French word senses marked with topical category "Colors"
Parent categories: Light, Vision, Energy, Senses, Nature, Perception, Body, Human
Subcategories: Blacks, Blues, Browns, Greens, Greys, Heraldic tinctures, Oranges, Pigments, Pinks, Purples, Reds, Whites, Yellows
Total 117 word senses
- abricot (Noun) apricot (fruit)
- abricot (Noun) apricot (color)
- abricot (Adjective) apricot (color)
- amarante (Adjective) amaranth (color)
- amarante (Noun) amaranth (herb)
- amarante (Noun) amaranth (colour)
- argent (Noun) money, cash
- argent (Noun) argent (white in heraldry)
- azur (Noun) azure (blue color)
- azuré (Adjective) azure (blue in colour)
- beige (Adjective) beige
- blanc (Noun) correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
- blanc cassé (Adjective) off-white (of a very pale colour that is almost white)
- blanchâtre (Adjective) whitish
- bleu (Noun) a supporter of the Conservative Party
- bleu canard (Adjective) teal
- bleu ciel (Adjective) sky blue (of a pale blue colour)
- bleu de Chartres (Noun) Chartres blue (blue used for the windows of Chartres Cathedral)
- bleu marine (Adjective) navy blue (of a dark blue colour)
- bleu nuit (Adjective) of a dark blue colour
- bleu pétrole (Adjective) of a dark blue green colour
- bordeaux (Noun) Bordeaux (wine)
- brun (Adjective) brown (color/colour)
- brun (Noun) brown (color/colour)
- brun (Noun) brown-haired person
- brunâtre (Adjective) brownish (somewhat brown)
- café (Noun) coffee (drink)
- cardinal (Adjective) important; paramount
- cardinal (Adjective) cardinal
- cardinal (Noun) cardinal
- cardinal (Noun) cardinal number
- cardinal (Noun) cardinal (color)
- cendrée (Noun) the blazoning term for gray
- cerise (Adjective) cerise colour
- cerise (Noun) cherry (fruit)
- cerise (Noun) cerise (color)
- citrouille (Noun) pumpkin (fruit and plant)
- citrouille (Adjective) pumpkin, pumpkin-colored (color/colour)
- cramoisi (Adjective) crimson
- cramoisissement (Noun) crimsoning
- crème (Adjective) cream (color/colour)
- crème (Noun) ice cream
- crème (Verb) inflection of crémer:; first/third-person singular present indicative
- crème (Verb) inflection of crémer:; first-person singular present subjunctive
- crème (Verb) inflection of crémer:; second-person singular imperative
- cyan (Noun) cyan (vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum)
- céladon (Noun) celadon (color)
- céladon (Noun) celadon (glaze)
- céladon (Adjective) celadon
- céruléen (Adjective) cerulean
- céruléen (Noun) cerulean
- fauve (Adjective) tawny
- garance (Noun) madder (plant)
- garance (Noun) rose madder
- glauque (Adjective) glaucous (of a pale green colour)
- gris (Noun) gray
- grisé (Noun) grayish shade given to a work of art
- grège (Adjective) of the colour of such silk, between grey and beige; greige
- grège (Noun) raw or unfinished silk
- grège (Noun) the colour of such silk, closely akin to taupe; greyish-beige, greige
- gueules (Noun) gules, red color of the blazon, only when used in the expression de gueules
- indigo (Adjective) indigo (being of that color)
- isabelle (Adjective) light tan
- jaune (Noun) yellow card
- jaune citron (Adjective) citron, lemon (of a greenish yellow colour)
- jaune paille (Adjective) straw (of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw)
- kaki (Noun) the colour khaki
- kaki (Adjective) of the colour khaki
- lie-de-vin (Adjective) wine (wine colour)
- magenta (Noun) magenta (pinkish purple colour)
- marron (Adjective) brown
- mûre (Noun) murrey (dark red color as used in heraldry)
- noir (Adjective) black in colour
- noir de fumée (Noun) lampblack
- noirâtre (Adjective) blackish
- ocre (Noun) ochre
- ocre (Adjective) ochre
- or (Noun) or (yellow in heraldry)
- orange (Adjective) orange
- orcanette (Noun) bugloss, alkanet
- orcanette des teinturiers (Noun) bugloss, alkanet
- orcanette jaune (Noun) Alkanna lutea (lutea meaning yellow in Latin)
- orcanette tinctoriale (Noun) bugloss, alkanet
- outremer (Noun) ultramarine (color)
- pers (Adjective) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)
- pourpre (Noun) burgundy (purple color)
- pourpre (Noun) purpure; purple color as used in heraldry
- pourpre (Adjective) burgundy in color
- rose (Noun) rose window
- rose (Noun) pink
- rose (Adjective) pink
- rose (Adjective) pink, left-wing
- rose (Adjective) erotic, blue
- rose bonbon (Adjective) candy pink
- rouge (Noun) red
- rouge sang (Adjective) blood red (of a deep vivid red colour)
- rougeâtre (Adjective) reddish
- rouille (Noun) rouille (provençal sauce made with chilli and garlic)
- roussâtre (Adjective) gingerish, reddish, ruddy
- sable (Noun) the heraldic colour sable; black
- sanguine (Noun) a tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey, which is mûre in French)
- saphir (Adjective) sapphire (color)
- sinople (Noun) sinople, vert (green)
- tanné (Noun) tenné, a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown
- turquoise (Noun) turquoise (colour)
- ultramarin (Adjective) ultramarine (deep blue colour)
- vair (Noun) vair
- vert (Adjective) green
- vert pomme (Adjective) apple-green
- violet (Adjective) purple
- zinzolin (Adjective) reddish-violet
- ébène (Adjective) ebony, ebony-colored
- ébène (Noun) ebony
- écarlate (Noun) scarlet (color)
- émeraude (Noun) emerald (gemstone)
- émeraude (Noun) emerald (color)
- émeraude (Adjective) emerald (color)
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