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Topic: The surprising pattern behind color names around the world

This video discusses the various terms in different languages and cultures, for colours and the relationships between them and their languages.
The surprising pattern behind color names around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqZR3pqMjg

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Re: The surprising pattern behind color names around the world

Thank you for posting that link, Jack.

The part which I particularly noticed was about describing the colour of something as (the same as/like) the colour of (something named).

So, my wording, something like,

The colour of leaves in summer.

The colour of holly berries.

Another thing I noticed was saying that the colour blue was not widely known before industrialization.

There was ultramarine, as a pigment, from lapis lazuli, which was rare.

I have a recollection of something from years ago about making food in the colours of political parties.

Labour Party was easy, tomatoes. Liberal Party (as I think it then was) was easy, carrots, but there was a problem for Conservative Party. This was, I think, before blueberries became poplular, and I have a vague memory of mashed potatoes with added food colouring being suggested.

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Re: The surprising pattern behind color names around the world

William wrote:

This was, I think, before blueberries became poplular, and I have a vague memory of mashed potatoes with added food colouring being suggested.

I can’t think of any naturally blue food apart from blueberries and bilberries, and even they aren’t very blue on either the outside or the inside.

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