For writers looking to dabble with
beautiful descriptions from a word palate of sunset colours.
Fall
colors are fundamentally variations on five colours; brown, green, orange, red, and yellow and a
simple descriptive way to deploy them is to combine them in a pair;
green-orange, yellow-purple, orange-brown, and so
on.
Here
are some common alternative names for these basic five colours:
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 ForestFlame,
Spiced Cider,
Chocolate,
Pine Cone,
Butternut Squash,
Cornucopia, Golden Bronze,
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.
