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[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 21 points 6 months ago

Red and green should trade vermillion for chartreuse.

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

THANK YOU Chartreuse is the one I feel like should be a red.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

I wonder if the mental association is due to people thinking of French colours:

  • Verte=Green, looks vaguely like vertemilloon
  • Rouge=Red, looks vaguely like Charterouge
[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Chartreuse is named after the liquour which is named after the monastary which is named after the mountains which is named after the village which is of ambiguous origin but likely named from a Gaulish tribe. So you're gonna have to rewrite an awful lot of history if you want to come after chartreuse.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I, for one, am willing to make this sacrifice. Specifically to say it's worth it for someone to rewrite a lot of history; I've got a thing going on so I can't volunteer for that even though I really want to darn.

[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 9 points 6 months ago

Chartreuse is named after a liqueur, not after wine. It's literally green.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 8 points 6 months ago

And vermillion comes from Kermes vermilio, a red insect used to make the pigment. What's your point?

[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com -1 points 6 months ago

Are you literate? The conversation wasn't about etymology. It was about words "feeling" a certain color. Specifically without explanation.

[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

This is my platform when I run for public office.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Eh the chartreuse is originally the name of the mountain and it's got green trees on it 🤷

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's named after the liquour, if you follow the chain of naming it goes beyond the mountains regardless but the color is named after the color of the liquour, not the colour of the mountains.

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