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Color:
Quincy


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Colors with the same hue:
Bistre
Chocolate 
Van Dyke brown
Brown
Coffee
Light brown
Cappuccino
Sandalwood
Cadmium orange
Whiskey
Hickory
Mocha
Tumbleweed
Pale Sage
Apricot
Pale Orange
Similar colors:
Mud
Umber
Coffee
Cappuccino
Van Dyke brown
Tobacco
Ash Brown
Dark lava
Taupe
Cement
Dark brown
Faded Brown
Bistre
Raw umber
Cobblestone
Beaver
Deep Brown
Bark Brown
Cypress
Tortoiseshell
Pale brown
Sandstone
Musk
Dirt
Bay
Burlap
Dull Brown
Coconut
Somber Brown
Sepia
Words evoked by this color:
havana,  umberto,  umbo,  indigent,  boar,  firenze,  bole,  eggplant,  moussaka,  waldorf,  aubergine,  swarthy,  blackwood,  ebenezer,  nubian,  melanin,  exclusively,  nestle,  tactical,  coyote,  untapped,  marinade,  ailanthus,  meritage,  merlot,  tallahassee,  seminole,  nebulochaotic,  neb,  cordoba,  cordova,  wrought,  blacksmith,  andiron,  germanic,  iron,  farrier,  ferro,  ferrous,  ferromagnetic,  forge,  teutonic,  magnetism,  draftsman,  graphite,  staub,  hexagonal,  thoroughbred,  horse,  pyramidal
Literary analysis:
In the rare instances when "quincy" is used as a color in literature, authors seem to invoke associations with the cool, enduring hues of New England stone. One notable example appears in the description of a church edifice built of "Quincy granite" [1], where the term is not only a reference to a locally sourced material but also serves to suggest a muted, timeless gray that enhances the building’s historic gravitas. In a couple of other texts, the word appears in an isolated, all‐caps form (as in [2] and [3]), hinting at its potential as an emblematic or even symbolic color—a hue that, beyond its literal appearance, carries connotations of solidity and tradition in the literary imagination.
  1. At that time the church edifice of Quincy granite was on Summer Street.
    — from Famous leaders among men by Sarah Knowles Bolton
  2. QUINCY
    — from The Melting-Pot by Israel Zangwill
  3. QUINCY What!!!
    — from The Melting-Pot by Israel Zangwill



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