth: purplish-gray
aubergine: the purplish color of an eggplant (an aubergine is an eggplant)
azure: light, clear blue
burgundy: dark, bluish-red
carmine: bright purplish-red
cerulean: deep, sky blue
chartreuse: yellow-green
cochineal: vivid red, named for the insect used to produce the dye
crimson: vivid red
cyan: blue-green
fuchsia: bright pink
indigo: blue-violet
lavender: pale violet with a hint of blue
lilac: pale violet with a hint of pink
magenta: purplish-pink
mauve: grayish-violet
peridot: pale green
puce: brownish-purple
sienna: yellowish-brown when raw, reddish-brown when burnt
teal: blue-green
ultramarine: deep blue
umber: medium brown when raw, reddish-brown when burnt
viridian: blue-green, more green than blue



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