Any Colour but Aquamarine Trivia Quiz

Answer: crimson

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Crimson is a deep, rich shade of red, which can be seen in the ribbon of the Victoria Cross. The Crimson Tide is the nickname of University of Alabama athletic teams, and the 1995 film "The Crimson Tide" was about a submarine named USS Alabama.

Answer: chartreuse

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Chartreuse is a greeny-yellow (or yellowy-green) and also the name of a variety of French liqueur. "Chartroose Caboose" (1960) was a comedy film, using a rather strange spelling, that is now considered "lost" due to a fire in the studio's film vault.

Answer: indigo

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Indigo is a dark shade of blue that falls between blue and violet in the traditional ROY G BIV version of the rainbow. In Canada, Indigo is a great place to buy books.

Answer: cerulean

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Cerulean is a shade of blue that is neither very dark nor very pale, but somewhere in the middle ranges. The Crayola crayon called cerulean is brighter than the shade to be found in oil paintings.

Answer: ocher

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Ochre (ocher) is a reddish yellowy brown colour, rather like the clay tennis courts on which the French Open is played. Both spellings have been allowed for, though only one was required.

Loch Errochty and Loch Restil are both located in Scotland.

Answer: claret

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Claret is a purplish red colour, and also a term used by the British to describe a red wine from the Bordeaux region of France.

Hecla Island is located in Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada only a short distance from Winnipeg, and thus a perfect spot to forget the hurly burly of the city.

Answer: obsidian

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Obsidian, the colour, is usually black, unless it is a Nike product, in which case it might be a shade of blue. In nature, the rock known as obsidian is most often black, though other colours can be present.

Answer: amethyst

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Amethyst is the pretty purple gemstone associated with February, and by extension, a shade of purple. HMS Amethyst was one of the ships involved in the 1949 Yangtze Incident during which Simon, her ship's cat, performed heroically and received the Dickin Medal.

Answer: cerise

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Cerise is a pinkish rosy red colour that gets its name from the French word for cherry. Its many tones include several that include "Hollywood" in their name.

Answer: carmine

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Carmine is a dark red with a brownish tinge, a bit like dried blood. Carmine Ragusa (Eddie Mekka) was a character on the television series "Laverne & Shirley" (1976-1983).