tone colour words
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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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