cool as colour construction

Part of language English
Meaning of the construction (for a colour) containing green, blue, indigo, violet, purple
comment first attested: 1758, cf. OED

Construction elements

Examples

Example 1

Text The cool palette consists of French ultramarine, Prussian green, lamp black and titanium white.
comment OED, 1991

Example 2

Text a cool shade of grey

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is a metaphorical extension of cool (temperature) construction English

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Date Created 2025-11-28
Annotator Julia Boos
Annotator Elizaveta Petrenko
Annotator Lina Weigelt
Annotator Elodie Winckel

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