Quiz 2 of 50 -- Colour Terms

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 saffron-coloured 1 chlorochrous
2 glaucous
3 ferruginous
4 citreous
5 croceate
2 brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts 1 coccineous
2 corbeau
3 greige
4 castory
5 violet
3 pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled 1 azure
2 chrysochlorous
3 griseous
4 ochroleucous
5 sepia
4 ruby red; rusty 1 rubious
2 tawny
3 flavescent
4 teal
5 mauve
5 pale yellow 1 primrose
2 purpureal
3 hyacinthine
4 saffron
5 cyaneous
6 peacock-blue 1 terracotta
2 turquoise
3 saffron
4 cramoisy
5 pavonated
7 yellowish or turning yellow 1 miniaceous
2 erythraean
3 mauve
4 flavescent
5 lutescent
8 bright red; scarlet; vermillion 1 vermeil
2 puniceous
3 albugineous
4 khaki
5 gridelin
9 of a blackish colour 1 miniaceous
2 nigrine
3 wallflower
4 topaz
5 nigricant
10 red-gold or reddish-brown 1 brunneous
2 titian
3 castaneous
4 sulphureous
5 melichrous
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 brick-red 1 burnet
2 haematic
3 olivaceous
4 lateritious
5 castory
12 reddish-brown 1 chrysochlorous
2 terracotta
3 violaceous
4 plumbeous
5 cinerious
13 like pitch; inflammable; reddish black 1 niveous
2 piceous
3 azuline
4 brunneous
5 vinaceous
14 brownish crimson 1 maroon
2 columbine
3 griseous
4 suede
5 castaneous
15 of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron 1 umber
2 badious
3 ferruginous
4 morel
5 castaneous
16 pale blue 1 luteolous
2 ochre
3 watchet
4 jacinthe
5 fuscous
17 light or sky blue 1 chlorochrous
2 cinerious
3 smalt
4 citrine
5 azure
18 yellowish or marked with yellow 1 tawny
2 sapphire
3 mauve
4 ianthine
5 icterine
19 orange-yellow 1 saffron
2 albugineous
3 suede
4 lurid
5 jacinthe
20 greenish-blue 1 fulvous
2 teal
3 nigricant
4 leucochroic
5 albicant
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 violet-grey 1 ultramarine
2 gridelin
3 cerulean
4 icteritious
5 celeste
22 off-white 1 leucochroic
2 whey
3 ponceau
4 jacinthe
5 vinaceous
23 carnation-coloured; blood-red 1 terracotta
2 incarnadine
3 rubious
4 vitellary
5 icterine
24 dark yellow 1 icterine
2 lutescent
3 viridian
4 topaz
5 smalt
25 light brown or tan 1 khaki
2 wallflower
3 azuline
4 liard
5 umber
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