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490. Yellows : sulphureous (sulphureus) the 

 colour of brimstone ; stramineous (stramineus), the 

 colour of straw ; luteous (luteus), the colour of the 

 yolk of an egg ; flavous (flavus), the colour of the 

 sunflower. 



491. Greens : glaucous (glaucus), the colour of 

 the sea ; prasinous (prasinus), the colour of the 

 leaves of leeks ; aeruginous (cerugmosus\ the 

 colour of verdigris ; viridous (viridis), the colour 

 of the leaf of the laurel. 



492. Blues : ceruleous (cceruleus), the colour of 

 the sky ; cyaneous (cyaneus), the colour of the 

 blue-bottle / azureous (azuretts), the colour of the 

 Adonis butterfly. 



493. Violets : violaceous (violaceus\ the colour 

 of the violet ; lilaceous (lilaceus), the colour of the 

 lilac. 



