Colour names please?
I’d love some more French ones that just sound so pretty eg. [name]Mazarine[/name].
Thanks Berries!
I love colour names!
[name]Just[/name] some of my favourites:
[name]Zehava[/name] - Hebrew, gold.
[name]Esmeralda[/name] - Spanish, “emerald”
[name]Emerald[/name]
[name]Saffron[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]
Isabelline, [name]Isabella[/name] - It’s a colour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelline_(colour)
[name]Jonquil[/name] - [name]Jonquil[/name] is another name for daffodil and much more wearable [name]IMO[/name].
[name]Cerise[/name] - Pinkish red, reddish pink, it’s French for “cherry” and far more wearable in English speaking countries than “[name]Cherry[/name]” is.
[name]Xanthe[/name] - Yellow, Greek.
[name]Lilac[/name]
[name]Olivine[/name] - [name]Light[/name] green. Named after a gemstone of the same name.
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Ebony[/name] - Widely considered to be dated, but a rich nature name and a nice colour name with a rhythm similar to [name]Emily[/name] and far, far less popularity.
[name]Celeste[/name] - [name]Sky[/name] blue, French. I’m a history dork so I fell across this one in a study of heraldic arms. [name]Celeste[/name] being a lighter blue than the standard heraldic azure.
[name]Azure[/name]
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name] (A pretty light aqua-turquoise color.)
[name]Hyacinth[/name] (My friend is French and her younger sister is named [name]Hyacinth[/name], which is pretty on its own, but in French it’s pronounced jsza-sant. I can’t really spell the first part, but it’s kinda like that g-z sound.)
Fallow (It’s a light sandy brown color.)
[name]Mazarine[/name] (So pretty)
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Peridot[/name]
[name]Sienna[/name]
[name]Wisteria[/name] (Pale purple)
You could go OUT THERE and go for Razzmatazz (a red-pink color) lol.
I do like [name]Hyacinth[/name]. I think I might like the Spanish [name]Jacinta[/name] even more, but I’m not as fond of it with the hard J pronunciation that happens out here.
[name]Alizarin[/name] - A type of [name]Crimson[/name], very similar to [name]Mazarine[/name] but a little more serious maybe?
Amaranth
[name]Amethyst[/name]
[name]Aqua[/name]/Aquamarine
Byzantine - a shade of purple
[name]Capri[/name]
[name]Carmine[/name]
[name]Cerulean[/name]
Citrine
[name]Claret[/name] - Deep red
[name]Cyan[/name]
[name]Fuchsia[/name]
Icterine - Yellow
[name]Indigo[/name]
[name]Lavender[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name] - Norwegian for ‘purple’
[name]Magenta[/name]
Majorelle - [name]Blue[/name], named for a French artist
[name]Mauve[/name]
[name]Midori[/name] - Japanese for ‘green’
[name]Navy[/name]
[name]Olivine[/name]
[name]Peridot[/name]
Periwinkle
[name]Plum[/name]
Rackley - [name]Teal[/name]-like colour
[name]Rajah[/name] - a shade of saffron
Rubine
[name]Russet[/name]
[name]Saffron[/name]
Sinopia - reddish-brown
[name]Teal[/name]
[name]Vermilion[/name]
[name]Viridian[/name]
Xanadu - gray/green
Zaffre - blue
[name]Rosalie[/name]. It´s my favourite name for a girl (rosa/rosé = [name]German[/name]/French for light pink and of course with the meaning of the flower “rose”).