These sources are available through RISD Library's Databases A-Z

Art & Architecture Thesaurus is an authoritative source for the language and terminology used in art & architecture. Use it to gather terminology on a topic. For a sample of its content, begin by scanning the entries under color.
 

Berg Fashion Library - is a full-text, scholarly source for information relating to fashion and dress. See the article on Color in Dress.

Color - dictionaries
Color guides
Color - history
Color - study and teaching
Color - terminology (nomenclature)
Color (philosophy)
Color (philosophy - ebooks)
Color - psychological aspects

Birren	Definitions of Color Dictionary of Color Color: universal language and dictionary of names Dictionary of Colour a lexicon of the language of color Glossary of Color Terms Color Terminology (ebooks)
Thoughtforms: Sudden Flight Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater	Color Symbolism, Meaning, Culture Color and Culture: Practice & Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism Color Categories in thought and language Color Compendium Colors what they mean and how to make them Dictionary of Symbols Browse the subject Symbolism of Colors
Birren	Bibliographies on Color Color Theory: a Guide to Information Sources Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color

Many individual colors have their own subject heading- here's a sample from RISD's catalog:

TIP: Use these subjects to search meta-catalogs, such as Worldcat to find more items on specific colors. Use Interlibrary Loan to request items not owned by RISD, Brown or the Athenaeum. You may also suggest a purchase for the library's collection.

See this article on Color from the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.) for a discussion of Color in the Arts and Color Science. Notice the bibliographies of these articles for further study.

Oxford English Dictionary Online-OED definitions include the origin of the word, its historical useage including its first appearance in the English language, cited quotations, pronunciation, spelling, and a date chart showing its useage over time. example: crimson

Credo Reference-includes full-text definitions and essays on a wide range of topics. See Munsell colour system

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