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colour

colour (perception of the frequency of light)

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red, blond, purple, white, grey, garnet, indigo, yellow, sand, magenta, cyan, brown haired, teal, brown, orange, Maroon, Mauve, taupe, Beige, vermilion, Crimson, Prussian blue, carnelian, periwinkle, chartreuse, Azure, gold, Burgundy, scarlet, Terra cotta, Amber, Cobalt blue, lilac, Turquoise, royal blue, puce, Ochre, lavender, Ecru, Cerulean, Navy blue, Auburn, Claret, rose, heliotrope, Ultramarine, Sienna, Terracotta, Viridian, Cerise, green, silver, baby blue, Tyrian purple, midnight blue, Sepia, Tan, British racing green, cornflower blue, Saffron, Tiffany Blue, Aqua, St. Patrick's Blue, Alizarin, Lime, Ivory, Russet, Mahogany, Carmine, eggplant, amaranth, Tawny, robin egg blue, Aquamarine, electric blue, Cardinal, Sapphire, Umber, Umber, Salmon, Alice blue, Columbia blue, Copper, rose madder, spring green, Chestnut, Fawn, Peach-yellow, Peach-orange, Papaya whip, Peach, Burnt umber, Cream, Rust, buff, Cordovan, apricot, School bus yellow, Yale Blue, Pomegranate, international orange, Charcoal, Charcoal, safety orange, Iris, Burnt sienna, Red-violet, Bistre, Wisteria, Steel blue, Venetian red, Old Gold, Bondi blue, gamboge, Dodger blue, Paris Green, Falu red, Raw umber, Orchid, Sangria, slate gray, Mountbatten pink, Cosmic latte, Denim, Air Force blue, Urobilin, cadmium pigments, Lemon, Flax, Fire engine red, Liver, non-photo blue, Tangerine, Phthalocyanine Blue BN, Wenge, Magnolia, Ao, Mustard, Seal brown, Ruby, selective yellow, Carnelian, Payne's grey, Ruddy, Rosso corsa, Corn, Pumpkin, Zinnwaldite, Egyptian Blue, Chrome yellow, goldenrod, Duke blue, Navajo white, Wheat, Arsenic, Green in Islam, Brandeis Blue, Persian red, Chocolate, bleu celeste, Ceil, chamoisee, Anti-flash white, Bole, Thistle, Carnation, Camel, Pink-orange, Maya Blue, Xanadu, Hansa yellow, Isabelline, glaucous, Davy's grey, Seashell, Eton blue, Palatinate, jungle green, Sinopia, Old Lace, Spring bud, Rail Blue, Phthalocyanine Green G, Far-red, Desert sand, Indian yellow, candy apple red, Mikado yellow, Lava, Federal Blue, Green Blue, Han Purple and Han Blue, Portland Orange, Battleship grey, Rufous
Parent Class: Physical Quality, attribute
Types: primary colour, hair colour, tertiary color, basic colours, vehicle exterior colour
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color
Related Object: Melanion, Chroma
Wordnet Synset ID: "104956594"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000000e197"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Color
Aliases: "color", "colour"
Dbpedia Class Url: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Colour
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/01sdr"
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Tell me what you know about colour (perceived properties of light such as hue, saturation and brightness, which allow two otherwise identical objects to be distnguished - e.g. a red apple from a green apple).

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The dye, and the cloth made from it, was so famous that the Greeks called the land of Tyre and Sidon (equivalent to modern Lebanon) Phoinike, "the land of the purple". It ...

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