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| Vocabulary Word List for Color & Communication -- myvocabulary.com (187) |
| 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) | Café 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, Expressive, Extroversion and vigor; encourages thirst |
| G) | Garish, Gentian, Ginger, Gold, Gradation, Gray; GREEN= relaxed |
| H) | Heliotrope, Henna, Highlight, Hue |
| I) | Image, Imperfect, Impregnate, Indigo, Intensity |
| 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; 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, Warm, Warmth, WHITE: indicator of opposites and of purity; wavelength |
| Y) | YELLOW=stimulates memory; encourages concentration |
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Colors & Communication (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
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