Colors

[Michael McCafferty]

Baert Georges:

Thank you for the list of colors not readily available.

What are your sources for the lesser known ones such as "lilac"? The 
Florentine Codex, Book 11, has a chapter on colors with some 
interesting ones in it.

Michael

Quoting Baert Georges <lahunik.62 at skynet.be>:

> Chichiltic or Chihchiltic= red.
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> Chilehuatic= red.
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> Chilpahtic= clear red.
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> Chilpatzcaltic= vivid red.
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> Aztapiltic= white clear.
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> Iztac= white.
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> Iztalehuac or iztalectic= mat white.
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> Teztic= white.
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> Tliltic= black
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> Tlilayohtic= very dark green.
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> Tlilli= black, color of soot.
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> Pahpaltic= dark black.
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> Coztic= yellow.
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> Cozauhqui= gold yellow.
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> Cozyayactic= dark yellow.
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> Nextic= color of ashes.
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> Matlaltic= dark bleu.
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> Quilpaltic= cupper green (vert-de-gris).
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> Quilyayatic= dark green.
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> Quiquilyic= green of leafs.
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> Xoxoctic or xoxohuic or xoxouhqui= green.
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> Xopalectic or xopalehuac= clear green.
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> Yapalli or Iyapalli= dark green.
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> Yayauhcaquiltihcectic= dark green.
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> Cahcamoliuhqui= violet
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> Camiltic or Camilhuiltic or camilloh= brown.
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> Camohpalpoyahuac= brown.
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> Xiuhtic= turquoise.
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> Texohcaltic= bleu like smoke.
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> Texohcaltic= clear bleu.
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> Texocamiltic= dark bleu.
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> Texohpoyahuac= clear bleu.
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> Texohtli or texohtic or texohyoh= clear bleu.
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> Tlahuizcaltic= pink.
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> Tlaztalehualli= pink
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> Ixcuappachtic= clear violet.
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> Pinehuac or pinectic= bleu lilla
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> Lahun ik 62
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> Baert Georges
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> Flanders Fields
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