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For example, I love "sable" for black, as in,

"the golden brightness of the day,
"the sable pride of night."
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chartreuse

taupe

mauve
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Nice how you made the font colors match. :-)
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Your quote was from Tableau by C. Cullen, wasn't it?
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Magenta. Also vermillion, though I always struggle to remember whether it is crimson or green because my first encounter with that word was a debate between two characters in a book. Someone said my hamster was "apricot-coloured" yesterday, which I thought was great. I always thought he was ginger!
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I like vermilion, too. Although I spelled it wrong just now. ;-) I believe it means a deep red. It sounds so flowery and Victorian.

I think "apricot-colored" is very evocative. The use of "ginger" for bright orange hair always used to confuse me. I believe it's only used in British English. Here is America we just say "red" hair. So I have only encountered it in British books.

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DATo - Yes, it was. I love that poem.
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Chartreuse although the color itself is kind of gross
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If it counts, I like the use of midnight to describe a dark blue or purple, maybe even black. It's so versatile!
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I just love the color name fuschia for no apparent reason. It just seems to glide off my tongue...Lol.
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Vickie - Yes! Saying "fuchsia" is like eating sherbet.
Or maybe I am thinking of eating fuchsia sherbet ...
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