Colors
Describing continuous phenomenon like light with discrete increments always requires a little flexibility. For example, at what point on the spectrum does the color change from yellow to green? Different people will place that point in different places. You can see from the figure above the basic Kryptonian colors, and where they lie on the spectrum.
Kryptonian Vision
Kryptonian physiology is able to detect a broader range of the electromagnetic spectrum than that of humans, and the effects of yellow solar radiation extend this ability even further - to the point of producing the "X-Ray Vision" effect. It is thought that the "Heat Vision" capability is also closely related to this increase in visual acuity. Though there has been much speculation, the mechanisms behind these abilities have not been rigorously studied, and are not fully understood.
In Kryptonian, there are two color prefixes. gAd moves a color towards the red end of the spectrum, while kü moves a color towards the violet end of the spectrum. So, for example, English "yellow-green" would be riz in Kryptonian, while English "yellow" would be Kryptonian gAdriz. As can be expected, this gets fuzzy at the color boundaries - at what point does küIä (orange) become gAdriz (yellow)?
Brown
Not pictured above is the color brown: SOtev. This color word does not take the gAd or kü prefixes, but it does take the bright/dark prefixes listed below.
Black, White, and Gray
Black, dol, and white, kriG, each have a prefixing form (leave off the final consonant) that can be applied to any color for "bright" or "dark". For example, red: Iä, can become bright red (or pink): kriIä, or dark red: doIä.
Vocabulary List
Colors
jon /jon/ infrared ~ adj
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| jon |
/jon/ |
infrared ~ adj ~ |
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| [ʤon] |
Iä /iahr/ red ~ adj
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| Iä |
/iahr/ |
red ~ adj ~ |
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| [jɑɹ] |
riz /riz/ yellow-green ~ adj
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| riz |
/riz/ |
yellow-green ~ adj ~ |
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| [ɹiz] |
eSov /ehshov/ blue-green ~ adj
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| eSov |
/ehshov/ |
blue-green ~ adj ~ |
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| [ɛ.ʃov] |
ekov /ehkov/ blue ~ adj
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| ekov |
/ehkov/ |
blue ~ adj ~ |
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| [ɛ.kov] |
folen /folehn/ violet ~ adj
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| folen |
/folehn/ |
violet ~ adj ~ |
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| [fo.lɛn] |
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SOtev /shaotehv/ brown ~ adj
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| SOtev |
/shaotehv/ |
brown ~ adj ~ |
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| [ʃa͡ʊ.tɛv] |
Black & White
dol /dol/ black ~ adj
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| dol |
/dol/ |
black ~ adj ~ |
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| [dol] |
kriG /krigh/ white ~ adj
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| kriG |
/krigh/ |
white ~ adj ~ |
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| [kɹiʝ] |
Color Prefixes
gAd~ /gad-/ "redder" ~ pre
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| gAd~ |
/gad-/ |
"redder" ~ pre ~ |
| prefix for color words that shifts the color value towards the red end of the spectrum. e.g. yellow to orange, blue to green, etc. |
| [gæd] |
kü~ /kur-/ "bluer" ~ pre
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| kü~ |
/kur-/ |
"bluer" ~ pre ~ |
| prefix for color words that shifts the color value towards the violet end of the spectrum. e.g. red to orange, green to blue, etc. |
| [kuɹ] |
do~ /do-/ "dark" ~ pre
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| do~ |
/do-/ |
"dark" ~ pre ~ |
| prefix for color words |
| [do] |
kri~ /kri-/ "bright" ~ pre
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| kri~ |
/kri-/ |
"bright" ~ pre ~ |
| prefix for color words |
| [kɹi] |
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