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? Anguipes The Great Whore That Sitteth Upon Many Waters
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Colour terms yay!

2L divides colours by lustre as well as hue.  This has turned out to be a Terrible IdeaTM, 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"). 

xrj́vtwhite or silver (i.e. lustrous grey)Hypostasis
xv̀tgreyKinesis
xr̄tlustrous redMetamorphosis
xj́tcopper (i.e.  lustrous orange/brown)Crisis
hvv̀jtgold (i.e.  lustrous yellow)Anthesis
hvŕvklustrous greenGenesis
hrj̀vklustrous blueNemesis
hrv̄rklustrous purpleSynthesis
hrj́rklustrous blackTelesis
hjv̀kmatte redAnalysis
hjr̄kmatte orange/brownAscesis
hjj́kmatte yellowPhysis
hr̀vʔmatte greenNoesis
hj̄vʔmatte blueGnosis
hv́rʔmatte purpleStasis
ʔvj̀rʔmatte blackHubris