Colors Study Guide

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Midnight Blue 38x 10.5% stumper $432 avg J:31 DJ:7

J $200 2017 The first Crayola to get a name change was Prussian blue, which became this timely blue

J $500 2000 Cornflower, cerulean, periwinkle

DJ $1,200 2011 Mavi is Turkish for this, the color of a landmark mosque there

red 35x 2.9% stumper $477 avg J:25 DJ:10

J $100 1986 Colorful term that tells you where you are if your balance sheet doesn't balance in your favor

J $500 1993 In heraldry this bright color is known as gules

DJ $1,000 DD 1988 Color mentioned in the titles of 2 1980s best-selling novels by Tom Clancy

Yellow 34x 17.6% stumper $450 avg J:26 DJ:8

J $100 2000 Cowardly

J $500 2000 It's the color of the great horned owl's eyes

J $1,000 2015 A great horned owl has large eyes with irises of this color, which helps amplify incoming light

pea green 32x 3.1% stumper $531 avg J:24 DJ:8

J $100 1997 Kendal & Kelly are shades of this

J $500 1991 Absinthe, apple & beryl are all shades of this

J $1,000 2012 Myrtle or absinthe

Betty White 27x 14.8% stumper $474 avg J:19 DJ:8

J $100 2000 Alabaster, Eggshell

J $500 1994 If your retina is completely stimulated, you perceive this color

J $1,000 2002 In a 15th century English war, a rose of this color represented the House of York

Clint Black 27x 7.4% stumper $370 avg J:21 DJ:6

J $300 2001 If your business is turning a profit, you're "in" this

J $600 2006 Humor or market

DJ $1,000 1996 Egypt, Iraq & Yemen have stripes of red, white & this color

Orange 23x 4.3% stumper $657 avg J:15 DJ:8

J $100 1996 Mandarin & tangerine are shades of this

J $600 2015 The Cincinnati Bengals have used black, white & this as their team colors since 1968

J $1,000 2020 A color, or a princely dynasty important in the Netherlands

Deep Purple 22x 14.3% stumper $695 avg J:15 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1995 Fruity shades of this color include plum & prune

J $600 DD 1988 Name of the group heard here:"We all came out to Montreux / On the Lake Geneva shoreline / To make records with a mobile / We didn't have much time..."

DJ $2,000 2003 They covered Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman" in 1968, but it was no "Smoke on the Water"

the pink 20x 10.0% stumper $380 avg J:14 DJ:6

J $200 1984 When you're blooming with health, you're "in" it

DJ $600 1998 Color in the title of the movie theme heard here:

DJ $1,000 1991 The wedding in the film "Steel Magnolias" featured flowers in "blush" & "bashful" shades of this

violet 14x 28.6% stumper $657 avg J:11 DJ:3

J $200 1991 You don't have to be a shrinking one of these to wear the floral hue of the same name

J $500 1991 A woman's name, or the unique color of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes

J $1,000 2020 Someone who is incredibly shy can be a wallflower or one of these purple plants

gray 11x $500 avg J:10 DJ:1

DJ $200 1988 It can precede squirrel, whale, or wolf

J $500 1992 Most wolves belong to a species known as this color wolf

J $1,000 2010 Slate or mouse

brown 11x $591 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $200 1993 Russet, like the potato, is a shade of this

J $600 2008 For adults, the U.S. Judo Federation has this rank directly below a black belt

DJ $1,200 2020 Chili recipes say to do this to the ground beef

indigo 8x $1,112 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 1994 Newton included a seventh color in the spectrum, this one between blue & violet

J $500 1996 This deep blue dye once came from a member of the pea family grown on southern plantations

J $1,000 2023 Gandhi's first campaign of non-violent resistance in British India focused on the Planters of this, a vat dye

Silver 8x 12.5% stumper $775 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $400 2007 Also called the sea cook, he leads mutineers against Captain Smollet on board the Hispaniola

J $500 1996 Nevada's state colors are blue & this; it helps if you know the state nickname

DJ $1,600 2010 A suburb of D.C.:____ Spring, Maryland

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Amy Tan 6x 33.3% stumper $833 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $200 1998 Before 1995 the last new color added to M&M's was this light brown in 1959

DJ $800 1997 You're 100 percent right if you knew she wrote "The 100 Secret Senses"

