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minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 months agoChartreuse is named after a liqueur, not after wine. It’s literally green.
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoAnd vermillion comes from Kermes vermilio, a red insect used to make the pigment. What’s your point?
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoMy apologies, I didn’t know this and stand corrected. I no longer think that one of your suggestions is stupid, I think both of them are.
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·6 months agoAre you literate? The conversation wasn’t about etymology. It was about words “feeling” a certain color. Specifically without explanation.
Chartreuse is named after a liqueur, not after wine. It’s literally green.
And vermillion comes from Kermes vermilio, a red insect used to make the pigment. What’s your point?
My apologies, I didn’t know this and stand corrected. I no longer think that one of your suggestions is stupid, I think both of them are.
Are you literate? The conversation wasn’t about etymology. It was about words “feeling” a certain color. Specifically without explanation.