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WHITE (albus), a pure plain white. 

 NIVEOUS (niveus), the purest, dazzling white of snow. 

 LACTEOUS (lactens), white, with a bluish tint like milk. 

 CRETACEOUS (cretaceus), white, with a yellowish tint like chalk. 



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GRISEOUS (griseus), a mixture of black and white. 

 HOARY (canus, incanus), grey, with the white prevailing. 

 CINEREOUS (cinereus), a dark grey, in which the black prevails. 

 MOUSE-COLOURED (murinus), grey, with a yellowish tint. 

 FAWN-COLOURED (cervinus), grey, with a reddish-brown tint. 

 SMOKY (fumatus), grey, inclining to dark-brown, like the colour of 

 smoke. 



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BLACK (niger), pure black, the colour of fresh garden-earth. 

 BLACKISH (nigricans), a bright black, inclining to grey. 

 ATROUS (ater, aterrimus), the purest, most intense black. 

 COAL-BLACK (anthracinus), a deep shining black, with a bluish tint. 

 PICEOUS (piceus), a bright black, with a greenish tint. 







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Fuscus (fuscus), dull brown, a plain mixture of black and red. 



BROWN (brunneus), a pure bright brown. 



CHESTNUT (caslaneus), a bright red-brown, the colour of the fruit 

 of the horse-chestnut. 



BAY (badius), a clearer lighter brown than the preceding. 



FERRUGINOUS (ferrugineus) , a brown, wherein red prevails, resem- 

 bling the rust of iron. 



FULIGINOUS (fuliginosus), a very deep dark broAvn, the colour of soot. 



UMBER (umbrinus), a bright dark brown,' with some yellow 



FULVOUS (fulvus), a light brown, with much yellow. 



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RED (ruler'), the usual red ; the colour of burnt tiles. 

 MINIATOUS (miniatus), the colour of red lead. 

 LATEIUCEOUS (lalcricius), the yellow-red of yellowish bricks. 



