ōmig, adj: rusty, rust-coloured. (OH-mih / ˈoː-mɪj)

grēne-hǣwen, adj: greenish. (GRAY-nuh-HAE-wen / ˈgɹeː-nə-ˌhæː-wɛn)

wann-fāh, adj: dark-hued. (WAHN-FAH)

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salu-brūn, adj: dark-brown. (SAH-luh-BROON)

wyrm-basu, adj: scarlet. (WURM-BAH-zuh / ˈwɝɹm-ˌba-zʌ)

weoloc-rēad, adj: of the red colour that is got from the weoloc (a kind of shellfish or whelk), scarlet, purple. (WEH-ol-ock-RAY-ahd / ˈwɛɔ-lɔk-ˌɹeːad)

salu-brūn, adj: dark-brown. [SA-loo-BROON]

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An image in dark-brown of the devil and cat worshippers kissing a cat’s rear end. Jean Tinctor, Traittié du crisme de vauderie (Sermo contra sectam vaudensium). Bruges, c. 1470-1480. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 961, fol. 1r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

geolwe, adv: with a yellow tinge. (YEH-oll-wuh / ˈjɛɔl-wə)