COLOUR  顏色

APPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
HUE
Hypernym
  • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • PAINTSMEAR USING LIQUID so as to CAUSE something TO HAVE COLOUR.
    Hyponym
    • BLACK　INTENSELY DARK COLOUR of THINGS LACKING LIGHT.
      • DARK　COLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS.
        • OBSCURE　DARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of....
      • RED　The COLOUR of CHERRIES ETC.. []
        • WHITE　COLOUR RESEMBLING COLOUR of FRESH SNOW.
          • GRAY　DARK WHITE.
          • PALE　WHITE OR LOSING COLOUR IN THE FACE
        • YELLOW　COLOUR RESEMBLING the COLOUR of LEMON PEEL.
        • GREEN　COLOUR TYPICALLY RESEMBLING that of LEAVES IN SPRING.
          • BLUE　COLOUR of the SKY AND the DEEP SEA.
            • GREY　
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The standard word for colour of any kind is sè 色.

              2. Cǎi 采 normally refers to colours coexisting with others on one object.

              3. Yán 顏 "face" is perhaps occasionally used to refer to colour but no early examples are very telling.

              黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
              HUANG JINGUI 2006

              ART 11.

              采，特指尚未施用之五色顏料，泛指五色。

              色，施用顏料後所呈現出的五色。

              繡，兼指繪畫和刺繡的設色五彩俱備。

              絢，五色交織。

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              顏色

              彩色

              色

              彩

              色彩

              色澤

              色調

              PAINT:

              顏料

              顏色

              水彩

              rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

              • A look at the history of Chinese colour terminology Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association ( BAXTER 1983) p.

              • Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution ( BERLIN KAY 1969) p.

                See also the 2006 new detailed report on 90 languages by a team including the same authors.

              • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.61

              • Semantica del Griego Antiguo ( HERNANDEZ 2000) p. 42n172

              • Studies in Greek Colour Terminology Mnemonyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum ( MAXWELL-STUART 1981) p.

              • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 931

              • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1916

              • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 2.908

              • Kleine Schriften Deutsche Ostasienstudien ( UNGER 2009) p. 1-8

              • 語言學論集 ( ZHANG YONGYAN 1992) p. 100-135

              • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 365

              • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.115

              • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 78

              • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

                COLOURS

              • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

              • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

              • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 3.305

              • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.289:192

                COULEUR.COLORIS

              • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.215.175

                COULEUR.COLORIS

              Attributions by syntactic funtion

              • nab.post-V{NUM} : 12
              • nab : 10
              • ncc : 7
              • NP : 6
              • NPab{nab1ant.nab2} : 3
              • NP{N1=N2} : 3
              • vtoN : 2
              • vadN : 2
              • VPi : 1
              • n[adN] : 1
              • vi : 1
              • npost-N : 1

              Attributions by text

              • 荀子 : 8
              • 莊子 : 7
              • 韓非子 : 6
              • 呂氏春秋 : 4
              • 淮南子 : 3
              • 楚辭 : 3
              • 搜神記 : 2
              • 論語 : 2
              • 論衡 : 2
              • 賢愚經 : 2
              • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
              • 文心雕龍十卷 : 1
              • 公孫龍子 : 1
              • 天中記 : 1
              • 孫子 : 1
              • 列子 : 1
              • 管子 : 1
              • 百喻經 : 1
              • 孟子 : 1
              • 文子 : 1

              Words

              色  sè OC: sqrɯɡ MC: ʂɨk 25 AttributionsWD

              The standard word for colour of any kind is sè 色.

                Word relations
              • Assoc: 聲/SOUND The dominant word for any sound produced by any creature or instrument is shēng 聲and the word can come to refer specifically to the sound produced by the human voice (see VOICE), hence the word can also refer to a song with a melody and also to the tones as making up a melody. See SONG.
              • Assoc: 顏/COLOUR Yán 顏 "face" is perhaps occasionally used to refer to colour but no early examples are very telling.

                Syntactic words
              • n[adN]subjectcoloured object of any kind
              • nab.post-V{NUM}stativecolour
              • nabfeaturecolour; colours
              • npost-Ncolour of N
              • vibe or become coloured
              • vtoNcausativecause (oneself) to have colour
              • vtoNfigurativegive its proper appearance and colour
              采  cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 9 AttributionsWD

              Cǎi 采 normally refers to colours coexisting with others on one object.

                Syntactic words
              • ncccolour 五采
              • vadNcolourful, flashy; varicoloured; painted
              五色  wǔ sè sè shǎi MC: nguX srik  OC: ŋaaʔ sqrɯɡ LZ 5 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPnonreferentialall sorts of colour, colours in generalLZ
              采色  cǎi sè OC: tshɯɯʔ sqrɯɡ MC: tshəi ʂɨk 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NP{N1=N2}pluralall sorts of (fancy) colours
              白黑  bái hēi MC: baek xok OC: braaɡ hmɯɯɡLZ 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}black and whiteLZ
              顏  yán OC: ŋraan MC: ŋɣan 2 AttributionsWD

              Yán 顏 "face" is perhaps occasionally used to refer to colour but no early examples are very telling.

                Word relations
              • Assoc: 色/COLOUR The standard word for colour of any kind is sè 色.

                Syntactic words
              • nabstativecolour
              五色  wǔ sè MC: nguX srik OC: ŋaaʔ sqrɯɡCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPthe five basic colours 青赤黃白黑CH
              青黃  qīng huáng MC: tsheng hwang OC: tsheeŋ ɡʷaaŋDS 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPibe of a mixed green/brown colourDS
              彩  cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nabcolour, decoration
              物  wù OC: mɯd MC: mi̯ut 0 AttributionsWD

              Wù 物 refers specifically to the colour of the fur of animals, but by extension also to such things as the colour of the clouds.

                Syntactic words
              • nabfeaturecolour as a significant feature of something ZHOULI 以五雲之物辨吉凶 distinguish between auspicious and

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