Quiz 1 of 50 -- Colour Terms

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 deep pure blue 1 sarcoline
2 coquelicot
3 eburnean
4 sapphire
5 wallflower
2 red-yellow; yellow-brown 1 burnet
2 flammeous
3 fuscous
4 lurid
5 celeste
3 brownish-purple; purplish-pink 1 beige
2 slate
3 puce
4 lateritious
5 corbeau
4 yellowish or yellow-brown colour 1 azuline
2 cesious
3 puccoon
4 ochre
5 cramoisy
5 white or pale-coloured 1 miniaceous
2 tawny
3 lutescent
4 leucochroic
5 nankeen
6 like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured 1 icteritious
2 xanthic
3 sarcoline
4 turquoise
5 albugineous
7 bluish-grey 1 atrous
2 cesious
3 ferruginous
4 modena
5 morel
8 vermillion; red lead 1 sepia
2 titian
3 minium
4 niveous
5 primrose
9 jaundiced; yellow 1 icteritious
2 sable
3 luteolous
4 sulphureous
5 smaragdine
10 brownish-yellow 1 liard
2 flavescent
3 columbine
4 luteolous
5 tawny
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 greenish-gold 1 rubious
2 corbeau
3 rufous
4 lovat
5 chrysochlorous
12 reddish purple 1 greige
2 ochroleucous
3 albicant
4 azure
5 magenta
13 blue-green 1 turquoise
2 stramineous
3 melichrous
4 goldenrod
5 ochre
14 colour of reddish lead 1 castory
2 sarcoline
3 vinaceous
4 miniaceous
5 puniceous
15 yellowish-red 1 smaragdine
2 wallflower
3 jacinthe
4 spadiceous
5 sapphire
16 black 1 virid
2 infuscate
3 nigrine
4 titian
5 vinous
17 reddish; ruddy 1 nacarat
2 celadon
3 eburnean
4 goldenrod
5 pyrrhous
18 emerald green 1 sepia
2 smaragdine
3 terracotta
4 taupe
5 icteritious
19 deep blue 1 caesious
2 citrine
3 ponceau
4 ultramarine
5 lateritious
20 yellowish white 1 modena
2 azure
3 spadiceous
4 wallflower
5 ochroleucous
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 buff-coloured 1 purpureal
2 aurulent
3 taupe
4 luteous
5 nankeen
22 leaden; lead-coloured 1 cinerious
2 plumbeous
3 melanic
4 lovat
5 azure
23 yellow; yellowish 1 gridelin
2 badious
3 xanthic
4 castaneous
5 albugineous
24 light beige 1 suede
2 russet
3 melichrous
4 vermeil
5 stramineous
25 brownish red 1 azure
2 meline
3 watchet
4 cyaneous
5 umber
26 dead-leaf colour; dull brown 1 filemot
2 lurid
3 virescent
4 melanic
5 chlorochrous
27 dark brown 1 slate
2 filemot
3 brunneous
4 flavescent
5 puniceous
28 green 1 gridelin
2 virid
3 sulphureous
4 rubious
5 meline
29 of a blue or purple colour 1 hyacinthine
2 porraceous
3 nigrine
4 sepia
5 lovat
30 gold-coloured 1 modena
2 topaz
3 smaragdine
4 aurulent
5 taupe
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 dull dark blue-grey 1 slate
2 sulphureous
3 ferruginous
4 puniceous
5 vinous
32 grey-green; blue-green 1 griseous
2 melanic
3 incarnadine
4 lovat
5 coquelicot
33 sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green 1 lutescent
2 cesious
3 cerulean
4 mazarine
5 puccoon
34 olive-coloured 1 incarnadine
2 puce
3 olivaceous
4 ianthine
5 virid
35 light bluish purple 1 puce
2 azuline
3 khaki
4 mauve
5 maroon
36 of a grey-beige colour 1 chrysochlorous
2 rubious
3 greige
4 azure
5 ochroleucous
37 purplish red 1 haematic
2 viridian
3 violaceous
4 solferino
5 nacarat
38 black; very dark 1 melanic
2 erythraean
3 solferino
4 flavescent
5 ponceau
39 brilliant red; poppy red 1 rubious
2 coquelicot
3 greige
4 mazarine
5 fuscous
40 brown; tawny; dingy 1 gridelin
2 corbeau
3 meline
4 plumbeous
5 fuscous
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 rusty-coloured 1 aurulent
2 ochroleucous
3 azure
4 rubiginous
5 taupe
42 brownish-grey 1 solferino
2 nigricant
3 taupe
4 stramineous
5 meline
43 sea-green; greyish-blue 1 glaucous
2 pavonated
3 nankeen
4 terracotta
5 magenta
44 snowy; white 1 puccoon
2 niveous
3 coccineous
4 nigrine
5 sinopia
45 clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour 1 infuscate
2 teal
3 coccineous
4 purpureal
5 burnet
46 tawny brown 1 beige
2 tan
3 pavonated
4 nankeen
5 aurulent
47 whitish; becoming white 1 cesious
2 sarcoline
3 albicant
4 luteous
5 vermillion
48 blue 1 lurid
2 ponceau
3 azuline
4 nankeen
5 glaucous
49 chestnut-coloured 1 corbeau
2 sanguineous
3 taupe
4 chlorochrous
5 spadiceous
50 orange colour 1 vermeil
2 croceate
3 mazarine
4 purpureal
5 jacinthe
