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Color, Texture and Shape Thesaurus

Published: October 11, 2010 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Below are samples of our popular Colors, Textures and Shapes Thesaurus. For the completely developed and enhanced thesaurus, please visit One Stop For Writers, where it has a permanent place within our vast Descriptive Thesaurus Database.

PSST: Did you know One Stop for Writers also has a FREE TRIAL?)

What is a Color, Texture and Shape Thesaurus?

COLORS

  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Gray
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Spotted
  • Striped
  • Transparent
  • White
  • Yellow

TEXTURES

  • Bumpy
  • Barbed/Spined
  • Crackled
  • Crumbly
  • Crusty
  • Foamy/Spongy
  • Fuzzy
  • Gritty
  • Pitted
  • Powdery
  • Prickly
  • Saw-edged/Serrated
  • Slimy
  • Smooth
  • Sticky
  • Additional textures available at One Stop For Writers: Cold, Dry, Hot, Spongy, Squishy, Wrinkly

SHAPES

  • Arch
  • Circular/Sphere
  • Crescent
  • Heart
  • Oval & Oval-like
  • Rectangle
  • Spiral
  • Star
  • Square
  • Triangular
  • Tube
  • Wavy

Visit our other Descriptive Thesaurus Collections HERE.

ANGELA ACKERMAN
ANGELA ACKERMAN

Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and bestselling author who loves to travel, teach, empower writers, and pay-it-forward. She also is a founder of One Stop For Writers, a portal to powerful, innovative tools to help writers elevate their storytelling.

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  1. Emily Yang says

    June 9, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    This site is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      June 10, 2015 at 1:05 am

      Thanks for the kind words! Very glad you found your way here 🙂

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