What's color? When we think or imagine color, we often recall red, blue, yellow, green, etc. Yet, when we write, how boring it becomes to use only those names. The shades in between are too numerous to mention them all. Or to even use them when we compose our descriptive passages. I posted about this in an earlier post, the idea of using our senses to vividly describe scenes in our writing. One of those items I listed was color. It seemed to generate comments all by itself.
It's always nice to have word banks to choose from, much like we do when using the thesaurus. So, I decided to search and find anything online that would give a list of colors. Well, I hit the mother lode in an unlikely place: wikapedia. I know, I know, this is usually NOT a source I rely on, or at least I tell my students to beware of the acuracy and to check other more reliable sources. But this is about colors, right? No harm in reading it. I must admit it's good, even great, complete with color graphs on which to feast your eyes.
Here is a comprised list of the more, shall we say, uncommon shades. For a more detailed description, check out the link posted below.
Red: carnelian, coquelicot, rose madder, sinopia, vermilion
Orange: carrot orange, gamboge, persimmon, tangelo, tenne (tawny)
Brown: burnt sienna, desert sand, ecru, raw umber, russet, sepia, taupe
Yellow: aureolin, citrine, jonquil, mikado yellow, saffron, sunglow, Vegas gold
Gray: cinereous, seal brown, Xanadu
Green: chartreuse, gray-asparagus, myrtle, olive drab, spring bud, viridian
Blue: bondi blue, cerulean, glaucous, iceberg, Maya blue, Tiffany blue, ultramarine
Violet: cerise, fandango, periwinkle, wisteria
Here's the link, if you want to know more: LIST OF COLORS
And of course you could always check your 64 count box of Crayola crayons! They make a great resource :-) Happy coloring with your words!
It's always nice to have word banks to choose from, much like we do when using the thesaurus. So, I decided to search and find anything online that would give a list of colors. Well, I hit the mother lode in an unlikely place: wikapedia. I know, I know, this is usually NOT a source I rely on, or at least I tell my students to beware of the acuracy and to check other more reliable sources. But this is about colors, right? No harm in reading it. I must admit it's good, even great, complete with color graphs on which to feast your eyes.
Here is a comprised list of the more, shall we say, uncommon shades. For a more detailed description, check out the link posted below.
Red: carnelian, coquelicot, rose madder, sinopia, vermilion
Orange: carrot orange, gamboge, persimmon, tangelo, tenne (tawny)
Brown: burnt sienna, desert sand, ecru, raw umber, russet, sepia, taupe
Yellow: aureolin, citrine, jonquil, mikado yellow, saffron, sunglow, Vegas gold
Gray: cinereous, seal brown, Xanadu
Green: chartreuse, gray-asparagus, myrtle, olive drab, spring bud, viridian
Blue: bondi blue, cerulean, glaucous, iceberg, Maya blue, Tiffany blue, ultramarine
Violet: cerise, fandango, periwinkle, wisteria
Here's the link, if you want to know more: LIST OF COLORS
And of course you could always check your 64 count box of Crayola crayons! They make a great resource :-) Happy coloring with your words!
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