Fall Colors

Autumn Hues for Writers

Fall colors are basically some variation of five colours; brown, green, orange, red, and yellow and a simple descriptive variation is to combine them in a pair; green-orange, yellow-purple, orange-brown, and so on.

Brown Colors

Auburn, beige, brunette, burnt sienna, hazel, nut brown, sepia. tan, umber, chestnut, bronze, coffee, cocoa, copper, mahogany, fawn, camel, café au lait, caramel, sorrel, brindle, brindled, tawny, coppery, russet, tan, tanned, suntanned, sunburned, browned, bronze, bronzed, weather-beaten, singed, seared, crisped (up), grilled, toasted, and barbecued

Green Colors

emerald, chartreuse, jade, Kelly green, olive, Hunter green, shamrock, Hooker's green, sea moss

Orange Colors

apricot, cantaloupe, carrot, coral. peach. salmon. tangerine, titian

Red Colors

scarlet, vermilion, ruby, cherry, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, claret, vermilion

Yellow Colors

citron, saffron, amber, maize, old gold. lemon, canary, wheat, gold

More poetic fall colour name variations can be found in the names of commercial paints.

Golden Gate Bridge, Midnight Green, Dark Orange, Brown Sugar, Almond Brown, Dark Sea Green

Rose Dust, Antique Brass, Desert Sand, Dark Sienna, Rust, Blood Red, Wheat, Mango Tango, Antique Bronze, Orange Soda, Atomic Tangerine, Sage, Cedar Chest, Cadmium Orange, Darkened Yellow, Dark Salmon, Tea Green, Spanish Orange, Light Salmon, Old Mill, Lichen, Acorn, Butterscotch, Brownstone Brick, Burlap, Khaki, Woodland, Gourd, Pinot Noir, Asparagus, Campfire, Barn Red, Bronze, Forest Flame, Spiced Cider, Chocolate, Pine Cone, Butternut Squash, Cornucopia, Golden Brown, and Cinnamon

This is the rich and dramatically beautiful fall colour cornucopia before it returns to Autumn Earth Brown and Winter White erases everything to arise again in Spring Green.

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