Thematic index of Colours
| chlor(o)- | The colour green. |
| -chroic | Having colour of a given type. |
| -chrome | Colour. |
| chrom(o)- | Colour; chromium. |
| chrys(o)- | Gold; gold-coloured. |
| cyan(o)- | The colour blue, especially dark blue; cyanide or a derivative. |
| erythro- | Redness. |
| flav(o)- | Yellow or yellow-tinted. |
| leuc(o)- | White; whiteness. |
| lute(o)- | Yellow; the corpus luteum. |
| melan(o)- | Black. |
| nigr(o)- | Black. |
| rhodo- | Rose-coloured. |
| tephr(o)- | Ash; ash-coloured. |
| xantho- | Yellow. |
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