Kevin's Watch

I personally think that SRD has a copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica from the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because my poor little pocket thesaurus just can't keep up with the many color words that SRD uses in the Chronicles. With an advanced English degree, I'm sure SRD has a vocabulary larger than the average Schmoe, but who really knows the word chiaroscuro without having to look it up?

Regarding color words, here are just a couple off the top of my head:

vermeil (??)
incarnadine (bloody red)
cerulean (sky blue)
argent (duh!)
viridian (vivid green)

And there are many, many more, and they all add a vividness (once the proper word-bank has been consulted) to the mental image you get when you enact the story in your head.

So, anyone want to add to the list? Adding definitions of what the colors actually mean would be helpful, too, since my poor little thesaurus is busy prepping it's own cerements in the corner.

DukkhaWaynhim

I really like incarnadine.

cerulean

Me like green.

Dr. Banner wrote:Me like green.

Why not Jade?

do not mess with me, shiny metal man, unless you want to be dented metal man.

Dr. Banner wrote:do not mess with me, shiny metal man, unless you want to be dented metal man.

Forgive me Dr. Banner. Being that you are a new member of the Watch I intended no offense. Please accept my humble appologies.

Verdant?

chiaroscuro-that's one of the 1st words I learned in highschool art.

I love cerulean!

danlo wrote:chiaroscuro-that's one of the 1st words I learned in highschool art.

I love cerulean!

oh no. High school art? me too. All three years. I made an animated film but learned nothing.

Has to be incarnadine for that darn incarnadine moon in LFB.

BTW, vermeil - noun - 1. [obsolete or old poetic] the color vermilion 2. gilded or gold-colored copper, bronze, or silver (N.B. vermilion is a bright red pigment or a bright red or scarlet color)

Another I like is coquelicot - noun - 1. the wild poppy, or red corn rose or corn poppy 2. the color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet

Check out www.naples.net/~dsaddison/srdamd I may have a few more colors listed, but I can't remember.

W.B. wrote:Has to be incarnadine for that darn incarnadine moon in LFB.

Check out www.naples.net/~dsaddison/srdamd I may have a few more colors listed, but I can't remember.

Very cool site! Now I can finally say last rights to my misbegotten little thesaurus!

Thanks again!
DukkhaWaynhim

You forget ebon and ichor (black and white).

I personally loved incarnadine. It just sounds so damn funky!

Sum sui generis
Vs

veridescent

Emerald green is no longer connected to any cities in my world... How about azure?

Oooh, ichor. Good one.

I like SRD's colour words because they remind me of my medical studies... ichor, viridian, cerulean...

And what about chrysoprase?

...The brown was gone. In its place, the sun wore a coronal of chrysoprase.

Can't even find it in my dictionaries...anybody?

According to my old friend, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, chrysoprase is "an apple-green chalcedony valued as a gem"

Yeah; from my list (it makes you look up chalcedony):

chrysoprase - noun - a light-green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a semiprecious stone (N.B. chalcedony is a kind of quartz that has the luster of wax and is variouslt colored, usually grayish or milky: it comprises agate, sard, cat's-eye, jasper, carnelian, and chrysoprase)