Tone colour words

1. You will need to get used to using tone colour words. Sometimes they are similar to mood words
you might use in English. Here is a list of lots of different tone colour words you might find useful.
They have been grouped into sets with related meanings.
bright sparkling
glittering shimmering
brilliant silvery
clear pure
majestic powerful
grand strong
booming ringing
mellow warm sweet
resonant smooth sensual
artificial synthetic
electronic futuristic
buzzing beeping
distorted
aggressive
coarse
dark
muddy
dry percussive
hollow rumbling
nasal reedy
haunting eerie
sombre thin
murky leaden
piercing
metallic
brassy
blazing
breathy airy wheezing
panting muffled muted
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