Colors by Alternate Definition

Guess these colors based on the an alternate definition.

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First submitted	August 2, 2014
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	Definition	Word
	Type of citrus	Orange
	To strand on a deserted island	Maroon
	Inexperienced	Green
	Cowardly	Yellow
	Element with symbol Au	Gold
	Element with symbol Ag	Silver
	Fossilized resin	Amber
	Depressed	Blue
	Catholic official	Cardinal
	French liqueur	Chartreuse
	Type of vegetable	Eggplant
	Type of gemstone	Emerald

	Definition	Word
	Type of gemstone	Ruby
	Type of fruit	Olive
	Type of fish	Salmon
	Branch of the military	Navy
	Tusk product	Ivory
	Variety of quartz	Amethyst
	To soak up the rays	Tan
	Type of duck	Teal
	Type of mineral and gem	Turquoise
	Staple crop	Maize/Corn
	Ornamental rock, popular in China	Jade

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56 Comments

Level 55

Aug 12, 2014

Olive looks as much Avocado

+22

Level 88

Aug 12, 2014

Or Kiwi. I didn't even know that an olive was a fruit until just now. Not sure what I thought it was.

Level 67

Feb 27, 2019

Put fruit in your martini

Level ∞

Aug 12, 2014

Avocado could work too, I suppose.

Level 61

Apr 4, 2018

I agree. Olive does not look olive.

+14

Level 85

Aug 12, 2014

I honestly did not know teal was a type of duck.

Level 67

Oct 5, 2017

Me neither.

Level 78

Apr 4, 2018

Teals are cute - they're adorably tiny :)

Level 58

Dec 23, 2025

We had a shower curtain of duck types growing up. Merganser, maybe Golden Eye, def Teal

They're really awful as adults, like otters.

And not for nothing, like 80 tins of Underwood Deviled Ham from Uncle Pete under the sink, amongst the towels.

Mercurochrome. Bacitracin. Hai-Karate.

Good memories

Level 56

Aug 12, 2014

Aquamarine should be accepted for turquoise. Aquamarine is the birthstone for March.

Level ∞

Aug 12, 2014

Aquamarine will work now, thanks.

Level 51

Oct 30, 2014

Add Avocado for egg plant please for the non americans

+10

Level 50

Apr 10, 2015

Eggplant is purple. Avocado is green.

Level 83

Nov 16, 2015

Aubergine is the equivalent of eggplant, not avocado, and it is accepted.

Level 42

Dec 25, 2014

I think you should accept garnet as well as ruby for gem. I def. have a garnet crayola.

Level 72

Apr 12, 2016

Garnet is a much darker red.

Level 8

Feb 18, 2015

I just gave up.

Level 50

Apr 10, 2015

A few of these seem way off for the answers. Still got most of them by going by the written clue, but the colors shown sure threw me off.

Level 54

May 8, 2015

Only one I didn't get was olive. Olives are a fruit?? It seems obvious now...but perhaps a clue like "Often found in martinis" would be more helpful haha.

Level 68

Feb 27, 2019

Maybe change it to "stickable onto fingers"

Level 75

Nov 15, 2025

The type of fruit is called a drupe, which is the same kind as peaches and plums (and almonds for that matter)

Level 58

Dec 23, 2025

New to me, thank you

Level 77

Jun 21, 2016

This quiz should just be called "list of words which have also been used to describe colours at some point".

Level 31

Apr 13, 2017

That colour looks nothing like a ruby, if anything its closer to a amethyst!

Level 70

Apr 13, 2017

It looks pretty much like a ruby colour on my monitor, amethyst is much more bluey/purple than that given as ruby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst

Level 62

Jun 24, 2019

Thank you!!! I didn't see ruby at all!

Level 87

May 16, 2022

Looks more raspberry on my phone but I got it from the clue.

Level 46

May 2, 2017

some serious qualms with this quiz up in hurrrr.

Level 78

May 3, 2017

Colour, you buggers. Colour.

Level 68

Oct 7, 2017

Yes, Lourde. ;-)

Level 80

Oct 4, 2017

champagne... wine... burgundy... bourbon... rose... those are all color words, right? looks like champagne to me. chartreuse?? wth... also had no idea teal was a type of duck.

Level 70

Oct 4, 2017

The 'Blue Winged Teal' has lovely coloured patches on top of spread wings. You don't notice it until they open out their wings and get a beautiful flash of this bluey-green colour.

Level 42

Apr 5, 2018

Agree with Champagne...

Level 64

Mar 13, 2023

champagne and wine aren't liqueurs

Level 73

Sep 26, 2024

I also thought champagne. But I looked up the definition of liqueur and it seems like champagne should be excluded.

Level 71

Oct 6, 2017

Had a brain spark in the final 8 seconds of time and got the final three to ace it. Some of these are really open to interpretation - olive, for example...

Level 57

Apr 4, 2018

People love to complain....

Level 44

Apr 4, 2018

Great quiz.

Two ships collided, one carrying blue paint & the other carrying red paint. What happened to the crews?

Level 89

Apr 4, 2018

They were marooned?

Level 68

Apr 4, 2018

That definitely doesn't look ruby coloured.

Level 62

Apr 4, 2018

Very creative quiz! I had fun with it.

Level 77

Apr 4, 2018

Am I the only one who has never heard corn or amethyst used as a colour before?

Level 37

Apr 4, 2018

Can You Accept White For Ivory

Level 36

Apr 4, 2018

anyone else try grey duck...just for fun?

Level 87

Apr 9, 2018

I'd rather try Grey Goose!

Level 42

Apr 5, 2018

I drew the duck blue because I have never seen a blue duck...and to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck

Level 70

Apr 6, 2018

Well, there you go - I've never heard of cardinal as a colour.

Level 74

Apr 6, 2018

On my monitor the jade and emerald colors seem to be exchanged.

Level 73

Apr 7, 2018

Haven't heard of 'corn' or 'maize' used as a colour before. Cornflower (blue) yes, but not corn on its own.

Level 33

Apr 9, 2018

University of Michigan colors are Maize and Blue.

Level 87

May 16, 2022

I’ve seen hair described as corn-coloured.

Level 49

May 28, 2019

fun quiz

Level 66

Jul 9, 2019

Liqueurs are made by adding other flavours to standard liquors, making a weaker version of the base flavour (such as turning standard whiskeys into honey whiskeys). Chartreuse is not one of these; I think you'd find it hard to find anyone who would classify it as a liqueur - it's damn strong. Perhaps call it a hard liquor instead?

Level 77

Sep 15, 2019

Fun quiz.

Level 76

Nov 25, 2019

I had never heard of chartreuse, is it popular worldwide or just more locally?

after reading it, it reminded me of the cat breed, but that is written chartreux

Level 77

May 9, 2022

What about bronze for soaking up the rays?