Blank, not written upon, because the common color of paper previous to its being written upon, is white.
A Blank.—1. A void (or white) space on paper. 2. A paper with vacant (or white) spaces left to be filled.
Albus, white. (L.) Hence,
Album, a book originally blank, in which friends insert pieces as memorials.
Albumen—1. The white of an egg. 2. A substance resembling the white of an egg, and forming a constituent part both of the animal fluids and solids.
Albino, a white person belonging to a race of blacks.
Black, is the absence of all color.
Ater, black. (L.) Hence,
Atrabilarian, affected with melancholy, which the ancients attributed to a black bile. (L. bilis, bile.)
Atramental, black like ink. (atramentum, ink.)
ΜΕΛΑΝ [Melan], black. Gr.) Hence
Melancholy, mental gloom; thus called, because the Ancients supposed that mental gloom was owing to the existence of black bile in the system χολη [chole], bile.
Gray is a mixture of white and black, as when white and black hairs are mingled on the human head.
Grizzly, somewhat gray, as the grizzly bear.
A Spot is a portion of a surface of a different color from the surrounding portions.
A Speck is a small spot.
A Streak is a long, narrow space of a different color from the ground.
A Stripe is a straight streak of uniform width.
A Vein is a streak running through the substance of a solid body.
A Cloud is an irregular space marked by a blending of the ground with other colors.
Spotted, marked with spots.
Speckled, marked with specks.
Streaked, marked with streaks.
Striped, marked with stripes.
Veined, marked with veins.
Clouded, marked with clouds.
Brindled, marked with spots of different colors.
Mottled, marked with spots of different colors, or shades of color, as if stained.
Motley, consisting of different colors, as a motley coat. Hence, mixed, as a motley crowd.
Dappled, marked with spots of different colors, or shades of color; as, a dappled horse.
Checkered, marked with stripes of different colors crossing each other.
Brown is a dusky color inclining to red.
Russet, of a reddish brown color; as, a russet mantle.
Auburn, of a reddish brown; as auburn locks.
Dun, partaking of brown and black; as, a dun horse.
Drab, of a dull brown color. (Applied to cloth.)
Sorrel, of a light-red color. (Spoken of horses.)
Bay, inclining to chestnut-brown. (Spoken of horses.)
Roan, of a bay, sorrel, or dark color, with spots of gray or white thickly interspersed. (Spoken of horses.)
Sandy, of a yellowish red. (Spoken of the human hair.)
Complexion is the color of the human skin.
Fair, having a light complexion.
To Tan is to darken the complexion by exposure to the sun.
Tawny, of a yellowish-dark color, like things tanned.
Swarthy, of a dark complexion. The inhabitants of warm climates are either swarthy or black.
Dingy, of a dirty dark color. The walls of a room are rendered dingy by smoke and dust.
Sable, black. The negroes are called the sable sons of Africa. Sable habiliments are emblematic of mourning. (From the sable, an animal with a beautifully black, and highly-prized fur.)
Ebon, of a deep-black color. (From
