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ance it passes into a brownish, it is fawn-coloured (cervi-^ 

 nus). 



6. The red colour {ruber, in Greek compounds erythro-)^ 

 the ground-tone of which is carmine red {puniceus), has 

 many gradations. 



A pale clear red constitutes the rose-red (roseus). A still 

 paler tint, and somewhat soiled, is called incarnatus and car^ 

 neus, according to its different gradations. The former is 

 still a pure, but pale red : the latter, or the flesh colour, is 

 mixed with a yellowish tint. If the pale red falls still more 

 into the yellow, it is called the tile colour Qateritius). 



A pure red, which is clear and passes into yellow, is called 

 flame-coloured (Jlammeus)^ and also vermilion-coloured (mi- 

 niatus). The highest degree of it is the scarlet-red {cocci' 

 neus). 



If the red falls into a brownish, it is called clove-hrown 

 {ocerampelinus), which is nearly related to the brown-red. 



If the red passes into a dusky black, it is called hlood-red 

 (sanguineus) ; and a complete similar mixture of pure black 

 and red produces the black-red {atro-purpureus). 



If the clear red has a slight shade of blue, it is called pur- 

 ple (purpureus). If the mixture of blue and red is almost 

 equal, it is called violet-colour (yiolaceus) ; and the palest 

 shade of this is lilac (lilacinus). 



7. The blue colour (ccerulezis, and in Greek compounds 

 cyaneO'^ has as its ground-tone the Berlin-blue {cyaneus), 

 the most complete state of which is denominated sli:y-hlue 

 {azureus). 



The lavender-h\\xe is a pale blue (c^sius) : it is mixed with 

 a little grey. 



If the blue passes into the reddish, it approaches the violet 

 colour. It is expressed by the words purpureo-c(£rideus. 



8. Lastly, The green colour (viridis, and in Greek com- 

 pounds chloro-) has as its ground-tone the emerald-green 

 {smaragdinus). 



Its varieties are chiefly the celandine -green ; when mixed 

 with blue and ash grey (berilhis). 



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