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)

weolcen-rēad, adj: scarlet, purple. (WEH-ol-chen-RAY-ahd / ˈwɛɔl-tʃɛn-ˌɹeːad)