In the poem discussed under tadbīj, some color terms also work through tawriyah (double meaning). The immediately accessible sense is a color; a less immediate sense is the intended one. This example associates al-aṣfar with the nearer sense “yellow” and the more distant association with gold; it also discusses historical usage around al-azraq.
Tawriyah should not be flattened into kināyah. Tawriyah exploits a near and remote sense of a word; kināyah moves through an associated sign to a desired attribute or referent. Both may occur in the same sequence of colors.