Latin Colors #1 Flashcards
Aer
Light Blue
Albens rosa
Pale gray, or possibly pale pink.
Albus
White
Amethystinus (purpura amethystina)
Amethyst purple
Amygdala
Almond, light tan
Aureus
Golden Yellowa
Caesicius
Sky Blue
Callainus
Green-turquoise
Calthulus
Marigold yellow
Carinus
Walnut brown, dark brown with red overtones
Cerasinus
Cherry Red
Cereus
Wax yellow, brownish yellow, perhaps identical to cerinus
Cerinus
Brownish Yellow
Coccinus, coccineus (coccum)
Scarlet
Conchyliatus (conchyliatum)
Pale Lavender
Coracinus
Raven-black, perhaps shiny black like a raven’s feathers
Crocotulus
Reddish Orange
Croceus
Saffron yellow, red-orange or yellow with orange overtones, perhaps identical to crocotulus
Cumatilis
Sea Blue
Erythraeus
A natural reddish hue of wool
Ferrugineus
A somewhat purplish red
Flammeus
Reddish Orange
Fuscus
Brown with a reddish tinge
Galbinus
Yellow-green
Glandes
Chestnut Brown
Heliotropium
Reddish blue-red
Hyacinthinus
Reddish Violet
Hysginus (hysginum)
Scarlet
Ianthinus
Violet
Indicum
Indigo Blue
Luteus
Yellow-red
Malva
Mauve
Molocinus
Mauve
Niger
Black, or very dark brown
Ostrinus (ostrum)
Reddish purple. If the color ostrinus had a red tinge was indicated by descriptions of the hue as rubens, red; sanguineus, bloody; and puniceus, scarlet
Paphiae myrti
Dark Green
Prasinus
Bluish green, pea green
Pullus
Gray, according to Ovid; also black or a very deep brown-black, the color of mourning
Puniceus, phoenicius, poenicius
Scarlet
Purpura
Purple; the four major shades were ater, dark; lividus, pale; ruber, red; and violaceus, blue
Purpureus laconicus
Dark rose purple
Purpureus Tyrius (purpura dibapha Tyria)
Light rose purple
Ruber Tarentinus
Reddish Violet
Russus, russeus, russatus
Bright red
Russus, russeus, russatus
Purple of undetermined hue
Threicia grus
Gray
Tyrianthinus
Violet purple
Undae
Sea blue? darker blue?
Venetus
Dark Blue
Violaceus
Violet
Viola serotina
Blue-red
Violeus
Violet
Viridis
Green