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Color:
Birch


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Colors with the same hue:
Shale
Dark Yellow
Light gold
Dark tan
Old gold
Golden yellow
Bold Yellow
Ecru
Sand
Overcast
Naples yellow
Mustard
Jasmine
Palomino
Custard
Wan White
Pearl
Oyster
Bleached White
Similar colors:
Cloudy White
Morning Mist
Perlino
Platinum
Wan White
Bone
Oyster
Soft White
Latte
Pearl
Chamomile
Veil
Eggshell
Parchment
Cardamom
Chalk
Soft Ivory
Alabaster
Old lace
Overcast
Dun
Bleached White
Limestone
Champagne
Lotion
Moccasin
Cornsilk
Hazy
Putty
Blanched almond
Words evoked by this color:
renovated,  loft,  prefatory,  manageable,  compliant,  pumice,  receding,  scattered,  reduced,  minor,  defuse,  preliminary,  pilates,  scanned,  preview,  translational,  secretarial,  ashy,  autoclave,  sink,  dishwasher,  cooker,  cookware,  saucepan,  bedazzle,  gate,  myeloid,  calcified,  trabecular,  humerus,  tibia,  cranium,  sternum,  phalanges,  pelvis,  spine,  mandible,  ossify,  ossification,  vertebrae,  interphalangeal,  cranial,  condylar,  metacarpal,  trabeculae,  metatarsal,  ethmoid,  craniofacial,  musculoskeletal,  ossuary
Literary analysis:
In literature the “color” birch—drawn from the distinctive hues of birch bark—is often employed to evoke a sense of natural lightness and purity. Authors invoke images of pale, almost luminescent landscapes by describing settings with “white birch woods” [1] or noting places sometimes known simply as “white birch” [2]. Equally, the reference to a “young silver birch-tree” [3] enriches the visual palette with a cool, ethereal quality, while occasional allusions to a “black birch” [4] offer a stark, contrasting tone. In each case, the subtle tonal variations associated with birch not only depict the physical landscape but also suggest themes of fragility, renewal, and quiet resilience.
  1. He liked to go there sometimes, they said, to look at the sunset from a big rock that stood in the edge of the white birch woods.
    — from The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  2. —Sometimes called white birch.
    — from Carpentry and Woodwork by Edwin W. Foster
  3. I turned to the girl, who was standing quietly beside a young silver birch-tree.
    — from The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
  4. The black birch has no tattered ribbons flying, but wears a close, smooth, black bark, with the narrow slits that all birches show.
    — from Trees Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the Year by Julia Ellen Rogers


Colors associated with the word:
White
Cream
Beige
Light Gray
Silver 
Taupe
Tan 
Ivory
Off-White
Pale Yellow
Ash gray
Sand
Ecru
Khaki  
Stone
Buff
Champagne
Linen
Words with similar colors:
whitehall,  skim,  kitchen,  duvet,  emulsion,  bleat,  eider,  casement,  homogenized,  skirting,  whip,  homogeneous,  fascia,  pamphlet,  toilet,  canvasing,  housekeeping,  mil,  picket,  wainscot
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