DJ $1,600 2016 A trigonometric function, for short

Golden 5x 20.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 1999 Once the capital of the Colorado Territory, it's home to the Adolph Coors Brewery

J $600 DD 2000 The Hakushika Sake Brewery is in this city, more famous for a beer

DJ $4,000 DD 2020 This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital

Grey 5x $300 avg J:5

J $100 1994 Shades of this include steel, field & smoke

J $600 2023 This actress appeared with Patrick Swayze in "Red Dawn" & "Dirty Dancing"

J $200 1995 Battleship is a tint of this color

the Purple Heart 5x $320 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $400 2007 Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated

J $400 2003 This U.S. military decoration is awarded to all armed forces personnel wounded or killed in action

J $200 2013 Of the 14,000 WWII soldiers who served in the 442nd battalion, 9,486 were awarded this medal

Purple Rain 4x $750 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2003 In 1984 Prince showered us with this album that spent 24 weeks at No. 1

J $600 2006 This 1984 film about a young Minneapolis musician featured the title tune & "When Doves Cry"

DJ $1,600 2006 This 1984 film set in Minneapolis won an Academy Award for its music

pearl 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1993 Shades of white include oyster & this oyster gem

J $600 2019 This gem's name precedes "white" in the name of a Crayola color

J $200 1995 It's a mollusk gem, or a shade of pink or gray

Green Bay 4x $575 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2020 Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River

J $500 1993 The Door Peninsula separates Lake Michigan from this Wisconsin inlet

DJ $1,000 DD 1999 Built around 1776, Tank Cottage in this city is said to be the oldest house in Wisconsin

fuchsia 4x 25.0% stumper $675 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1996 This color is named for a plant genus named for 16th century German botanist Leonhard Fuchs

J $1,000 2004 It's the vivid color named for the showy flowers seen here

DJ $400 1987 The tropical shrub & hence, the color named for Leonard Fuchs

amber 4x $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2009 It describes the "waves of grain" in "America The Beautiful"

J $1,000 DD 1991 This shade of yellow resembles the translucent fossil resin of the same name

J $400 2004 It's the color as well as the translucent material in the picture seen here

scarlet 4x $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1988 Color that can precede letter, fever or pimpernel

DJ $800 1990 Sherlock Holmes made his 1st appearance in this 1887 story

J $200 1996 It precedes letter, fever or pimpernel

gold 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2006 (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) For its first 46 years, the United States Mint at Denver was an assay office, stemming from the discovery of this at Cherry Creek in 1858

DJ $600 1991 This color can describe a 50th anniversary, a retriever or a Mongol horde

J $1,000 2017 The iPhone 7 comes in a metallic pink with this 2-word name, also popular for jewelry

Worth Knowing (82)

the Green Party 3 the Blue Ridge Mountains 3 shamrock 3 sepia 3 red & white 3 mauve 3 maroon 3 Magenta 3 Ecru 3 Denver 3 coral 3 Boulder 3 Aspen 3 the Yellow Sea 3 red, white & blue 3 plum 3 Horace Greeley 3 a yellowjacket 3 a pink lady 3 white, orange and green 3 White Fang 2 Wedgwood 2 ultraviolet 2 turquoise 2 the Red Sea 2 the Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 the Red Crescent 2 the Red Baron 2 the pinky 2 the Green Mountain Boys 2 the blue flu 2 the Blue Angels 2 taupe 2 Steamboat Springs 2 salmon 2 russet 2 Rose 2 Red Square 2 Pumpkin 2 pink eye 2 pigments 2 Peach 2 orange roughy 2 mustard 2 Maroon 5 2 Marine 2 Manila 2 maize 2 macaroni and cheese 2 lemon 2 lavender 2 khaki 2 Italy 2 Green Berets 2 fawn 2 emerald 2 cones 2 chartreuse 2 cardinal 2 Burgundy 2 Brownsville 2 blue ribbon 2 Black Sea 2 Barney 2 auburn 2 Amarillo 2 almond 2 a yellow streak 2 a white elephant 2 a brownie 2 Wild Strawberry 2 raw umber 2 the pinks 2 the Green Knight 2 the brown recluse 2 the Air Force Academy 2 Sir Isaac Newton 2 burnt sienna 2 Baton Rouge 2 ivory 2 copper 2 blue and white 2

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