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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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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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I started off with "redden". analogues of that should be obvious.I'll accept your four Jackie.
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4. blend 5. tincture 6. complexion 7. timbre
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how 'bout
8. lighten 9. darken 10. negativize
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I'm surprised nobody so far has taken the clue in "redden".
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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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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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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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Pigment (v.); pigmentation; iridescence; phosphorescence.
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