Word List Color & Communication 188 words

Color & Communication Vocabulary Word List (188)

• 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

  caf au lait, camouflage, cardinal, celadon, cerise, cerulean, chamois, champagne, chartreuse, cherry, chestnut, chromatic, chrome, cinnamon, citrine, color, colorfast, coloring, colorless, comfortable; new growth and new beginnings feelings, 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, excites and warms the body. It increases the heart rate and respiration. Traditionally the color red is believed to be stimulating and energizing. T, 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, 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; RED stimulates, 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, warm, warmth, WHITE: indicator of opposites and of purity; wavelength

• X

• Y

  YELLOW=stimulates memory; encourages concentration

• Z

  zest