Colour vs. Sable — What's the Difference?

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light

The sable (Martes zibellina) is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea and Hokkaidō, Japan.

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race

A mustelid mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Eurasia, having soft dark commercially valuable fur.

Vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things

The pelt or fur of this animal.

An item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team

The similar fur of other species of martens.

A shade of meaning

The color black, especially in heraldry.

A quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.

Sables Black garments worn in mourning.

Change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it

A grayish yellowish brown.

(of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush

A sablefish.

Influence, especially in a negative way; distort

Of a grayish yellowish brown.

Variant of color.

Of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.

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Dark; somber.

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Of the fur of the sable

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(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).

See Color.

(countable) The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).

Any material used for its color;

The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

(countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

(tincture) A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).

Interest and variety and intensity;

A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

The timbre of a musical sound;

Black garments, especially worn in mourning.

A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;

The sablefish.

An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

Of the black colour sable.

The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

(tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.

Modify or bias;

Made of sable fur.

Decorate with colors;

Dark, somber.

Gloss or excuse;

Dark-skinned; black.

Affect as in thought or feeling;

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

Add color to;

The fur of the sable.

Change color, often in an undesired manner;

A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural.

Having or capable of producing colors;

The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry.

To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

An artist's brush made of sable hair

The expensive dark brown fur of the marten

A very dark black

A scarf (or trimming) made of sable

Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

Dark somewhat brownish black