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]]> 2021-11-11 18:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884853439 golosanna https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884938627 Words and expressions for specific colours
pitch black: intensely black, used about darkness, night, etc. (pitch is an old word for tar [tɔ:] ^смола)
jet black: intensely [in'tensli] black, used about hair, eyes, etc. (jet ^{чорний янтар} is a black semi-precious gemstone)
scarlet: very bright red
crimson: strong deep red
shocking pink: an extremely bright pink ginger: orangey red, used about hair and animal fur
navy: dark blue, used about clothes, not eyes
turquoise [tɜ͟ː(r)kwɔɪz]: greenish blue, used about fabrics, paint, sea, etc. but not usually eyes
lime: a bright yellowish green
beige [beɪʒ]: a light creamy brown
mousy: a light, not very interesting brown, used only about hair
chestnut: a deep reddish brown, used about hair and horses
auburn: a red-brown colour, usually used about hair
A number of words for gemstones are also used as colour adjectives, e.g. ruby [deep red], emerald [bright green], amber [yellowy orange], coral ['kɔrəl] [orangey pink], sapphire [deep blue], jade [dʒeɪd] [dark green] ]]> 2021-11-11 19:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884938627 golosanna https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884948896 Red, blue and yellow are primary colours.
Pastel ['pæstl] colours are pale shades of colour.
Strong colours are the opposite of pastels.
Harsh colours are colours that are unpleasantly strong. Vivid colours are bright colours like scarlet or turquoise. Fluorescent colours are very bright colours which seem to glow in the dark.
Electric blues or greens are extremely bright blues or greens.
If something is monochrome ['mɔnəkrəʊm], it uses only one shade / colour.
The suffixes -y and -ish show that a colour is partly present, e.g. bluey green, reddish brown. ]]> 2021-11-11 19:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884948896 golosanna https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884962366 blue = depression (e.g. to feel blue)
red = anger (e.g. to see red); special importance (e.g. all the competitors were given the red-carpet treatment);
green = nausea (e.g. to look green), envy (e.g. she turned green when she saw her friend’s new car.); care for the environment (e.g. green tourism)
black = depressing or without hope (e.g. a black future); anger (e.g. to look as black as thunder);
grey = lack of clarity (e.g. a grey area); brains (e.g. grey matter)
white = purity, pale (e.g. whiter than white).]]> 2021-11-11 19:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/golosanna/3ds4a15xbtzbngu1/wish/1884962366