interretialia:latinone:Since Andrew was asking about the colours in Latin, here they are.There are s
interretialia:latinone:Since Andrew was asking about the colours in Latin, here they are.There are some things that need to be said about the words that appear in that image. First, these words are used substantively, that is, they are used as nouns. So, for instance, Flavum above means “the color yellow.” “Yellow” as an adjective is flavus, flava, flavum.Also, this chart has some problems. The Rosum and Orangeum seem to have been made up. There are much better Latin words for “red” and “orange.”Red:ruber, rubra, rubrum [adjective];rubrum, rubri, n., or rubor, ruboris, m. [noun].Orange:aurantius, aurantia, aurantium, or luteus, lutea, luteum [adjective];aurantium, aurantii, n., or luteum, lutei, n. [noun].The adjectival forms of the nouns in the image above are:Yellow: flavus, flava, flavumGreen: viridis, viridis, virideBlue: caeruleus, caerulea, caeruleumPurple: purpureus, purpurea, purpureumBrown: fuscus, fusca, fuscumBlack: niger, nigra, nigrumWhite: albus, alba, albumHere are some other useful Latin color adjectives:Brown: brunneus, brunnea, brunneumChartreuse: chlorinus, chlorina, chlorinumCrimson: coccineus, coccinea, coccineumGold: aureus, aurea, aureumIndigo: indigoticus, indigotica, indigoticumLavender: lavandulaceus, lavandulacea, lavandulaceumMagenta: magenteus, magentea, magenteumOchre: silaceus, silacea, silaceumPink: roseus, rosea, roseumSilver: argenteus, argentea, argenteumTurquoise: turicus, turica, turicumViolet: violaceus, violacea, violaceumFinally, here are the names that Newton gave to the seven well-known colors of the rainbow:Rubeus - RedAureus - OrangeFlavus - YellowViridis - GreenCaeruleus - BlueIndicus - IndigoViolaceus - Violet -- source link