While reading a text in English readers face a certain number of problems. One of such problems is to understand and to translation/interpret colour words. To interpret here means not only to translate orally, but to reveal the underlying meaning. Colour words are freely used by the authors to describe different things, such as features of the characters faces, clothes, jewellery, make-up, cars, landscapes and seascape, pieces of art etc. Look at the sky in Blue Eys by T.Hardy: the sky gray of the purest melancholy; a lemon-hued expanse of western sky; the pale glow of the sky; it was a familiar September sunset, dark-blue fragments of cloud upon an orange-yellow sky; a violet sky; rich indigo hue of a midnight sky; a rosy sky; in a sky of ashen hue.
In eager wish to express their thoughts and ideas most precisely, authors hunt for more suitable and most unusual words.
W. Somerset Maugham in Theatre describing Julias bedroom uses Nattier blue, the colour that connects Julia with the world of arts and artists, hints at her French origin and reveals her bright vivid nature.
Oscar Wilde in Portrait of Dorian Gray wishing to express the brightness of the June day and of Dorians beauty, uses rose, pink, vermilion, purple, lilac, yellow, green and coal-black. He paints the portraits of his characters with ivory, scarlet, rose-red, rose-white, white and olive; he finds pink and scarlet on their lips, and blue, black, amethyst in their eyes. Sometimes colour words become main characteristics of a famous character, we find such characters in Grimms Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding-Hood, Bluebeard, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And the Fairy with blue hair proves it.
Colours are widely used to describe clothes. J.K.Rowling clothes her superficial character Gilderoy Lockhart in robes in forget-me-not-blue, aquamarine, turquoise, deep, plum, jade-green, lilac and midnight blue, demonstrating his love for outstanding looks. Her characters also wear green, purple and black robes. To give more examples of such words in clothes, lets recall of Robin Hood and his merry men, clad in Lincoln green, Black Cloak and Little Red Riding Hood.
Colour and words of colour became the moving power of stories. In Rouge we learn about a servant, whose deadly paleness so much disturbed her mistress, that the latter ordered the poor maid put some rouge on her cheeks. The colour words used to subscribe the shades of skin and complexion are really diverse. Characters blush, grow red, go scarlet and pink, glow and even get black eyes! A yellow face was not only the title but also the starter of a story by A.C.Doyle.
The descriptions of pieces of art require accuracy as well as poetical way of thinking. Such descriptions are generously used by different authors Maugham (The Moon and the Sixpence), Wilde (Picture of Dorian Gray), Priestly (Jenny Willers) and many more.
The wide range of colour words causes a certain difficulty in finding them in dictionaries and glossaries. Most of them can be found in some dictionaries, but not all. We should also bear in mind that writers and advertisement designers invent their own colour words, Some of them can be understood easily (forget-me-not-blue, Nattier blue, robins egg blue). Some are really difficult to understand or translate. What colour are such nail varnish colours: Rambling Rose, Country Rose, Porcelain Pink or In the Pink?
In eager wish to express their thoughts and ideas most precisely, authors hunt for more suitable and most unusual words.
W. Somerset Maugham in Theatre describing Julias bedroom uses Nattier blue, the colour that connects Julia with the world of arts and artists, hints at her French origin and reveals her bright vivid nature.
Oscar Wilde in Portrait of Dorian Gray wishing to express the brightness of the June day and of Dorians beauty, uses rose, pink, vermilion, purple, lilac, yellow, green and coal-black. He paints the portraits of his characters with ivory, scarlet, rose-red, rose-white, white and olive; he finds pink and scarlet on their lips, and blue, black, amethyst in their eyes. Sometimes colour words become main characteristics of a famous character, we find such characters in Grimms Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding-Hood, Bluebeard, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And the Fairy with blue hair proves it.
Colours are widely used to describe clothes. J.K.Rowling clothes her superficial character Gilderoy Lockhart in robes in forget-me-not-blue, aquamarine, turquoise, deep, plum, jade-green, lilac and midnight blue, demonstrating his love for outstanding looks. Her characters also wear green, purple and black robes. To give more examples of such words in clothes, lets recall of Robin Hood and his merry men, clad in Lincoln green, Black Cloak and Little Red Riding Hood.
Colour and words of colour became the moving power of stories. In Rouge we learn about a servant, whose deadly paleness so much disturbed her mistress, that the latter ordered the poor maid put some rouge on her cheeks. The colour words used to subscribe the shades of skin and complexion are really diverse. Characters blush, grow red, go scarlet and pink, glow and even get black eyes! A yellow face was not only the title but also the starter of a story by A.C.Doyle.
The descriptions of pieces of art require accuracy as well as poetical way of thinking. Such descriptions are generously used by different authors Maugham (The Moon and the Sixpence), Wilde (Picture of Dorian Gray), Priestly (Jenny Willers) and many more.
The wide range of colour words causes a certain difficulty in finding them in dictionaries and glossaries. Most of them can be found in some dictionaries, but not all. We should also bear in mind that writers and advertisement designers invent their own colour words, Some of them can be understood easily (forget-me-not-blue, Nattier blue, robins egg blue). Some are really difficult to understand or translate. What colour are such nail varnish colours: Rambling Rose, Country Rose, Porcelain Pink or In the Pink?
Our list of colour words and their explanations in plain English is created to answer these and alike questions. Those reading different types of texts, translating them into/from English have a useful helper now.
