Cinereous

Cinereous

Cinereous is a colour, meaning ashy grey in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a grey colour tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin cinereous, from cinis (ashes).

The first recorded use of cinereous as a colour name in English was in 1661.[1]

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Cinereous in nature

Birds

  • However, the colours of these birds may be brighter to the birds themselves since birds are tetrachromats and can see colours in the ultraviolet range that are invisible to humans, who are trichromats.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Cinereous: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3
  2. ^ Goldsmith, Timothy H. "What Birds See" Scientific American July 2006—Article about the tetrachromatic vision of birds: "What Birds See" in PDF format:

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  • Cinereous — Ci*ne re*ous, a. [L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash colored; grayish. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cinereous — [sə nir′ē əs] adj. [L cinerosus < cinis: see CINERIN] 1. of or like ashes 2. of the color of ashes; ash gray …   English World dictionary

  • cinereous — /si near ee euhs/, adj. 1. in the state of or reduced to ashes: cinereous bodies. 2. resembling ashes. 3. ashen; ash colored; grayish: a cinereous bird. Also, cineritious /sin euh rish euhs/. [1655 65; < L cinereus, equiv. to ciner (s. of cinis)… …   Universalium

  • cinereous — /səˈnɪəriəs/ (say suh nearreeuhs) adjective 1. in the state of ashes: cinereous bodies. 2. resembling ashes. 3. ashen; ash coloured; greyish: cinereous crow. Also, cinereal /sɪnəˈriəl/ (say sinuh reeuhl). {Latin cinereus ash coloured} …  

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