Latin Colors


aenus, a, um                  bronze, hard as bronze
albus, a, um        white, pale, bright
argenteus/a/um   silvery       
ater, atra, atrum  dull black, dark, gloomy, sad
aureus, a, um      golden
caeruleus, a, um sea blue, sky blue
candidus, a, um  bright white, shining white, glistening white
canus/a/um          gray 
color, coloris, n. color, tint, hue, complexion
croceus, a, um              saffron-colored, golden yellow
eburnus, a, um    made of ivory, white
flammeus/a/um   orange       
flavus/a/um         yellow, golden, yellow;  blonde
fulvus, a, um                 tawny, yellowish brown
fuscus/a/um        brown. light brown    
niger, nigra, nigrum      black, dark
obscurus, a, um  covered, dark, obscure
ostrum, ī, n.        purple dye prepared from shellfish
prasinus/a/um     dark green
purpureus, a, um           purple, dark reddish-brown
roseus/a/um        pink 
ruber/a/um red   
viridis, e    green

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