Sunday, September 19, 2010

Colour Expression (4)


Violet:
(a) reddish blue colour
(b) small plant with purple flowers that smell sweetly (c) female given name (d) shrinking violet – shy person

White:
(a) of the colour of pure snow and milk
(b) of a race with pale skin (c) pale (d) (of coffee) containing milk or cream (e) part of an egg surrounding the central yellow part (f) silvery gray (g) snowy (h) lacking colour (i) blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter (j) (armour) composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering (k) wearing white clothing (l) honourable (m) fortunate (n) morally pure (o) harmless (p) white wine (q) the white part of an eye ball (r) a type or breed that is white in colour (s) white fabric (t) (archery) the outermost ring of the butt (u) (chess, checkers) the men or pieces that are light-coloured (v) white out – to censor as by obliterating words or passages with white ink (w) bleed white – to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources (x) in the white – in an unfinished state or condition as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished (y) like / as the white on rice – as close as anything can be (z) talk on the big white phone – to vomit into a toilet

Yellow:
(a) of the colour of gold
(b) the yolk of an egg (c) a yellow pigment or dye (d) (of the skin) yellow and looking unhealthy (e) to cause or become yellow (f) cowardly (g) jealous (h) have a yellow streak down (one's) back – to be cowardly wrong (i) yellow belly – a coward

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