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- Colour midway between yellow and orange which gets its name from a fossilized tree resin?
- A dark red-purplish colour which takes its name from a French wine?
- A reddish-brown colour with a name derived from the ink sac of a common cuttlefish?
- A dark grey-brown colour with a name derived from the French word meaning "mole"?
- A variation of the color cyan which get's its name from the Latin for water?
- A deep to vivid reddish pink which gets its name for the French word for cherry?
- A vivid pinkish-purplish-red colour named after a flower given its name by a French botanist?
- A tint of off-white as well as a medium pale tint of yellow, first recorded as a colour name in English in 1925?
- A vivid red which get its name from the cassocks worn by senior members of the Catholic clergy?
- A pale tone of brown with a name derived from oak bark used in leather making?
- A deep blue colour pigment with a name which means "beyond the sea"?
- A sandy beige colour with a name derived from Hindustani meaning "dust-coloured"?
- A colour between red and blue named after a dye producing this colour which was in turn was named after an 1859 battle?
- One of the oldest colour names in English, a pale brown identical to desert, camel and wood brown that is the colour of withered foliage?
- A brownish purple colour popular in 19th-century French fashion which gets its name from the French word meaning "flea"?
- A pale purple colour named after the mallow flower?
- Orangish red colour with a name meaning "small worm" in Latin because the dye it was named after was originally obtained from small worms?
- Very pale brown colour which gets its name from the French word for the colour of natural wool?
- A greenish-blue colour that gets its name from a duck's feathers?
- A colour between blue and green derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "dark blue enamel, Lapis lazuli"?
Answers
- Amber
- Burgundy
- Sepia
- Taupe
- Aqua
- Cerise
- Fuchsia
- Vanilla
- Cardinal
- Tan
- Ultramarine
- Khaki
- Magenta
- Fallow
- Puce
- Mauve
- Vermillion
- Beige
- Teal
- Cyan