The first is Index where colour words are listed alphabetically. Each word is matched with the words naming the colours of rainbow for easy finding and understanding.
http://esp-world.info/Articles_1/Colour/colour_dictionary.html
The second part is divided into sections entitled by the colour words, naming the general colours. There you can find shades of yellow, red, and more colours.
http://esp-world.info/Articles_1/Colour/colour_dictionary.html
To view different colours you are welcome to visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors .
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amber янтарный
anise анис
apricot абрикосовый
aqua морская волна
aquamarine аквамарин
ash пепельно-серый
azure лазурный
berry ягодный
black черный
blue синий
blue violet фиолетово-синий
bottle green бутылочный зеленый
bronze бронзовый
brown коричневый
buff светло-коричневый
burgundy бордовый
burgundy красный (бургундское вино)
burly wood желтоватый
burnt жженый
buttercup yellow светло-желтый
cadet blue серо-синий
cambridge blue светло-голубой
camel верблюжий
cerise светло-вишневый
charcoal древесный уголь
chartreuse бледно-зелёный
chartreuse зеленовато-желтый
chlorine светло-зеленый
chocolate шоколадный
claret бордо
clay глиняный
clay-colored светло-бурый
cocoa цвет какао
copper медный
coral коралловый
cornflower васильковый
cornsilk шелковый оттенок
cream кремовый
cream сливочный
cyan зеленовато-голубой
dark blue темно-синий
dark cyan темный циан
dark gray темно-серый
dark green темно-зеленый
dark magenta фуксин темный
dark red темно-красный
dark yellow темно-желтый
deep blue глубокий синий
deep-brown темно-коричневый
deep-green темно-зеленый
denim blue джинсовый
dim gray тускло-серый
dull тусклый
dusty пыльный
ecru цвет небелёного сурового полотна
emerald изумрудный
fallow светло-желтый
firebrick кирпичный
forest лесной
forest green зеленый лесной
fuchsia фуксия
garnet темно-красный
ghost white призрачно-белый
ginger brown рыжевато-коричневый
gold золотой
golden золотой
goldenrod золотистый
green зеленый
green yellow зелено-желтый
grey; gray серый
honey dew медовый
hot pink теплый розовый
hunter green зелёный
indigo индиго
ivory слоновая кость
jade желтовато-зелёный
khaki хаки
lavender бледно-лиловый
lavender лаванда
lavender blush голубой с красным отливом
lawn green зеленая лужайка
lemon лимонный
lemon chiffon лимонный
light blue светло-синий
light coral коралловый светлый
light cyan светлый циан
light goldenrod светло-золотистый
light goldenrod yellow светло-желтый золотистый
light gray светло-серый
light green салатовый
light pink светло-розовый
light salmon светлый сомон
light sea green цвет морской волны, светлый
light sky blue небесно-голубой светлый
light slate blue светлый грифельно-синий
light slate gray грифельно-серый
light steel blue голубой со стальным оттенком
light yellow светло-желтый
lilac сиреневый
lime цвет лайма
lime green лимонно-зеленый
liver-coloured темно-каштановый
livery темно-каштановый
magenta пурпурный
magenta фуксин
maroon темно-бордовый
mastic бледно-желтый, цвет мастики
mauve розовато-лиловый
mazarine темно-синий
medium gray серый нейтральный
medium green средне-зеленый
midnight blue полуночно-синий
mint мятный
misty rose тускло-розовый
mole серый
mouse grey мышиный
murrey темно-красный
navajo white белый-навахо
navy темно-синий цвет (цвет формы морских офицеров)
navy blue тёмно-синий
navy, dark blue темно-синий
nutmeg цет мускатного ореха
off-white грязно-белый
olive оливковый
olive green оливковый зеленый
orange оранжевый
orange red оранжево-красный
orangey светло-оранжевый
oyster white серовато-белый
pale goldenrod бледно-золотистый
pale green бледно-зеленый
pale pink бледно-розовый
pale turquoise бледно-бирюзовый
pale violet red красно-фиолетовый бледный
pale yellow бледно-желтый
peach персиковый
peach puff персиковый
pearl жемчужный
petunia темно-лиловый
pewter оловянный
photo magenta светло-пурпурный
pink розовый
pistachio фисташковый, зеленоватый цвет
plum сливовый
plum темно-фиолетовый
powder blue синий с пороховым оттенком
primrose лимонный
pumpkin цвет тыквы
purple пурпурный
purple фиолетовый
raspberry малиновый
red красный
rose цвет розы
rosy розовый
rosy brown розово-коричневый
royal blue королевский синий (чистый, яркий оттенок синего)
rust ржавый
saddle brown кожано-коричневый
salmon лососевый
sand песочный
seafoam цвет морской пены
sea green цвет морской волны
sea shell морская раковина
sienna охра
silver серебряный
silvery серебряный
sky blue небесно-голубой
slate синевато-серый
slate blue грифельно-синий
slate gray синевато-серый
smoke blue бледный серо-голубой
snow белоснежный
spice orange оранжевый
spring green весенне-зеленый
steel blue синий со стальным оттенком
steel gray стальной серый
tan желтовато-коричневый
tan рыжевато-коричневый
tanned бронзовый
taupe серо-коричневый
taupe темно-серый
tawny темно-желтый
terra cotta терракотовый
turquoise бирюзовый
vinous бордовый
violet фиолетовый, темно-лиловый
violet red красно-фиолетовый
wheat пшеничный
white белый
yellow желтый
yellow green желто-зеленый
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