Latin Colors Flashcards

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Aer

A

light blue

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Albens rosa

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pale grey/pink

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Albus

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white

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Amethystinus (purpura amethystina)

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Amethyst purple

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5
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Amygdala

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Almond, light tan

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Aureus

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gold

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7
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Caesicius

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Sky blue

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Callainus

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Green-turquoise

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Calthulus

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Marigold yellow

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Carinus

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Walnut brown, dark brown with red overtones

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Cerasinus

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Cherry red

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12
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Cereus

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Wax yellow, brownish yellow, perhaps identical to cerinus

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13
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Cerinus

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Brownish yellow

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Coccinus, coccineus (coccum)

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Scarlet

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15
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Conchyliatus (conchyliatum)

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Pale lavender

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16
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Coracinus

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Raven-black, perhaps shiny black like a raven’s feathers

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17
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Crocotulus

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Reddish orange

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18
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Croceus

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Saffron yellow, red-orange or yellow with orange overtones, perhaps identical to crocotulus

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19
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Cumatilis

A

Sea blue

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20
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Erythraeus

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A natural reddish hue of wool

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Ferrugineus

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A somewhat purplish red

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22
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Flammeus

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Reddish orange

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Fuscus

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Brown with a reddish tinge

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Galbinus

A

Yellow-green

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Glandes

A

Chestnut brown

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Heliotropium

A

Reddish blue-red

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Hyacinthinus

A

Reddish violet

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Hysginus (hysginum)

A

Scarlet

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Ianthinus

A

Violet

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Indicum

A

Indigo blue

31
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Luteus

A

Yellow-red

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Malva

A

Mauve

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Molocinus

A

Mauve

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Niger

A

Black, or very dark brown

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Ostrinus (ostrum)

A

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

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Paphiae myrti

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Dark green

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Prasinus

A

Bluish green, pea green

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Pullus

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Gray, according to Ovid; also black or a very deep brown-black, the color of mourning

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Puniceus, phoenicius, poenicius

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Scarlet

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Purpura

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Purple; the four major shades were ater, dark; lividus, pale; ruber, red; and violaceus, blue

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Purpureus laconicus

A

Dark rose purple

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Purpureus Tyrius (purpura dibapha Tyria)

A

Light rose purple

43
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Ruber Tarentinus

A

Reddish violet

44
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Russus, russeus, russatus

A

Bright red

45
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Thalassinus

A

Purple of undetermined hue

46
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Threicia grus

A

Gray

47
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Tyrianthinus

A

Violet purple

48
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Undae

A

Sea blue? darker blue?

49
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Venetus

A

Dark blue

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Violaceus

A

Violet

51
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Viola serotina

A

Blue-red

52
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Violeus

A

Violet

53
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Viridis

A

Green