Light and Colours Flashcards by Christina Pham

having or showing forth little light

dim, dingy, murky, darkish, shadowy, shady, gloomy, umbral, umbrageous

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without light

dark, dusky, unlighted, unilluminated, unlit, obscure, tenebrous, stygian, caliginous, fuliginous, sunless

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giving forth light

shining, beaming, bright, illuminated, illumined, luminous, irradiated, radiant, lucent, lustrous, luminiferous

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very bright

brilliant, glaring, blazing, blinding, refulgent, effulgent

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lighted

lit, lit up, alight, aglow, irradiated

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sparking

glittering, scintillating, coruscating, twinkling

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sparkling or shining in a subdued way

shimmering, shimmery

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giving off reflected light

glinting, gleaming

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shining with reflected light

glistening

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flashing

fulgurant, fulgurating

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flashing occasionally or fitfully

winking

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flashing regularly

blinking, stroboscopic

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flashing weakly or going out

fluttering, guttering, sputtering

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showing deflected light rays or distortion of image

refracted, refractive

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burning unsteadily or suddenly

flaring, blazing

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giving off flame-like light

flickering, wavering, lambent

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flame-coloured

flammeous

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glowing or luminescent with absorbed radiation in a continuing way

phosphorescent

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glowing or luminescent with electromagnetic radiation

fluorescent

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visible or glowing at night

noctilucent

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glowing whitely with light or intense heat

incandescent

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giving off a reddish or golden glow

rutilant

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having a milky or cloudy iridescence (like an opal)

opalescent, opaline

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having a pearly iridescence (like a pearl)

nacreous, pearlescent

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transparent

sheer

solid // not transparent

not transparent, untransparent, nontransparent, opaque, adiaphanous, impervious

admitting the passage of (or letting show through) light

transluent, diaphanous, pellucid, sheer

transparent in water or when wet

hydrophanous

without colour

colourless, hueless, achromatic, achromic, untinged

coloured

colourful, hued, toned, painted, chromatic, pigmented, tinctured (dyed or stained)

slightly or weakly coloured

tinged, tinted, tinctured

having one colour or hue

monochrome, monochromatic, monochromous, monochromic, monotone

having many colours

many-coloured, multicoloured, parti-coloured, variegated, motley, varicoloured, versicolour, versicoloured, polychormatic, polychrome, polychromic kaleidoscopic, prismatic

rainbow-like

iridescent, iridian

changeable in or showing a shift or play colour

iridescent

highly or brilliant coloured

prismatic

having altered or poor coloration

discoloured

useful colour modifiers

antique, bleached out, bled, bright, brilliant, burnt, clashing, cool, dark, Day-glo (fluorescent in daylight), dazzling, deep, discordant, drab, dull, dun, dusky, dusty, electric, faded, faint, fluorescent, garish, gaudy, gay, glowing, hot, light, lustrous, medium, mellow, metallic, moderate, muted, neon, pale, pastel, phosphorescent, pure, riot (of), slate, smoky, soft, streaky, strong, vibrant, vivid, warm, washed-out

Snow White

snowy, niveous

white as chalk

chalk white, cretaceous, chalky

white as milk

milky white

white as a lily

lily white

bleached out white

blanched, etiolated

not quite pure white, slightly grayish

off-white (ex. oyster, cream, eggshell)

thinly or translucently white

bone white

bluish white

alabaster

yellowish white

eggshell, cream, ivory, bone

grayish white

oyster, platinum, tattletale gray

silvery white

argent

bluish white

pearl

bright or vivid red

crimson, scarlet, vermilion, vermeil, cardinal, carmine, geranium, cinnabar, apple red, tomato, lobster red, fire-engine red, fiery

dark red

wine, wine red, maroon, ruby, cranberry, garnet, currant

moderate red

cherry, cerise, blood red

brownish red

burgundy

organish red

poppy

grayish or buish red

strawberry

purplish red

raspberry, magenta, grape, raisin, claret

brick red

lateritious

rust red

rufous, ferruginous

pink

rose, salmon, carnation

yellowish pink

seashell, coral, flesh-coloured, peach

whitish-to-yellowish pink

shell

deep pink

melon

vivid or glowing pink

hot pink, shocking pink

reddish orange

tangerine, carrot

brownish orange

terra-cotta, Titian, tawny

bright or vivid yellow

goldenrod, daffodil

light yellow

canary

pale yellow

straw yellow, flaxen, primrose, ocher

orange yellow

champagne

moderate yellow

brass

greenish yellow

citron, lemon, mustard, lime

grayish yellow

amber, buff, gold

pinkish yellow

apricot, peach

bright or vivid green

emerald, smaragdine

clear light green

apple green

bluish green

aquamarine, turquoise, jade

yellowish green

Kelly green, leek green, hunter green, Nile green, absinthe green, pistachio, verigris, pea green, grass green, sea green, verdant green, leaf green, malachite, moss green

dull yellow green

ocher green, olive

deep olive

loden green

grayish green

greyish olive

olive drab

brilliant yellow green

chartreuse

dark green

forest green, evergreen, bottle green, marine green

greyish olive

sage green

greyish yellow green

celadon green

blackish green

avocado

bright or vivid blue

ultramarine

pale blue

baby blue, sky blue, aquamarine, powder blue, Persian blue, Wedgwood blue, sky blue, cerulean, azure, lapis lazuli

greenish blue

turquoise, peacock blue, cobalt, Prussian blue, aqua, teal, china blue, Nile blue

purplish blue

sapphire, moonstone blue, gentian, hyacinth, violet, marine

deep blue

royal blue

reddish blue

violet

greyish blue

Dresden blue, shadow blue, delft blue, robin's egg, steel blue, Copenhagen blue, electric blue (or electric green), indigo

violet blue

periwinkle

light purple

orchid

pale purple

lavender

moderate purple

lilac, amethyst

reddish lavender

heliotrope

reddish purple

fuchsia, raspberry, plum

bluish purple

mauve

brownish purple

puce

dark purple

aubergine, eggplant

brown or brownish colours in general

earth tones

bright or vivid brown

cafe au lait

light or yellowish brown

tan, khaki, beige, fawn, caramel, sienna (raw sienna), fox, bistre, camel, ecru

golden brown

butterscotch

yellowish brown

ginger

reddish brown

mahogany, umber, chestnut, bay, cinnamon, henna, russet, copper, sienna (burnt sienna), walnut, oxblood, roan, rosewood

moderate brown

auburn, coffee, cocoa, saddle tan, saddle brown

greyish brown

nutmeg, sepia

metallic or greenish brown

bronze

mottled brown and yellow

toroiseshell

dark brown

chocolate, nut brown

pale grey

ash grey

moderate grey

platinum

bluish grey

smoke, battleship grey, steel grey, slate, Wedgwood blue, pearl

purplish grey

gunmetal grey, dove, zinc

brownish grey

smoke, mouse grey, taupe, fuscous, dun

yellowish gray

sand

dark grey

field grey, charcoal grey

black

ebony, ebon, sable, jet, onyx, ink black, coal black, anthracite

purplish black

sooty black

Light and Colours Flashcards

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