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Color:
Crystal


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Colors with the same hue:
Bold Cyan
Dreamy Teal
Steel teal
Striking Teal
Washed-Out Teal
Tranquil Aqua
Aquamarine 
Powder blue
Frost
Nearby colors:
Arctic Blue
Waterspout
Diamond
Medium sky blue
Icy Teal
Pale blue
Pale turquoise
Drizzle
Middle blue
Non-photo blue
Icy Blue
Sky blue 
Serene Aqua
Light Blue
Water
Light Aqua
Words evoked by this color:
lucent,  clear,  transparent,  transparently,  chandelier,  glassware,  shallower,  brescia,  elucidating,  opened,  chambray,  loosen,  rested,  idealism,  pacification,  merciful,  courteously,  sympathize,  incremental,  relieved,  hope,  easygoing,  mentee,  hopeful,  anticipate,  diluting,  lite,  light,  trainee,  alleviate,  alleviating,  patient,  mitigating,  leniency,  wash,  courtesy,  easy,  pleased,  sprinkling,  friendly,  levity,  easiest,  benign,  impressionism,  tracing,  renoir,  partly,  apprentice,  loosened,  loosening
Literary analysis:
Literary authors frequently employ “crystal” as a color adjective to evoke an image of flawless clarity and luminous purity. In this usage, the term conveys not only transparency but also a sparkling, almost jewel-like quality in the natural world. For example, the phrase “crystal waters” [1] or “crystal‐clear water” [2] transforms a simple setting into one imbued with freshness and immaculate light, suggesting a quality of purity that transcends mere physical appearance. Similarly, expressions like “clear as crystal” [3] and “pure as crystal” [4] use the adjective to paint vivid pictures of an environment washed in brilliant, untainted hues, demonstrating how “crystal” serves as a powerful metaphor for both clarity and beauty in literary description.
  1. But what delighted him most was the river Psiol with its refreshing crystal waters.
    — from The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky by Modest Chaikovskii
  2. We swam in the crystal-clear water, despite the natives' warnings about sharks.
    — from Through the South Seas with Jack London by Martin Johnson
  3. Clear as crystal, the beam from the lighthouse under the cliffs struck rhythmically on the night.
    — from England, My England by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  4. The water is as pure as crystal and deep as a well.
    — from Plain Tales of the North by Thierry Mallet


Colors associated with the word:
White
Silver 
Ice Blue
Aqua
Light Pink
Lavender 
Pale green
Champagne
Rose Quartz
Opal
Pearl
Teal
Amethyst 
Sapphire
Emerald
Gold 
Words with similar colors:
crystallinity,  crystallization,  diamond,  distill,  vodka,  crystallized,  retainer,  distilled,  crystallographic,  crystallography,  blizzard,  winter,  avalanche,  catheter,  nieve,  snowball,  adhesive,  hoar,  snowflake,  snowfall


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. 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.



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