[DOC] [TLE] World Wide Words: The Colour of Words [PAR] Jul 28, 1996 ... How the words for colours in the English language are as fugitive as the hues 
they describe. ... colour of bruised skin; we actually re-borrowed the word blue in 
its ... (it derives from Latin albus, white, via the medieval Latin alburnus, ... 
golden-brown or reddish-brown, the sense has continued to shift so... [DOC] [TLE] Do you know the names of the colors in Latin? - Mema Interretialia [PAR] May 4, 2014 ... The vagueness of Latin color terms is due to the origin of colors out of dyestuff 
and pigments. ... roseus: pink; ruber: red; aurantius or luteus: orange; flavus: 
yellow ... indicus or indigoticus: indigo; violaceus: violet; albus: (dead) white ... 
Many of the color adjectives derive from the names of the objects to... [DOC] [TLE] color names | Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources [PAR] Oct 29, 2015 ... Posts about color names written by Sara L. Uckelman. ... and innocence, it's no 
surprise that these words gave rise to names, particularly in ... alb 'elf' or Latin 
albus (m.) or alba (f.) 'white'. The masculine name Albin can either be a ... 
example of Argenta, derived from an identical Latin word meaning 'silver'. [DOC] [TLE] Colorful Words from Latin - Daily Writing Tips [PAR] Jul 5, 2014 ... Among the many Latin words that inform the English vocabulary are ... that derive 
from Roman words for colors. 1. White Latin albus gives us: ... purple, and white; 
the flower takes its name from the yellow ones. ... Two words for black, niger, 
black or very dark brown and coracinus, ... What about red? Latin... [DOC] [TLE] word choice - The etymology of "redhead" vs. "ginger haired ... [PAR] Sep 1, 2014 ... Has redhead always been used in a fashion context or is its ... E. Anglia,  
Ginger, of a pale red colour, particularly applied to hair. ..... that the name Judas 
is derived from an Aramaic word meaning "red color" as an ... auborne, alborne, 
from Latin alburnus 'whitish', from albus 'white'. ... This seems . . . odd. [DOC] [TLE] HaggardHawks: May 2016 [PAR] Apr 29, 2016 ... AUBURN hair takes its name from the Latin for 'white'. ... Although nowadays 
auburn refers to red hair, the word itself is rooted in the Latin word albus, 
meaning ... aborne was used to refer to a yellowish-white or brown-white colour, 
.... also derived from the Latin calx, as caltrop is literally a heel-trap. [DOC] [TLE] A Dictionary of Mineral Names - Diamond Dan Publications [PAR] Giving a mineral its name has proven to be as much an art as a .... we have 
names like albite which was derived from the Latin word albus which means 
white in reference to the most common color of this mineral. ..... Cairngorm is a 
gem variety of smoky quartz which is yellow to brown in color. ...... It is an odd 
twist that this. [DOC] [TLE] Issue of December 5, 2005 - The Word Detective [PAR] Dec 5, 2005 ... Together, "brown study" when it first appeared meant "a state of gloomy 
meditation or thought. ... old word, derived the Late Latin "boscum," which also 
produced the ... Dear Word Detective: It seems to me that the odd term "flotsam 
and ..... The "stone" that gave its name to "jet" was actually a black form of... [DOC] [TLE] Plant ID Guide - University of Oregon [PAR] Symphoricarpos albus, Snowberry . .... It is called Pathfinder because the 
underside of its leaves  which can be .... Other Common nameWestern 
Spring Beauty ..... Colors can range from white to red to brown on a single plant 
along the stem. ... to the three leaves, three petals of the plant, and the Latin word 
"ovatum". [DOC] [TLE] A Latin

Question: Oddly, this reddish brown color derives its name from albus, the Latin word for white
Answer: Auburn