Contents
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Dictionary
- Annex I: The language of colors.
- Appendix two: Color by alphabet
- Annex three: Color series
- Appendix Four: Color Assignments
- The floor color of the old church attracts attention.
- The red color of the drops sprinkled inside the house.
- We are aware that determining the outcomes of these vocabulary indicators (ochre and rhodopsin) is challenging.
- achromatic color
- colorless
- achromatopsia, achromatopsia
- achromic
- Achromic
- Accrues
- acid dyes
- yellow acid
- green grass
- acid wash
- acid yellow
preface
Any attempt to separate a color using words alone cannot fail. We can express the general nature of any color by means of an object of the same nature (which becomes a problem) or its height (which is of interest only as a physics problem) or another color (which becomes a circle). For example, ‘purple’ is not defined as ‘a color between red and blue’ in the New Oxford Dictionary.
Bluish is defined as ‘the color between green and violet,’ while violet is defined as ‘blue-violet’. This study employs several of the previously mentioned methods, but it does not aim to provide color.
Color terms are not clear enough to achieve the goal. The best way to express the ‘meaning’ of a particular color word is to represent the actual color. Numerous studies have initiated this work, most notably Maerz and Paul’s Color Dictionary Volume 3, published in New York by McGraw Hill in 1953.However, given the limited number of colors, shades, and flowers (some estimate as many as 16 million), it appears impossible to assign each one a unique name.
Furthermore, the current color definitions lack a precise definition that enables accurate identification of each color. No word -formatteddefinition of color exists that can offer the necessary information to improve the accuracy of tone and gradation.
In fact, some of the color names listed in this dictionary have different (and sometimes overlapping) meanings. This is only partly due to the constant development of our language. These results also show that color vision is extremely realistic.
The only way to see color is to see it. We experience many stimuli through two or more senses that reinforce each other. For example, we can hear and hear sounds; we can see, hear, and smell heat. We lack a system for identifying colors. Moreover, what I define as green can also exist as blue.
The aim of this work is to introduce a variety of color-related vocabulary in a manner that is both inviting and encourages readers to engage in the conversation. People frequently use a single dictionary, particularly during course introductions. Often, people cover large items with dust and use them for one-time searches, quickly returning them to their original location. Viewing a useful dictionary as a foreign land that demands exploration, each visit becomes a journey of discovery, with each dictionary offering one introduction after another, captivating the reader and making it difficult to leave.
I believe this activity can serve such a purpose and attract visitors to stay and explore rather than just paying. I hope that this dictionary, which covers all aspects of color, will serve as an invaluable resource for art students and students of color, although it is not a technical description of many aspects of color or a guide to color techniques.
Several of its colors may seem odd or forbidden. One might think that color is just an alternative to black and white. CColor should only be associated with make-up and fashion or frills, such as football jerseys, car colors, or home designs. oes color matter? Is it really worth studying and paying attention? Yes, it is possible. CThe discoveries and advances of the 20th century would not have been possible without color, an important part of our daily lives and art. s Leonard Shalin explained in Art & Physics, New York, Morrow, 1991, color has been key to helping scientists understand the properties of distant stars; to determine whether our universe is expanding; to understand electromagnetic fields; to investigate the complexities of quantum mechanics; and to create atomic structures.
The entries in this glossary will quickly show you the important role color plays in our daily lives. We use color not only for design or decoration. It gives us a way to differentiate ourselves. Color is nature’s way of helping animals escape predators, attract mates, and indicate when fruit is ripe or rotten. Colors, like a traffic light, serve to instruct us in a beautiful and simple way. Colors offer a straightforward and efficient method to denote the severity or gravity of various situations, including flood planning, traffic density, danger, and safety, while also highlighting distinctions and simplifying information, whether in written form or on a computer or monitor. People use color to diagnose diseases or gauge the severity of specific illnesses. For example, doctors recently discovered that the color of a patient’s saliva can indicate the severity of lung disease.
Because color elicits a variety of psychological and physiological reactions as well as an emotional appeal, advertising and marketing use color to draw our attention and motivate us.
We all appreciate the way color creates a packaged product that is otherwise difficult to create. Color can enhance product identities, brands, logos, and brand images and create interesting or positive associations in the mind.
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