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having or showing forth little light

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dim, dingy, murky, darkish, shadowy, shady, gloomy, umbral, umbrageous

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without light

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dark, dusky, unlighted, unilluminated, unlit, obscure, tenebrous, stygian, caliginous, fuliginous, sunless

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giving forth light

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shining, beaming, bright, illuminated, illumined, luminous, irradiated, radiant, lucent, lustrous, luminiferous

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very bright

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brilliant, glaring, blazing, blinding, refulgent, effulgent

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lighted

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lit, lit up, alight, aglow, irradiated

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sparking

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glittering, scintillating, coruscating, twinkling

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sparkling or shining in a subdued way

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shimmering, shimmery

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giving off reflected light

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glinting, gleaming

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shining with reflected light

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glistening

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flashing

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fulgurant, fulgurating

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flashing occasionally or fitfully

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winking

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flashing regularly

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blinking, stroboscopic

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flashing weakly or going out

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fluttering, guttering, sputtering

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showing deflected light rays or distortion of image

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refracted, refractive

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burning unsteadily or suddenly

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flaring, blazing

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giving off flame-like light

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flickering, wavering, lambent

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flame-coloured

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flammeous

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glowing or luminescent with absorbed radiation in a continuing way

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phosphorescent

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glowing or luminescent with electromagnetic radiation

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fluorescent

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visible or glowing at night

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noctilucent

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glowing whitely with light or intense heat

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incandescent

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giving off a reddish or golden glow

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rutilant

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having a milky or cloudy iridescence (like an opal)

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opalescent, opaline

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having a pearly iridescence (like a pearl)

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nacreous, pearlescent

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transparent

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sheer

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solid // not transparent

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not transparent, untransparent, nontransparent, opaque, adiaphanous, impervious

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admitting the passage of (or letting show through) light

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transluent, diaphanous, pellucid, sheer

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transparent in water or when wet

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hydrophanous

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without colour

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colourless, hueless, achromatic, achromic, untinged

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coloured

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colourful, hued, toned, painted, chromatic, pigmented, tinctured (dyed or stained)

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slightly or weakly coloured

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tinged, tinted, tinctured

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having one colour or hue

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monochrome, monochromatic, monochromous, monochromic, monotone

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having many colours

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many-coloured, multicoloured, parti-coloured, variegated, motley, varicoloured, versicolour, versicoloured, polychormatic, polychrome, polychromic kaleidoscopic, prismatic

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rainbow-like

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iridescent, iridian

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changeable in or showing a shift or play colour

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iridescent

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highly or brilliant coloured

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prismatic

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having altered or poor coloration

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discoloured

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useful colour modifiers

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antique, bleached out, bled, bright, brilliant, burnt, clashing, cool, dark, Day-glo (fluorescent in daylight), dazzling, deep, discordant, drab, dull, dun, dusky, dusty, electric, faded, faint, fluorescent, garish, gaudy, gay, glowing, hot, light, lustrous, medium, mellow, metallic, moderate, muted, neon, pale, pastel, phosphorescent, pure, riot (of), slate, smoky, soft, streaky, strong, vibrant, vivid, warm, washed-out

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Snow White

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snowy, niveous

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white as chalk

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chalk white, cretaceous, chalky

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white as milk

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milky white

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white as a lily

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lily white

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bleached out white

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blanched, etiolated

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not quite pure white, slightly grayish

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off-white (ex. oyster, cream, eggshell)

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thinly or translucently white

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bone white

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bluish white

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alabaster

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yellowish white

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eggshell, cream, ivory, bone

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grayish white

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oyster, platinum, tattletale gray

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silvery white

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argent

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bluish white

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bright or vivid red

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crimson, scarlet, vermilion, vermeil, cardinal, carmine, geranium, cinnabar, apple red, tomato, lobster red, fire-engine red, fiery

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dark red

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wine, wine red, maroon, ruby, cranberry, garnet, currant

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moderate red

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cherry, cerise, blood red

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brownish red

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organish red

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grayish or buish red

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strawberry

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purplish red

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raspberry, magenta, grape, raisin, claret

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brick red

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lateritious

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rust red

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rufous, ferruginous

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pink

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rose, salmon, carnation

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yellowish pink

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seashell, coral, flesh-coloured, peach

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whitish-to-yellowish pink

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deep pink

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vivid or glowing pink

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hot pink, shocking pink

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reddish orange

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tangerine, carrot

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brownish orange

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terra-cotta, Titian, tawny

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bright or vivid yellow

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goldenrod, daffodil

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light yellow

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pale yellow

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straw yellow, flaxen, primrose, ocher

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orange yellow

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moderate yellow

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greenish yellow

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citron, lemon, mustard, lime

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grayish yellow

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amber, buff, gold

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pinkish yellow

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apricot, peach

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bright or vivid green

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emerald, smaragdine

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clear light green

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apple green

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bluish green

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aquamarine, turquoise, jade

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yellowish green

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Kelly green, leek green, hunter green, Nile green, absinthe green, pistachio, verigris, pea green, grass green, sea green, verdant green, leaf green, malachite, moss green

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dull yellow green

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ocher green, olive

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deep olive

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loden green

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grayish green

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greyish olive

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greyish olive

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olive drab

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brilliant yellow green

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chartreuse

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dark green

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forest green, evergreen, bottle green, marine green

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greyish olive

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sage green

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greyish yellow green

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celadon green

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blackish green

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bright or vivid blue

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ultramarine

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pale blue

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baby blue, sky blue, aquamarine, powder blue, Persian blue, Wedgwood blue, sky blue, cerulean, azure, lapis lazuli

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greenish blue

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turquoise, peacock blue, cobalt, Prussian blue, aqua, teal, china blue, Nile blue

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purplish blue

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sapphire, moonstone blue, gentian, hyacinth, violet, marine

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deep blue

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royal blue

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reddish blue

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greyish blue

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Dresden blue, shadow blue, delft blue, robin’s egg, steel blue, Copenhagen blue, electric blue (or electric green), indigo

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violet blue

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periwinkle

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light purple

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pale purple

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moderate purple

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lilac, amethyst

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reddish lavender

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heliotrope

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reddish purple

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fuchsia, raspberry, plum

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bluish purple

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brownish purple

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dark purple

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aubergine, eggplant

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brown or brownish colours in general

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earth tones

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bright or vivid brown

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cafe au lait

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light or yellowish brown

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tan, khaki, beige, fawn, caramel, sienna (raw sienna), fox, bistre, camel, ecru

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golden brown

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butterscotch

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yellowish brown

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reddish brown

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mahogany, umber, chestnut, bay, cinnamon, henna, russet, copper, sienna (burnt sienna), walnut, oxblood, roan, rosewood

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moderate brown

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auburn, coffee, cocoa, saddle tan, saddle brown

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greyish brown

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nutmeg, sepia

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metallic or greenish brown

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mottled brown and yellow

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toroiseshell

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dark brown

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chocolate, nut brown

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pale grey

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moderate grey

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bluish grey

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smoke, battleship grey, steel grey, slate, Wedgwood blue, pearl

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purplish grey

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gunmetal grey, dove, zinc

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brownish grey

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smoke, mouse grey, taupe, fuscous, dun

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yellowish gray

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dark grey

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field grey, charcoal grey

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black

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ebony, ebon, sable, jet, onyx, ink black, coal black, anthracite

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purplish black

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sooty black

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