Colour terms yay!
2L divides colours by lustre as well as hue. This has turned out to be a Terrible Idea
TM, because it makes it difficult to express the differences on a computer screen
Like every other damn thing in 2L, there are sixteen root colour terms (under the hyponym
hvr̄jt "[to possess] colour"). Colour is the Metamorphosis/Anthesis section of vocabulary. They are properties (Metamorphosis section of the vocabulary) and therefore verbs ("to be X coloured").
xrj́vt | white or silver (i.e. lustrous grey) | Hypostasis
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xv̀t | grey | Kinesis
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xr̄t | lustrous red | Metamorphosis
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xj́t | copper (i.e. lustrous orange/brown) | Crisis
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hvv̀jt | gold (i.e. lustrous yellow) | Anthesis
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hvŕvk | lustrous green | Genesis
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hrj̀vk | lustrous blue | Nemesis
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hrv̄rk | lustrous purple | Synthesis
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hrj́rk | lustrous black | Telesis
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hjv̀k | matte red | Analysis
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hjr̄k | matte orange/brown | Ascesis
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hjj́k | matte yellow | Physis
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hr̀vʔ | matte green | Noesis
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hj̄vʔ | matte blue | Gnosis
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hv́rʔ | matte purple | Stasis
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ʔvj̀rʔ | matte black | Hubris
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