Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key. pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color. local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective. [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy; chromatism†, chromatography†, chromatology†. [instruments to measure color] prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments) 445. pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain; medium; mordant; oil paint &c (painting) 556. V. color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct†, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue; paint &c (fine art) 556. Adj. colored &c v.; colorific†, tingent†, tinctorial†; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous†; tingible†. bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded†; rich, gorgeous; gay. gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious. mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.