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A few of the words

CRIMSON
Crimson traces back to the kermes insect, whose dried bodies were used to produce a prized deep-red dye in the ancient Mediterranean world.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SIENNA
Raw sienna is a natural earth pigment named for the city of Siena, Italy, and has been used by artists since the Renaissance.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
INDIGO
Indigo was once so valuable as a textile dye that it was called 'blue gold', a major trade commodity between Asia and Europe for centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
COBALT
Cobalt blue gets its name from the German word Kobold, meaning goblin, miners blamed mischievous spirits when the ore produced no useful metal but released toxic fumes.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Color words word search, playable online right now, where crimson sits beside the earthy golds a painter reaches for first.

About Color Words

A painter reaches for more than red or blue, they reach for crimson, cobalt, and sienna. Color names carry whole worlds inside them: amber glows like trapped sunlight, ivory whispers of smooth cool surfaces, and indigo carries the deep weight of a night sky just before full dark. These words have traveled through dye-houses and paint studios, through poetry and fashion, earning their rich, particular meanings one careful brushstroke at a time.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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