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

From:Sylvia Sotomayor <sylvia1@...>
Date:Thursday, August 10, 2000, 16:35
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The original basic colors: shé black nél red ló yellow há green ún blue or maybe cór blue The word for white has been replaced by the non-basic term: ráél white, pale, bleached, the color of death.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 -- Sylvia Sotomayor sylvia1@ix.netcom.com http://home.netcom.com/~sylvia1/ from Caldera 2.4 Linux