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Color:
Nutmeg


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Colors with the same hue:
Cedarwood
Peanut
Sunburst
Sinopia
Burnt Copper
Coquelicot
Musk
Flame
Clay
Deep Orange
Coral
Middle red
Dark salmon
Delicate Coral
Similar colors:
Paprika
Chestnut
Peanut
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Coconut
Sorrel
Bay
Rum
Burnt Copper
Walnut
Tortoiseshell
Caramel
Burnt umber
Bole
Sien
Cognac
Russet
Henna
Kobe
Sienna
Cypress
Clay
Redwood
Earth
Van Dyke brown
Tobacco
Clove
Cedarwood
Prune
Bordeaux
Words evoked by this color:
homestead,  homemade,  carmel,  caramel,  praline,  caracal,  tasty,  scrumptious,  dessert,  carr,  toffee,  melted,  flan,  amoretto,  bole,  russet,  russo,  bradbury,  apocrypha,  crumple,  hogarth,  starving,  creak,  treadle,  painstaking,  galling,  toiling,  damaged,  contorted,  sarcastically,  painstakingly,  travail,  fumbled,  sputtered,  pillaged,  hob,  pillage,  wastrel,  rembrandt,  squatter,  squat,  stooping,  crouched,  tallahassee,  seminole,  nussbaum,  credenza,  hardwood,  woodworking,  veneer
Literary analysis:
In literature the term “nutmeg” is sometimes used as a hue—a warm, earthy tone that suggests both richness and subtle spiciness. One evocative example lies in the description of a man whose complexion is noted as “of the colour of the nutmeg” [1]. Here, the color not only communicates a tangible warmth but also hints at an exotic quality, merging sensory impressions of taste and sight. Although this use is less common than culinary references, such literary imagery deepens the reader’s experience by linking visual nuance with cultural associations of spice and vitality.
  1. He's of the colour of the nutmeg.
    — from The Life of King Henry V by William Shakespeare


Colors associated with the word:
Brown 
Chestnut
Beige
Tan 
Caramel
Mocha
Coffee
Amber 
Sepia
Sienna
Umber
Russet
Mahogany
Sand
Khaki  
Copper
Bronze
Ochre
Words with similar colors:
chipmunk,  thrush,  wren,  weasel,  cinnamon,  clove,  coypu,  marten,  woodchuck,  roasting,  woodcock,  squirrel,  elk,  roost,  mule,  hirsute,  beaver,  acorn,  bran,  bambi
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