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COLOURS
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Whites
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| alb-, albi-, leuco-, | a general white |
| niphar-, nive-, | snow-white, purest white |
| argo-, candid-, | slightly less pure than snow-white |
| eborin-, eburn-, | ivory-white; a cream-coloured white tending to yellow |
| galacto-, lact-, | milk-white; a dull white with a hint of blue |
| calcar-, cretac-, gyps-, | chalk-white; a very dull white with a hint of grey |
| argent-, argyr-, aygro-, | a silvery white tending to bluish grey |
| albid-, | whitish |
| albescens, | turning white |
| dealbatus, | whitened |
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Greys
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| ciner-, tephro-, spodo-, | ash-grey; intermediate between pure white and pure black |
| tephra- | ash-coloured |
| cinera-, phorco- | ash-greyish, as above but whiter |
| gris-, | pearl-grey; pure grey with a hint of blue |
| livid-, schistac-, | slate-grey; a pure grey with a strong element of blue |
| ferreus, | iron-grey, as slate-grey with a weak metallic lustre |
| plumb-, plumbe-, molybdo- | lead-grey, as slate-grey with a metallic lustre |
| fumeus, fumosus | smoky-grey, with a brown tint |
| murinus, | mousy-grey, with a red tint |
| canus, incanus, polio-, | hoary greyish-white |
| canescens, | rather hoary, stronger than hoary |
| ravid- | greyish |
| ravus | greyish-yellow |
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Yellows
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| citrin-, citro-, | lemon-coloured, pure yellow |
| luteus, xantho-, | yellow of various shades |
| icter-, | yellowish, jaundiced yellow |
| flav-, lute-, luteol-, lurid-, | a pure, pale yellow |
| gilv-/gilb- | pale yellow |