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433. Brown -- N. brown &c adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown.<br />

V. render brown &c adj.; tan, embrown † , bronze.<br />

Adj. brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous † , chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet,<br />

tawny, fuscous † , chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown † ; fawn-colored,<br />

snuff-colored, liver-colored; brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak<br />

leaves; khaki.<br />

sun-burnt; tanned &c v..<br />

Primitive Colors<br />

434. Redness -- N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon,<br />

carnation, couleur de rose [Fr.], rose du Barry † ; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color,<br />

flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules [Heral.].<br />

ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold.<br />

[Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine † ; ruddle † , madder; Indian red, light<br />

red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto † ; annatto † , realgar, minium † , red lead.<br />

redness &c adj.; rubescence † , rubicundity, rubification † ; erubescence † , blush.<br />

V. be red, become red &c adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden.<br />

render red &c adj.; redden, rouge; rubify † , rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle † .<br />

Adj. red &c n., reddish; rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine; rosy, roseate;<br />

blowzy, blowed † ; burnt; rubicund, rubiform † ; lurid, stammell blood red † ; russet buff,<br />

murrey † , carroty † , sorrel, lateritious † ; rubineous † , rubricate, rubricose † , rufulous † .<br />

rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame-colored, fleshcolored,<br />

peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored.<br />

blushing &c v.; erubescent † ; reddened &c v.. red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet,<br />

red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy.<br />

Complementary Colors<br />

435. Greenness -- N. green &c adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.].<br />

emerald, verd antique [Fr.], verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine; absinthe, cr=eme<br />

de menthe [Fr.].<br />

[Pigments] terre verte [Fr.], verditer † , verdine † , copperas.<br />

greenness, verdure; viridity † , viridescence † ; verditure † .<br />

[disease of eyes with green tint] glaucoma, rokunaisho [Jap.Tr.].<br />

Adj. green, verdant; glaucous, olive, olive green; green as grass; verdurous.<br />

emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle<br />

green, coke bottle green.<br />

greenish; virent † , virescent † .<br />

green (learner) 541, new, inexperienced, novice, (unskillful) 699.<br />

green (ill, sick).<br />

Phr. green with envy; the green grass of Ireland; the wearing of the green.<br />

436. Yellowness -- N. yellow &c adj.; or.

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