Bellow is a list of colors whose names derive from the Saguza Language. These are colors experienced by Saguzahar eyes alone, as many are mixtures of familiar colors with the color cébre, located below violet on the traditional spectrum, a color visible only to Saguzahar.
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· Amyphrine
- from sag. imíphgar, "false-éffrë"
- Sometimes called "false-yellow"
- This is a mixture of red, green, and cébre light, producing a color that is not fully experienceable by any race.
- Mostly an academic term, this color is sometimes encountered in reference specifically to urine.
· Assoïsh
- from sag. ossóishar, "dull-green" [1]
- Appears to Saguza as a dull green, and is the name they give to shades typically called "brown" by other races.
· Atoshric
- from sag. otsúishar, "under-green" [2]
- The common word for "red" as understood by the Saguza.
- Being a color invisible to Saguzahar, red is strongly associated in their culture with magic and mystique, [3] as well as with luxury by association.
· Attauge
- from sag. átagë, "attauge/violet/blue-cébre"
- Understood as the Saguza word for "violet," but it might be more correctly understood as a blend of blue and cébre.
- Where as the standard understanding of color sees violet as having a relationship to magenta/purple, which are a mixture of red and blue, this understanding is not compatible with the Saguza understanding of color, where magenta is known as "false-blue," for the red portion of the blend being invisible to Saguza eyes.
· Audra
- from sag. átgar, "blue"
- The Saguza name for "blue," [4] though it is not distinguishable from some shades of purple to Saguza.
· Cébre
- from sag. tsábar, "cébre"
- Also called "false-black," or fauxebar (sag. ipháḥtsebahárak, a calque of "false-black")
- The Saguza color that might be called ultra-violet, located beneath violet and blue on the traditional spectrum.
- This shade of light is completely invisible to most races of men.
- To Saguza, cébre represents passivity, daylight, knowledge, and floral scents.
· Eëbor
- from sag. éḥibar, "all-white"
- Also called "true-white," this word is used to distinguish, primarily, between shades that appear white to only one race or the other.
- Titanium-oxide, used frequently to make bright white paint, as well as "animal-whites" such as eggshell or fresh bone, are all eëbor-white.
· Éffrë
- from sag. íphgar, "éffrë/green-violet/green-cébre"
- Also known as iffar, but more frequently called "false-green"
- This is a blend of green and cébre.
- Associated strongly with plant-life and vegetation- many plants strongly reflect cébre light; urine, and the skin of Orcs and Goblins is also seen as very brightly éffrë colored.
· Emsabre
- from sag. imzábar, "false-cébre"
- Sometimes called "false-red"
- This is a word used to describe colors that appear red to men, but cébre to Saguza, as a mixture of both, but not fully experienceable by any race.
- None the less, there is a cultural awareness among Saguza, particularly those with frequent contact outside of their enclaves, of how colors appear to outsiders; blood, for instance, is a well known substance colored emsabre.
· Fuchsia
- from o.common phuchsmia, "purple, magenta," from atlantic phychsima/phyximë "reddish hue, magenta," calqued from e.sag. iphachsýmshiaḥ "dark-red hue, mysterious"
- e.sag. iphachsýmshiaḥ and common sag. iphaḥtsúmshiar from ipháḥtsë + úmmu + héshihar, lit. "false dark hue," ipháḥtsë itself a direct calque of common "false," often understood to mean "deceptive, fake" rather than "incorrect"
· Hébra
- from sag. íbar, "white"
- Often called "false-blue," or "false-cyan"
- This color to Saguza is comparable to what other races would call white, as it is a mixture of blue, green, and cébre, the three colors of the Saguza spectrum.
- To the eyes of men, it appears as a bright blue, perhaps tinged lightly with violet.
· Hésh
- from sag. íshar, "green"
- Saguza name for "green" [5]
- Less associated with vegetation than by other races, as it lacks the cébre coloration invisible to all but the Saguza.
- Associated by Saguza more with chemicals and minerals, both green and yellow to the eyes of men, such as copper ore, or sulfur.
· Hymatauge
- from sag. imátagë, "false-violet"
- Sometimes called "false-purple" in common, hymatauge is a color used to describe a mixture of red, blue, and cébre.
- In as much as a mixture of blue and cébre could be considered "Saguza-violet," (attauge), then hymatauge is a tint that would appear violet to both Saguza and human eyes.
- In the wild, this is a color found mainly in certain exotic flowers.
· Hymatove
- from sag. imátmagar, "false-cyan" [6]
- The color the races of men would call "white," but appears indistinguishable to Saguza from cyan.
- Important to note, however, that the most common pigments used for white among men, such as pigments derived from titanium oxides, strongly reflect cébre light as well, making the understanding of "white" not frequently confused.
· Hymmish
- from sag. imíshar, "false-green"
- Also known in saguza as iḥjédoh, (a calque of "yellow")
- The color "yellow" as we would understand it, but it is indistinguishable to Saguza from green
- It is also important to note that there is no native Saguzahar word for "orange," appearing simply a dull green, so hymmish may also be used to describe shades between yellow and red indiscriminately [7]
· Imaganter
- from sag. imátgar, "false-blue"
- Sometimes also known as apoupra (sag. apúpḥar, a calque of "purple")
- Saguza term for shades of purple or magenta [8] as experienced by other races. To a Saguza, this color would be understood as "false-blue" in theory, but because human associations between blue and purple are often sufficiently distinctive, context makes the distinction apparent in most cases.
· Oumic
- from sag. ummú, "black"
- Saguza word for "black" or dark [9]
- Academically, this word is often encountered in common as oumic-black, meaning a particularly dark, inky black.
· Tauver
- from sag. átmagar, "blue-green/cyan"
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- Footnotes:
1 - From ossú, "dull," and íshar, "green." Ossú may also be used to translate "grey"
2 - Translated literally, this could be understood as "beyond-green."
3 - As a result of the association of red with magic and mystique, the names for several shades and hues of red have been calqued into saguza vocabulary over the years. (e.g. eḥéd "red," harád "red," hwaramíjon "vermillion," akarámpson "crimson," akoḥinear "cochineal," gáraming "carmine," shínabar "cinnabar," ezgaraḥet "scarlet," haraḥítharaḥík "erythric")
4 - Sometimes encountered as bhú, a calque of "blue"
5 - Sometimes encountered as garaḥén, or garán, both calques of "green"
6 - Sometimes encountered as hwíḥt, a calque of "white"
7 - Though no native words exist in saguza for colors intermediate between red (otsúishar) and yellow (imíshar), academic examples may be encountered in saguza literature that calque common terms for these colors, such as iḥjédoëḥédë (yellow-red), or oḥarántshi (orange).
8 - Imátgar is the source of the common word "magenta," through o.common "ematgérna," or "emagérnta"
9 - Sometimes encountered as bahárak, a calque of "black"
