English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

jet is a black semi-precious gemstone)
scarlet: very bright red
crimson: strong deep red
shocking pink: an extremely bright pink
ginger: orangey red, used about hair and animal fur
navy: dark blue, used about clothes, not eyes
turquoise: greenish blue, used about fabrics, paint, sea, etc. 
but not usually eyes
lime: a bright yellowish green
beige: a light creamy brown
mousy: a light, not very interesting brown, used only about hair
chestnut: a deep reddish brown, used about hair and horses
auburn: a red-brown colour, usually used about hair
A number of words for gemstones are also used as colour adjectives, e.g. 
ruby 
[deep red]
, 
emerald 
[bright green]
, 
amber 
[yellowy orange]
, 
coral 
[orangey pink]
, 
sapphire 
[deep blue]
, 
jade 
[dark green]
.
Words for talking about colour
Red, blue and yellow are 
primary colours; by mixing them together you can make other colours. 
Pastel colours are pale shades of colour – pink, mauve 
[pale purple]
and pale yellow, for example. 
Strong colours are the opposite of pastels. Harsh colours are colours that are unpleasantly strong. 
Vivid colours are strong, bright colours like scarlet or turquoise. Fluorescent colours are very bright 
colours which seem to glow in the dark. 
Electric blues or greens are extremely bright blues or greens. 
If white has a 
tinge of green, there is a very slight shade of green in it. If something is monochrome, 
it uses only one (or shades of one) colour, e.g. black, white and grey. The suffixes 
-y and -ish show 
that a colour is partly present, e.g.