Cold Colors

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"Cold" in a color name points to icy, bluish or greyed tones, the opposite of warm. The register lists 6 color names containing "Cold", a small but varied group: Ice Cold and Ice Cold Green are frosty pale tints, Cold Purple is a greyed lavender and Cold Grey a neutral with a faint green cast. Cold Turkey shows that some names are wordplay rather than description; it is a dusty pinkish beige. None of these colors are dark, and all have low to moderate saturation, which is exactly what makes them read as cold. For the broader family of cooler tones, see the Cool list, and for the opposite idea, the Warm list.
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Ice Cold Green

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Ice Cold

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Cold Turkey

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Cold Purple

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Cold Front Green

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Cold Grey

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Other lists of Colors by Attributes: Antique Colors Brilliant Colors Burnt Colors Cold Colors Cool Colors Dirty Colors Double Colors Dull Colors Dusk Colors Dust Colors Eighth Colors Faded Colors Fluorescence Colors Hot Colors Imperial Colors Middle Colors Moderate Colors Mud Colors Muddy Colors Old Colors Quarter Colors Royal Colors Smoke Colors Triple Colors Ugly Colors Warm Colors

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