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168 Cards in this Set
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aeneous
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shining bronze colour
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albicant
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whitish; becoming white
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albugineous
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like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured
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amaranthine
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immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
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argent
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the heraldic colour silver or white
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atrous
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jet black
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aubergine
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eggplant; a dark purple colour
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aurulent
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gold-coloured
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azuline
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blue
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azure
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light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue
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badious
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chestnut-coloured
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beige
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light creamy white-brown
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brunneous
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dark brown
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burnet
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dark brown; dark woollen cloth
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caesious
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bluish or greyish green
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cardinal
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deep scarlet red colour
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castaneous
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chestnut-coloured
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castory
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brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts
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celadon
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pale green; pale green glazed pottery
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celeste
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sky blue
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cerulean
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sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green
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cesious
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bluish-grey
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chartreuse
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yellow-green colour
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chlorochrous
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green-coloured
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chrysochlorous
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greenish-gold
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cinerious
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ashen; ash-grey
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cinnabar
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red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour
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citreous
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lemon-coloured; lemony
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citrine
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dark greenish-yellow
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claret
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dark red-purple colour; a dark-red wine
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coccineous
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bright red
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columbine
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of or like a dove; dove-coloured
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coquelicot
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brilliant red; poppy red
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corbeau
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blackish green
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cramoisy
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crimson
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cretaceous
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of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour
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croceate
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saffron-coloured
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cyaneous
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sky blue
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eau-de-nil
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pale green colour
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eburnean
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of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
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erythraean
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reddish colour
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ferruginous
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of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron
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filemot
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dead-leaf colour; dull brown
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flammeous
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flame-coloured
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flavescent
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yellowish or turning yellow
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fuliginous
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sooty; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot
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fulvous
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dull yellow; tawny
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fuscous
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brown; tawny; dingy
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gamboge
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reddish-yellow colour
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glaucous
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sea-green; greyish-blue
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goldenrod
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dark golden yellow
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greige
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of a grey-beige colour
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gridelin
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violet-grey
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griseous
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pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled
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haematic
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blood-coloured
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heliotrope
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purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
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hoary
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pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
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hyacinthine
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of a blue or purple colour
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ianthine
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violet-coloured
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ibis
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large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour
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icterine
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yellowish or marked with yellow
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icteritious
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jaundiced; yellow
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incarnadine
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carnation-coloured; blood-red
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indigo
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deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye
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infuscate
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clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour
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isabelline
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greyish yellow
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jacinthe
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orange colour
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jessamy
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yellow like a jasmine
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kermes
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brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects
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khaki
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light brown or tan
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lateritious
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brick-red
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leucochroic
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white or pale-coloured
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liard
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grey; dapple-grey
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lovat
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grey-green; blue-green
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lurid
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red-yellow; yellow-brown
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luteolous
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yellowish
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luteous
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golden-yellow
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lutescent
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yellowish
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madder
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red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour
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magenta
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reddish purple
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maroon
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brownish crimson
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mauve
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light bluish purple
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mazarine
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rich blue or reddish-blue colour
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melanic
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black; very dark
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melichrous
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having a honey-like colour
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meline
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canary-yellow
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miniaceous
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colour of reddish lead
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minium
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vermilion; red lead
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modena
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crimson
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morel
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dark-coloured horse; blackish colour
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nacarat
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bright orange-red
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nankeen
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buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton
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nigricant
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of a blackish colour
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nigrine
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black
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niveous
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snowy; white
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ochre
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yellowish or yellow-brown colour
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ochroleucous
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yellowish white
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olivaceous
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olive-coloured
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or
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heraldic colour gold or yellow
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pavonated
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peacock-blue
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periwinkle
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a bluish or azure colour; a plant with bluish flowers
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perse
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dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour
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phoeniceous
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bright scarlet-red colour
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piceous
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like pitch; inflammable; reddish black
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plumbeous
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leaden; lead-coloured
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ponceau
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poppy red
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porphyrous
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purple
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porraceous
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leek-green
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prasinous
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leek-green colour
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primrose
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pale yellow
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puccoon
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blood-root; dark red colour
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puce
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brownish-purple; purplish-pink
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puniceous
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bright or purplish red
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purpure
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heraldic colour purple
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purpureal
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purple
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pyrrhous
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reddish; ruddy
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rhodopsin
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visual purple
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rubiginous
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rusty-coloured
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rubious
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ruby red; rusty
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rufous
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reddish or brownish-red
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russet
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reddish brown
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sable
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black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry
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saffron
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orange-yellow
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sage
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grey-green colour
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sanguineous
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bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red
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sapphire
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deep pure blue
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sarcoline
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flesh-coloured
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sepia
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fine brown
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sinopia
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preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour
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slate
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dull dark blue-grey
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smalt
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deep blue
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smaragdine
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emerald green
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solferino
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purplish red
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sorrel
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reddish-brown; light chestnut
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spadiceous
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chestnut-coloured
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stammel
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coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour
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stramineous
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strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured
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suede
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light beige
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sulphureous
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bright yellow
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tan
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tawny brown
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taupe
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brownish-grey
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tawny
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brownish-yellow
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teal
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greenish-blue
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terracotta
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reddish-brown
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testaceous
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of or having a hard shell; brick-red
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tilleul
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pale yellowish-green
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titian
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red-gold or reddish-brown
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topaz
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dark yellow
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turquoise
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blue-green
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ultramarine
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deep blue
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umber
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brownish red
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vermeil
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bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver
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vermilion
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bright red
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vinaceous
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wine-coloured
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vinous
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deep red; burgundy
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violaceous
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violet-coloured
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violet
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bluish purple
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virescent
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becoming green or greenish; of a greenish colour
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virid
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green
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viridian
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chrome green
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vitellary
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bright yellow
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wallflower
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yellowish-red
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watchet
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pale blue
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wheaten
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the golden colour of ripe wheat
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whey
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off-white
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willowish
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of the colour of willow leaves
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xanthic
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yellow; yellowish
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zinnober
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chrome green
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