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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 (g?a«cus), the colour of 

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

 leaves of leeks; aeruginous (wruginosus), the 

 colour of verdigris ; viridous (viridis), the colour 

 of the leaf of the laurel. 



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

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

 blue-bottle ,• azureous (azureus), the colour of the 

 Adonis butterfly. 



493. Violets : violaceous {violaceus), the colour 

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

 lilac. 



