Re: Color me Douglas (was: Blue grass and skies)

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> From: "J Matthew Pearson"
>
> > Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > > I: White, black (or, rather, light and dark)
> > > II: White, black, red
> > > III: White, black, red, and yellow OR green
> > > IV: White, black, red, yellow, green
> > > V: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue
> > > VI: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue, brown
> > > VII: White, black, red, yellow, green, blue, brown, and one or more of
> > > the following: pink, grey, purple, orange
> >
> > Tokana is a type VII language, I guess:
>
> And Géarthnuns as well. Géarthnuns likes to break things down in to the
> traditional spectrum to fit in with its seven scheme:
>
> dhaubs            green
> ngölars            orange
> saföts              indigo
> sülíns               blue
> römbeleks       yellow
> zíauríls            red
> zheshkeths      purple
>
> Another spectrum of secondary colors complements the above list:
>
> aibs            gold
> dvaurhörs    brown
> nevalets        gray
> garhans        white
> vaçiks        silver
> lökföls        pink
> éfüths        black
>
> Ties in to the days of the week, stars of the Big Dipper, the oceans, the
> continents, visible planets plus sun and moon, etc....
>
> Kou
And Kélen has lots, too:
ne rákú  "the colors":

The original basic colors:
shé   black
nél   red
ló   yellow
há   green
ún   blue  or maybe cór   blue

The word for white has been replaced by the non-basic term:
ráél   white, pale, bleached, the color of death.

White in a good sense, is usually described as ló.

The sea is usually há
The sky is usually cór (light blue)
Leaves are usually málje (green)
Mud and clay are sometimes énéj (red brown)
The night sky is described as ástá (blue-purple, dark)

The following are flesh tones:
ílpe  brown-green, hazel
wúl   light brown

And hair colors are:
célne   light yellow, white
éjke   brown
shé   black

The rest are:
núál   yellow-green
síw   red-purple
súr   orange
tásh   purple
tiél   lavender
néún   pink


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