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Color:
Sable


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Colors with the same hue:
Burgundy
Oxblood
Chili Pepper
Royal red
Shiraz
Roast coffee
Rich carmine
Cardinal
Sanguine
Grapefruit
Old rose
Rosy
Pastel pink
Taffy
Light red
Gentle Rose
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Currant
Old burgundy
Espresso
Roast coffee
Eclipse
Temptress
Auberg
Garnet
Merlot
Fig
Root beer
Wine
Liver
Licorice
Wenge
Molasses
Catawba
Cabernet
Bole
Dark Chocolate
Sooty Black
Port
Carbon
Cordovan
Clove
Prune
Syrah
Tobacco
Bordeaux
Claret
Words evoked by this color:
sabling,  collie,  zambezi,  caribou,  muddled,  nuance,  bighorn,  tasteful,  niche,  moderately,  transitional,  infrequent,  restrained,  understated,  eland,  brownish,  contour,  contoured,  mondo,  silt,  mink,  mousy,  mendoza,  espresso,  coffee,  tiramisu,  demitasse,  joe,  cafe,  barista,  blackguard,  blackie,  mine,  penance,  portentous,  ecchymosis,  hematoma,  sloe,  prune,  pine,  turpentine,  ponderosa,  lamination,  laminated,  liver,  hepatocellular,  spaniel,  meteorite,  gun,  gunfire
Literary analysis:
In literature, "sable" functions both as a technical heraldic term and as a rich, evocative descriptor for darkness. In the realm of heraldry, it precisely denotes a black field on a shield or in a crest—as seen in detailed armorial descriptions ([1], [2], [3])—where its use creates a vivid, formal image of lineage and tradition. Beyond its heraldic precision, "sable" is employed poetically to evoke moods of gloom, mystery, or melancholy; authors use it to describe not only dark skies and ominous clouds ([4], [5], [6]) but also to lend a somber elegance to figures and settings, from the subtle touch of a pencil ([7]) to the brooding scowls of characters ([8]). This dual usage enhances literary expression by bridging technical description with layered symbolism.
  1. Consequently the arms of Long are blazoned: "Sable, semé of cross crosslets, a lion rampant argent."
    — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  2. [28] Arms of Boston: Sable, three coronets composed of crosses patté and fleurs-de-lis in pale or.
    — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  3. ‘Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
    — from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. To the north-eastward, the glare of snow lay under the starlight of the sable sky, and I could see an undulating crest of hillocks pinkish white.
    — from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
  5. It is, as when A sable cloud Turns forth her silver lining on the night.
    — from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
  6. While the long night extends her sable reign, Around Patroclus mourn'd the Grecian train.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  7. The sketch was nearly finished, and she had only to put in some critical little touches with the most delicate of her sable pencils.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  8. Grace Stepney rose up before her in sable wrath.
    — from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton


Colors associated with the word:
Black
Charcoal
Ebony
Jet
Onyx
Raven
Coal
Pitch
Ink
Midnight
Obsidian
Graphite
Shadow
Smoke
Pewter
Gunmetal
Soot
Licorice
Words with similar colors:
niger,  caviar,  nero,  noire,  \u25a0,  back,  lack,  noir,  tarry,  sabled,  spade,  swarth,  kohl,  atramentous,  blackard,  clack,  blackball,  cormorant,  pitched,  swartz
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