Collected on this page are some of the more well-known shades and hues of known in Santharia. They can be found on any artist's palette and in fact the proportions of pigment which go to make up these colours can be purchased from the gnomish alchemists in major cities in small leaden tubes or tiny ceramic pots with these proprietary names on them...

And while not everyone may know about "Karikrimson" or "Injohue", the merest child can understand what shades are represented by "Yealm Reed" or "Cinnabark"!

List of Colours. The following list comprises detailed descriptions of the most important Santharian hues and colours. You can also move over the colours at the palette to the right for short descriptions.

The following list starts at the top of the palette and spirals clockwise inward:

• Baveras’eye
  It is said that the Sea Goddess Baveras has eyes of this oceanic shade, seeming to change from blue to green depending upon the light.

• Sou’cald Blue
  The name of this pigment comes from the colour of the common paper-loving moss (sou'cald) which tends to infest scholars’ studies, growing on neglected tomes and documents.

• Xazure
  The showy hue of the robes favoured most often by Xarl Bluestride, Archmage of Ximax, now inextricably associated with his name.

• Uderza Blue
  “…the magnificent indescribable blue (for which) the pottery of Uderza is famous …” - Southern scholar Talia Sturmwind

• Waterberry
  The colour of a fully ripe and delectable waterberry, a tasty fruit which grows near streams and rivers, and of the pies and jams produced from it.

• Santhran Violet
  Associated with the noble house of Santhros, this rich purple has always symbolized royalty for Santharians.

• Aeruillin Red
  The dye produced from fireweed, “a brightly hued sea-weed, native to the shores and seas of the continent of Aeruillin,” is this characteristic deep red colour. – Scholar Amuwen

• Teki Red
  The fruit and pits of the otherwise unappealing Teki tree gives this popular dye its brilliant long-lasting shade.

• Karikrimson
  Blood-red is this colour, used on the coat of arms of the Kasumarii tribe in Cyhalloi, trained assassins – artists claim actual blood is used in the mixing of the paint.

• Woods Rose
  A pink so rich and rose-hued one can almost smell the scent of the deep forest flower from which it takes its name.

• Fyrite Pink
  Fyrite is a beautifully-shaded ore, found only at the deepest levels of dwarven mining, which produces a unique pinkish decorative metal.

• Mercoral
  A soft peach tint is typical of the deep-sea ‘rocks’ that are claimed by the merfolk to be living plants before they break them off and bring them to the surface for trade with sailors.

• Injohue
  Named after our bright Injèrá, Lord of the Sky, this intense yellow pigment glows as with his sunlit rays. It is one of the more expensive colours to produce and the ingredients are secret.

• Strata Yellow
  Some scholars say this colour was named after the shade of the sunny clay houses of the town of Strata; others claim it is from the rich butter of the Strata cow.

• Korwyn Gold
  ‘Korwyn’, alternately ‘Korweyn’, is most likely named for the golden kyphelms worn by the Korweynite nobility of Nybelmar.

• Styruine
  The greenish-gold tint of the first spring leaves infuses this pigment; appropriately enough its name is from the elvish styrá, meaning ‘nature’.

• Gnastheen
  ‘Gnastheen’, ‘Gnasthom’, or in Tharian ‘Peridot’, is a bright green gemstone which represents spring to the Thergerim of Sarvonia.

• Sognastheen
  Sognasthos, or 'emerald', is the jewel of the sixth month; the dwarves chose this deep green stone to represent the ample summer, and the paint here reflects its rich beauty.

• Herne Green
  This is the soft grayish-green hue of Herne ore, a pyrite which when smelted and forged by dwarven smiths, produces a beautifully dappled camouflage armor.

• Vontromarine
  The aqua tint probably takes its name from the colour of the seawater in Cyan Sola Bay, which is overlooked by the elven forest of Vontron.

• Cerubell
  “The name is a combination of cerulean and bell, as the flowers of this elegant plant are a azure blue color…” - Rayne Avalotus, elven poetess

• Allia
  The Allia flower is a soft lavender shade; its poisonous purple berries are used for dying clothing and other cosmetic purposes.

• Ithild
  The metal Ithildin, or Moonsilver, is a close relative of mithril. This silvery-grey pigment mimics its unpolished natural colour when found as ore.

• Barsa Dusk
  A common ocean fish, the barsa is a deep grey which lightens to this characteristic colour when removed from the water.

• Urmarillion
  Also ‘Urmarilion’ or ‘Topazum’, this soft yellow mimics the gemstone which represents the ninth month of the dwarven year.

• Lyth’be Pollen
  Possibly from the honey-coloured lythien moss which covers much of Northern Sarvonia, but etymologically closer to ‘lýth’bél’, the common acidic but tasty garden fruit.

• Yealm Beige
  The indispensable yealm reed grows in shallow lakes and rivers throughout Caelereth; its slim tan stalks and papery leaves clean the water and are used in thatching and basketry.

• Viperene Sand
  The background shade of the poisonous but lovely Sand Viper of the Ráhaz-Dáth Desert in the south of Sarvonia is this light yellow, almost perfectly matching the dry sands.

• Sor’inyt Orange
  Vivid orange is popular as a tunic colour among the all-female Sor’inyt desert tribe of Aeruillin, although the name may also come from the bright blossoms of the totit plant that is intimately interwoven with their culture.

• Cinnabrown
  A lush, velvety brown that immediately evokes the nose-tingling scent of the cinnabark pine and its dark inner bark that produces the tangy cinna spice.

• Elken
  This is the dark tan hue associated with the majestic deer of the Sarvonian north; its brownish shading is typical of the autumn and winter coats of the great antlered beasts.

• Adlemirene
  Towering above all other trees of the forest, the black-barked adlemir populates the elven forests of the Quallion and Sharadon; this lovely brown comes from its humble ‘sinm’, the small pebble-sized seed case of the tree.

• Eophran Brown
  Most likely a debased version of the Styrásh ‘eophyrán’, meaning ‘to hunt’. The colour association here seems to be with the dark brown hunting leathers of the Eophyrhim elves.

• Charcoal
  Obviously from the very dark grey of burnt wood or woodash; the pigment actually contains charred black birch or bronze birch, which stains well and does not fade easily.

• Nor’sidian
  This rich black which draws the eye into its endless depths is typical of the lava flows and volcanic rocks of the fabled Norong'Sorno volcano in the Ráhaz-Dáth Desert.

• Cyhalloi Snow
  Ice-white is the predominant colour of the Cyhalloain Tundra, and ice-white is also this opaque pigment which looks as though it would be frosty to the touch.