In literature the term “glacier” sometimes transcends its literal reference to a vast mass of ice and is instead used to evoke a distinctive, evocative hue. This is exemplified in one passage where the glacier is described as “pale yellow” [1], imbuing the natural scene with an ethereal, almost otherworldly quality. Here, the color associated with the glacier not only paints the landscape in cool, muted tones but also deepens the reader’s emotional impression of the environment, blurring the line between the tangible icy mass and the subtle chromatic mood it inspires.
This tab, the new OneLook "color thesaurus", is a work in progress.
It draws from a data set of more than 2000 color names gathered from sources around the Web,
and an analysis of how they are referenced in English texts.
- Enter any color to explore similar colors, as well as objects and concepts associated with the color
in English texts.
Examples: lime green,
lavender.
- Enter any object or concept to see the colors associated with the object or concept in English texts,
as well as words that have a similar color profile. Examples: rage,
sun,
jeans,
royalty.
Some words, like "
peach", function as both a color name and an object; when you do a search for words like these, you will see both of the above sections.