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured 1 stramineous
2 puccoon
3 sinopia
4 croceate
5 goldenrod
52 reddish brown 1 testaceous
2 russet
3 lateritious
4 minium
5 celadon
53 bright orange-red 1 violaceous
2 suede
3 cerulean
4 nacarat
5 chrysochlorous
54 preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour 1 sinopia
2 flavescent
3 ochroleucous
4 rubious
5 melanic
55 bright red 1 sepia
2 azuline
3 sanguineous
4 citreous
5 vermillion
56 visual purple 1 coccineous
2 spadiceous
3 slate
4 rhodopsin
5 flavescent
57 wine-coloured 1 vinaceous
2 sable
3 primrose
4 liard
5 fulvous
58 flame-coloured 1 infuscate
2 cinerious
3 russet
4 flammeous
5 suede
59 reddish-brown; light chestnut 1 chlorochrous
2 teal
3 sorrel
4 nigricant
5 ianthine
60 pale green; pale green glazed pottery 1 lateritious
2 lurid
3 primrose
4 celadon
5 saffron
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 bluish purple 1 mazarine
2 sarcoline
3 whey
4 rubious
5 violet
62 of or having a hard shell; brick-red 1 magenta
2 coccineous
3 nigricant
4 lutescent
5 testaceous
63 bloody; of or relating to blood; blood-red 1 khaki
2 liard
3 sanguineous
4 chlorochrous
5 wallflower
64 sky blue 1 haematic
2 cyaneous
3 melichrous
4 maroon
5 lurid
65 yellowish 1 miniaceous
2 rubiginous
3 solferino
4 lutescent
5 khaki
66 dark golden yellow 1 goldenrod
2 mazarine
3 tawny
4 croceate
5 khaki
67 deep red; burgundy 1 olivaceous
2 vinous
3 cesious
4 pavonated
5 icterine
68 purple 1 tawny
2 wallflower
3 nigricant
4 cesious
5 purpureal
69 crimson 1 melanic
2 sarcoline
3 modena
4 smaragdine
5 olivaceous
70 reddish or brownish-red 1 pavonated
2 castaneous
3 coquelicot
4 puniceous
5 rufous
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 canary-yellow 1 eburnean
2 rufous
3 pavonated
4 porphyrous
5 meline
72 grey; dapple-grey 1 melanic
2 puniceous
3 liard
4 corbeau
5 celeste
73 blood-coloured 1 ochre
2 haematic
3 vitellary
4 vinaceous
5 lurid
74 rich blue or reddish-blue colour 1 mazarine
2 minium
3 azuline
4 xanthic
5 ponceau
75 reddish colour 1 erythraean
2 croceate
3 magenta
4 sanguineous
5 citreous
76 blood-root; dark red colour 1 rubiginous
2 columbine
3 morel
4 terracotta
5 puccoon
77 bluish or greyish green 1 khaki
2 brunneous
3 olivaceous
4 caesious
5 suede
78 black; dark 1 sable
2 glaucous
3 purpureal
4 celadon
5 castaneous
79 having a honey-like colour 1 pyrrhous
2 icterine
3 lateritious
4 melichrous
5 coccineous
80 violet-coloured 1 pyrrhous
2 violaceous
3 eburnean
4 burnet
5 cesious
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 dark-coloured horse; blackish colour 1 morel
2 sinopia
3 vinous
4 lovat
5 sepia
82 light creamy white-brown 1 meline
2 burnet
3 beige
4 azuline
5 turquoise
83 blackish green 1 greige
2 umber
3 columbine
4 vitellary
5 corbeau
84 bright or purplish red 1 puniceous
2 maroon
3 icterine
4 filemot
5 porraceous
85 jet black 1 russet
2 atrous
3 mauve
4 nigrine
5 aurulent
86 fine brown 1 sepia
2 mazarine
3 icterine
4 maroon
5 plumbeous
87 green-coloured 1 lateritious
2 russet
3 chlorochrous
4 infuscate
5 liard
88 poppy red 1 virescent
2 sable
3 leucochroic
4 brunneous
5 ponceau
89 of or like a dove; dove-coloured 1 vermeil
2 virescent
3 columbine
4 morel
5 spadiceous
90 dark greenish-yellow 1 minium
2 mazarine
3 rufous
4 fuscous
5 citrine
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 of or like ivory; ivory-coloured 1 leucochroic
2 ferruginous
3 cyaneous
4 glaucous
5 eburnean
92 dark brown; dark woollen cloth 1 morel
2 burnet
3 mazarine
4 sapphire
5 chrysochlorous
93 bright yellow 1 vitellary
2 puccoon
3 sanguineous
4 vermeil
5 nankeen
94 flesh-coloured 1 incarnadine
2 cramoisy
3 sarcoline
4 ochre
5 castory
95 chrome green 1 primrose
2 flammeous
3 erythraean
4 xanthic
5 viridian
96 lemon-coloured; lemony 1 citreous
2 albugineous
3 virescent
4 sulphureous
5 solferino
97 dull yellow; tawny 1 nigricant
2 luteous
3 flammeous
4 fulvous
5 morel
98 ashen; ash-grey 1 sapphire
2 virid
3 cinerious
4 glaucous
5 lateritious
99 golden-yellow 1 ferruginous
2 luteous
3 badious
4 tan
5 lurid
100 leek-green 1 fulvous
2 porraceous
3 flavescent
4 slate
5 puccoon
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