#which is like a dark purplish reddish pinkish to a deep indigo

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[namelists]

a list of names inspired by: colours

this list includes names of colours and names relating to colours and rainbows

Reds

Auburn: reddish brown, usually describes hair

Barbera: a red Italian wine grape variety  

Burgundy:  a deep red color like that of burgundy wine  

Cabernet: a red wine made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape  

Cardinal: a New World songbird of the bunting family  

Carmine: a vivid crimson pigment made from cochineal

Carnelian: a semiprecious stone; an orange-red variety of chalcedony  

Cerise: from the French for “cherry”

Cherry: a bright or deep red colored fruit

Claret:  a red wine from Bordeaux  

Coral:  a tiny soft-bodied animal that lives grouped in large colonies  

Crimson: a rich deep red color inclining to purple

Garnet: a precious stone consisting of a deep red vitreous silicate mineral  

Magenta: a light purplish red that is one of the primary subtractive colors  

Malbec: a full-bodied red wine that grows mostly in Argentina

Maroon: a brownish-crimson color

Merlot: a red wine from Bordeaux  

Rose: a warm pink or light crimson color  

Rosika: Hungarian for “little rose”

Rosso: “red” in Italian

Ruby: a precious stone consisting of corundum  

Rufous: reddish brown in color

Scarlet: a brilliant red

Syrah: a red wine made from the Shiraz grape

Vermelha: from the Portuguese for “red”

Vermillion: a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide

Oranges

Aidan: Irish origin, “little fire”

Aki: Japanese origin, “autumn”

Alani: the Hawaiian word for “orange”

Arancia: the Italian word for “orange”

Autumn: the third season of the year, when crops and fruits are gathered and leaves fall  

Blaze: a very large or fiercely burning fire

Clementine: a tangerine of a deep orange-red North African variety

Dahlia: a tuberous-rooted Mexican plant of the daisy family

Fox: a carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail  

Ginger: a red-haired or ginger-haired person  

Paprika: a powdered spice with a deep orange-red color and a mildly pungent flavor  

Rusty: the reddish-brown colour of rust

Saffron: an orange-yellow flavoring, food coloring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus

Sienna: a kind of ferruginous earth used as a pigment in painting  

Spice: an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used to flavor food

Tiger: a very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black

Turmeric:  a bright yellow aromatic powder obtained from the rhizome of a plant of the ginger family

Yellows

Amber: hard translucent fossilized resin produced by extinct coniferous trees  

Aurelia: from the Latin for “golden”

Canary: a mainly African finch with a melodious song

Carmela: from the Hebrew for “golden”

Daisy: small grassland flower with a yellow disk and white rays

Dawn: the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise  

Dior: from the French for “golden”

Gilda: from an Old English word meaning “golden”

Goldie: Scottish, from a diminuitive of “gold”

Haimi: Sanskrit, meaning “golden”

Honey: a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees  

Marigold: a plant of the daisy family  

Ochre: an earthy pigment containing ferric oxide

Sepia: a color associated particularly with photographs of the 19th century

Soleil: French for “sun”

Summer: the warmest season of the year  

Sunny: bright with sunlight  

Tuscany: a region of central Italy known for sun

Xanthe: Greek, meaning “blond-haired”

Zehavi: from Hebrew, meaning “golden”

Greens

Absinthe:  a potent green aniseed-flavored alcoholic spirit  

Army: an organized military force equipped for fighting on land  

Clover:   plant of the pea family that has dense, globular flower head  

Covet:  yearn to possess or have

Emeraude: French for “emerald”

Envy: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck

Fern:  a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds

Forest:  a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth

Hunter: a person or animal that hunts  

Ivy:  a woody evergreen Eurasian climbing plant  

Kelly:  from the Cornish name celli, which means wood or grove  

Leif: Scandinavian, meaning “descendant”

Midori: Japanese for “green”

Mint:  an aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the Old World  

Moss: a small flowerless green plant which lacks true roots

Olive:  a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh  

Patrick: Apostle and patron saint of Ireland

Sage:  an aromatic plant with grayish-green leaves  

Shamrock: a low-growing clover-like plant with three-lobed leaves, used as the national emblem of Ireland

Teal:  a dark greenish-blue colour

Verdell: from Latin for “green, growing”

Veridian:   a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment

Blues

Sky: the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth

Azure: bright blue in color like a cloudless sky  

Cadet: a young trainee in the armed services or police force  

Marine: of, found in, or produced by the sea  

Cobalt: a deep blue pigment containing cobalt and aluminum oxides  

Midnight:  twelve o'clock at night  

Indigo:  the dark blue dye obtained from the indigo plant

Navy:  the branch of a nation’s armed services that conducts military operations at sea  

Celeste: from Latin meaning “heavenly or celestial”

Denim: a sturdy cotton twill fabric, typically blue, used for jeans  

Admiral: a commander of a fleet or naval squadron  

Sapphire: a transparent precious stone, typically blue  

Steel: a hard, strong, gray or bluish-gray alloy of iron  

Lake: a large body of water surrounded by land  

Periwinkle: an Old World plant with flat five-petaled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves  

Maya: a unique bright azure blue pigment manufactured by cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, such as the Maya and Aztec  

Tiffany: an American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer  

Royal: having the status of a king or queen  

Cyan:  a greenish-blue color which is one of the primary subtractive colors  

Cerulean: deep blue in color like a clear sky  

Larmina: Persian, meaning “blue sky”

Marlais: Welsh for “blue”

Mazarine: a deep purplish blue  

Okelani: Hawaiian for “from heaven”

Purples

Amethyst: a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz  

Aubergine:  the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant

Iole: Old Greek for “violet”

Iris: a plant with sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers, typically purple  

Lavender: a pale blue color with a trace of mauve

Lilac: of a pale pinkish-violet color

Mauve: a pale purple color

Morado: Spanish for “purple”

Mulberry: a dark red or purple color

Pansy: popular cultivated viola with flowers in rich colors  

Sangria: a Spanish drink of red wine mixed with lemonade, fruit, and spices  

Violet: a bluish-purple color seen at the end of the spectrum opposite red

Other

Alba: from Latin origin, meaning “white”

Bianca: Italian, meaning “white”

Blanche: from a Germanic word meaning “white”

Brown: a color produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil  

Ebony: heavy blackish timber from a mainly tropical tree  

Grey: a color intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lea

Iro: the Japanese word for “colour”

Ivory: a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal

Jett: a hard black semiprecious variety of lignite

Onyx: a semiprecious variety of agate with different colors in layers  

Rainbow: any display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light  

Raven: a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage

Silver: a precious shiny grayish-white metal  

Veselka: Ukranian word for “rainbow”