Word List Color & Communication 184 words

Color & Communication Vocabulary Word List (184)

  • A

    absorption, alabaster, amaranth, amber, amethyst, amount, analogous, apricot, aquamarine, aubergine, auburn, azure

  • B

    beam, beige, biscuit, BLACK: purity like white; BLUE= lowers blood pressure and body temperatures; cools down; solitary people enjoy its coolness; basic, blush, brick, brightness, brown, burgundy

  • C

    cafe au lait, camouflage, cardinal, celadon, cerise, cerulean, chamois, champagne, chartreuse, cherry, chestnut, chromatic, chrome, cinnamon, citrine, color, colorfast, coloring, colorless, comfortable; complementary, contrast, cool, coral, cream, crimson

  • D

    dark, deep, degree, delicate, depth, diffuse, distinguish, distortion, dove gray, dull, dun, dusty, dye

  • E

    earthy, easel, ebony, ecru, effect, eggshell, element, emerald, exaggerate, expressive, extroversion and vigor; encourages thirst

  • F

    fair, fawn, flat, flax

  • G

    garish, gentian, ginger, gold, gradation, gray; GREEN= relaxed

  • H

    heliotrope, henna, highlight, hue

  • I

    image, imperfect, impregnate, impure, indigo, intensity

  • J

    jade, jet, jonquil

  • K

    karat, khaki

  • L

    lapis lazuli, length, light, loden

  • M

    magenta, mahogany, maize, maroon, mauve, melanin, mixed, mixture, mocha, mood

  • N

    neutral, nickel, nuance, nutmeg

  • O

    ocher, opalescent, ORANGE: adds energy, oxblood, oyster

  • P

    palette, pastel, pastel, peach, pigment, pigmented, PINK= innocent, presence, pretty, primary, prism, produce, puce, purple, PURPLE: suppresses the appetite; lowers blood pressure; quiets the mind (a mixture of red and blue = might be difficult to live with in long stretches, putty

  • Q

    quality, quantity, quiet

  • R

    rainbow, range, raven, RED=makes a person feel warm; associated with anger and sin; increases appetite and energy; raises blood pressure; rays, reflection, reproduction, roan, rosy, rust

  • S

    saffron, salmon, sapphire, saturation, secondary, shade, shadow, sienna, silver, spectrum, stain, sweetness; short-term calming effect (sometimes used in prison holding cells); shows a state of balance; soft of voice and manner; primary color

  • T

    tan, tawny, teal, Technicolor, tie-dye, tincture, tinge, tint, titian, tone, topaz, turquoise

  • U

    umber, unique, universal

  • V

    value, varicolored, variety, vermilion, violet, vivid

  • W

    walnut, warm, WHITE: indicator of opposites and of purity; wavelength

  • X

  • Y

    YELLOW=stimulates memory; encourages concentration

  • Z

    zest

Colors & Communication LIST (adapted from Leslie Harrington’s special publication for Benjamin Moore: “Color, a Stroke of Genius”
BLACK: purity like white
BLUE= lowers blood pressure and body temperatures; cools down; solitary people enjoy its coolness
GREEN= relaxed, quiet, comfortable; new growth and new beginnings feelings
ORANGE: adds energy, extroversion and vigor; encourages thirst
PINK= innocent, sweetness; short-term calming effect (sometimes used in prison holding cells); shows a state of balance; soft of voice and manner
PURPLE: suppresses the appetite; lowers blood pressure; quiets the mind (a mixture of red and blue = might be difficult to live with in long stretches; wisdom and meditation; color of royalty
RED=makes a person feel warm; increases appetite and energy; raises blood pressure
WHITE:indicator of opposites and of purity
YELLOW=stimulates memory; encourages concentration; evokes excitement and hope

Did you know?
Excepts from N. Winter, McClatchy Tribune
YELLOW is a very noticeable color
(Ex: forsythia in the spring, highway signs, school buses, the sun)
Yellow’s complementary color is purple or violet. Together, they suggest royalty/pageantry

More:
Colors make people “feel” and have an effect on moods.
RED stimulates, excites and warms the body. It increases the heart rate and respiration. Traditionally the color red is believed to be stimulating and energizing. The hue is often associated with anger and sin.

PINK = soothing… often seen in hospitals/prisons/drug centers
ORANGE = stimulates appetite, lessens fatigue
YELLOW = helps memory
GREEN = spring, new beginnings, calm anticipation and relaxation, controls anxiety
BLUE = relaxing, calming, cooling (classrooms)
Source: Mystery of Color, Rosemary Sadez Friedmann

Are you aware?
* that RAINBOWS form because of light that refracts off of drops of water that move constantly. No two people can see exactly the same colors in a rainbow?

* that HAINT BLUE is used as a color often in the South. It has a reputation of keeping away evil spirits and insects, too?
* colors have symbolic meanings. Examples include purple=royalty; baby blue=boys; pink=girls,
green=ecologically

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