Color Names

Subterranean

Dark, damp soil, the kind that clings to roots and buried things.

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Subterranean is a dark brown.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Subterranean

Subterranea (geography)

Subterranea are underground structures, both natural and human-made.

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James Rollins

James Paul Czajkowski, better known by his pen name of James Rollins, is an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to be a full-time author. Rollins' experiences and expertise as an amateur spelunker and a certified scuba diver have provided content for some of his novels, which are often set in underground or underwater locations. Under the pen name James Clemens, he has also published fantasy novels, such as Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm, Wit'ch War, Wit'ch Gate, Wit'ch Star, Shadowfall (2005), and Hinterland (2006).

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subterranean

Adjective

  1. Below ground, under the earth, underground.
  2. Secret, concealed.

Noun

  1. Someone or something that is subterranean.
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