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Color:
Licorice


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Colors with the same hue:
Dark Chocolate
Currant
Chianti
Espresso
Port
Garnet
Fig
Vivid crimson
Bold Red
Crimson
Rusty red
Alizarin
Indian red
Faded Rose
Similar colors:
Molasses
Sooty Black
Root beer
Old burgundy
Sable
Eclipse
Currant
Auberg
Temptress
Black
Fig
Espresso
Cabernet
Liver
Wenge
Dark Chocolate
Roast coffee
Carbon
Garnet
Merlot
Bistre
Wine
Bole
Catawba
Tobacco
Port
Umber
Prune
Clove
Cordovan
Words evoked by this color:
eer,  unheard,  untouchable,  oblique,  unexplored,  unknown,  recondite,  carbon,  magazine,  infiltrating,  tactics,  tactic,  blotch,  oakley,  wicked,  villainy,  malefic,  strangulation,  portent,  emo,  necromancy,  necromancer,  conjuring,  cabal,  nether,  obsidian,  ebony,  ebon,  onyx,  schwarz,  negro,  schwartz,  schipperke,  fearsome,  depraved,  ungodly,  macabre,  creepy,  demented,  dreadful,  scare,  frightening,  scaring,  scary,  cursed,  terrifying,  frightment,  frighten,  fright,  frightful
Literary analysis:
In literature, licorice is occasionally employed as a vivid color metaphor that evokes the deep, glossy black of the well-chewed confection. For instance, an author compares a foundation’s discolored hue to “a kind o’ chewed licorice,” inviting readers to picture a dark, saturated tone reminiscent of the candy’s inky appearance [1]. Similarly, a subtle yet striking detail appears when a character’s coat is noted to have buttons described as “licorice drops,” enriching the visual portrayal with hints of the candy’s distinctive black gleam [2]. These uses of licorice as a color not only enhance visual imagery but also imbue the narrative with a tactile sense of texture and mood.
  1. the 'ostler had washed down to the foundation color, a kind o' chewed licorice!
    — from Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Bret Harte
  2. His shirt-front and cuffs were white frosting, and the buttons on his coat were licorice drops.
    — from The Road to Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum


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Words with similar colors:
superstition,  mussolini,  contrast,  revolution,  pepper,  counterpart,  contrary,  opposite,  antithesis,  juxtaposition,  juxtapose,  antonym,  protest,  victim,  antithetical,  costume,  hex,  dealer,  humbug,  woke
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