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Amber, the color of traffic lights, waves of grain and... pretty much nothing else.

Reminds me of (grammatical) petrels:

https://www.kith.org/words/lists/petrels-list/

It's as if when modifiers and nouns sense they are dying in a language, they clutch on to one another for support, and eventually become like a single unit.

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I think there's also a naturally-occurring substance that's amber-colored, but I can't remember what it's called.

I've never heard "amber" used as a modifier for "amber."

"Quick, bring me the amber amber, Amber!"

I didn't write the comment very clearly, but the petrels were a hint I was talking about language and usage, not simply objects in that part of the spectrum.

Ale is a notable omission, but the candidates dwindle.

Medications are usually dispensed in amber-colored vials and bottles (my Dad used to work for a company that manufactured them).

Also, amber used to be a common color (though maybe not as common as green, from my experience) for monochrome terminals and computer screens.

I still see the word used often enough that I don't think it should be declared dead quite yet...

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