#39559
08/26/2001 3:19 PM
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I have a list of more than twenty words about color change. Let's see how long it takes the members to
equal or surpass that number.
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#39560
08/26/2001 3:39 PM
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1.shading
2.tone
3.tint
4.fading
I don't think this is exactly what you had in mind, but your title makes me think of kaleidoscope! I was fascinated by the one I had as a child.
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#39561
08/26/2001 5:25 PM
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I started off with "redden". analogues of that should be obvious.I'll accept your four Jackie.
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#39562
08/26/2001 7:03 PM
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4. blend
5. tincture
6. complexion
7. timbre
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#39563
08/26/2001 7:09 PM
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how 'bout
8. lighten
9. darken
10. negativize
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#39564
08/26/2001 7:45 PM
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I'm surprised nobody so far has taken the clue in "redden".
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#39565
08/26/2001 7:57 PM
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11. brighten
12. dim
(Does convert to grey scale count, or is there a single word for that?)
13. sharpen
14. dull
15. highlight
16. enhance
17. clarify
18. muddy
Shadow? wash out? something meaning "make translucent"; "make opaque"?
I won't count redden, blacken, whiten, since Dr. Bill has made those easy.
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#39566
08/26/2001 8:31 PM
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How about incarnadine,empurple,iridesce,blanch,jaundice,blush,flush,whiten,blacken,green (as in environmentalists "greening",blue (as in blue a gun barrel) brown (as toast) pale,grizzle,bleach,dye,.....
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#39567
08/26/2001 10:48 PM
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stain, dye, paint, marble, splash, woad
color, discolor [heh]
and some you may not have: infuscate (darken), scumble (soften), countershade (lighten/darken), embrown (tan), rubrify (redden)
and thinking of redden, blacken, etc. vs. blue, green, brown and so forth suggests that these verbs followed the two paths that Nicholas wrote about with verbs like quicken vs. quiet. and then we have embrown and empurple.
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#39568
08/26/2001 11:18 PM
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Pigment (v.); pigmentation; iridescence; phosphorescence.
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#39569
08/26/2001 11:33 PM
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Dear WO'N: I spent half an hour trying to think of phosphoresce, and could only think of fluoresce and with a bit of stretch, luminesce. I still have more than ten left.
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#39570
08/27/2001 12:06 PM
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saturate/desaturate, dull(v.), opacifiy, wash out.., flop(n.) is used for paints (e.g. on cars) which change color according to the angle of sight.
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#39571
08/27/2001 1:40 PM
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Dear Dr. Bill, an interesting question: I originally posted iridesce and phosporesce, but couldn't find iridesce listed in any dictionary as a verb, so I changed them back to their noun incarnations. Can you establish the verb form of iridesce with a citation? Peculiarly, all the others are listed as verbs in that form, but not iridesce? Tsuwm? Anyone?
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#39572
08/27/2001 1:52 PM
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"The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water''
(try OneLook.com; W3 gives it as a back-formation from iridescent)
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#39573
08/27/2001 3:24 PM
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I confess to backformations, scraping bottom of barrel.Stretching things a bit:
pink,tan,fade,sallow,inflame,stripe,ensanguine,clarify,freckle,cyanose,glow,luminesce,irradiate,fluoresce,scintillate, coruscate,opalesce,exsanguinate,wan, and as a joke, litmus - chemical test, changes color with pH.
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#39574
11/18/2001 1:40 PM
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Here's the list with probably a few repetitions, but I've tried to avoid numbering an entry that had been repeated. I also edited out a lot of commentary. Just thought this might be of use if anyone wanted to copy the entries.
The List:
1.shading
2.tone
3.tint
4.fading
Jackie
5.redden
wwh
6. blend
7. tincture
8. complexion
9. timbre
wow
10. lighten
11. darken
12. negativize
jazzoctopus
13. brighten
14. dim
15. Does convert to grey scale count, or is there a single word for that?)
16. sharpen
17. dull
18. highlight
19. enhance
20. clarify
21. muddy
22.Shadow? 23.wash out? 24.make translucent"; WW screwed up the numbering here; sorry26."make opaque"?
I won't count redden, 27.blacken, 28whiten, since Dr. Bill has made those easy.
Keiva
How about 29.incarnadine,30.empurple,31.iridesce,32.blanch,33.jaundice,34.blush,35.flush,whiten,blacken,36.green (as in environmentalists "greening",37.blue (as in blue a gun barrel) 38.brown (as toast) 39.pale,40.grizzle,41.bleach,42.dye,.....
wwh
43.stain, dye, 44.paint, 45.marble, 46.splash, 47.woad
48.color, 49.discolor [heh]
50.infuscate (darken), 51.scumble (soften), 52.countershade (lighten/darken), 53.embrown (tan), 54.rubrify (redden)
55.embrown and 56.empurple
tsuwm
57.Pigment (v.); 58.pigmentation; 59.iridescence; 60.phosphorescence
WoN
61.floresce
62.luminesce
wwh
63.saturate/64.desaturate, 65.dull(v.), 66.opacifiy, 67.wash out.., 68.flop(n.) is used for paints (e.g. on cars) which change color according to the angle of sight
wsieber
I confess to backformations, scraping bottom of barrel.Stretching things a bit:
69.pink,70.tan,71.fade,72.sallow,73.inflame,74.stripe,
75.ensanguine,76.clarify,77.freckle,78.cyanose,79.glow,
80.luminesce,81.irradiate,82.fluoresce,83.scintillate, 84.coruscate,85.opalesce,86.exsanguinate,87.wan, and as a joke, 88.litmus - chemical test, changes color with pH.
wwh
I'll offer: 89.dapple/dappled 90.brindle/brindled 91.mute 92.intensify 93.deepen 94.pointillistic
95. bleed/bled/bleeding (of oils) 96.glitzed 97.neon (colors changed to) 98.hot (colors changed to) 99. smoky (of various colors, e.g., gray, white)
100. inumbrate/inumbrated 111. to blue (as of fabrics) 112. to tiedye 113. to gild 114. to bronze 115.patina
Best regards,
WW
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