Originally published at: I think the people who name paint colors have just given up this year | Boing Boing
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That’s your first mistake right there
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Chartreuse.
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Gesundheit!
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mauve along, nothing to see here
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Ochre. An ugly name, and a drab color.
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Puce. Nobody knows what it is.
the color of dried blood, associated with flea bites
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Umber.
(Bland brown-grey.)
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Bone
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You need Ken Nordine instead of Home Depot
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my favorite liquor. My best friends call it cough syrup. I can’t entirely disagree. Highly recommend a dash of it in hot chocolate!
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Everyone enjoys actual color names – ultramarine, cœrulean, phthalo blue – but I think the OP was talking about the names paint companies make up, like “Elephant’s Gaze” or “Brunch Wind” or “Touch of Brimley”.
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Disappointingly unspecific. Not even a Pantone code.
I worked as a printer for a while and still have nightmares about Pantone 123.
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Taupe.
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Back in my uni days, a friend went through a series of boyfriends who came out to her, then broke up with her to find a boyfriend. She supported them coming out, but found it frustrating that she kept losing boyfriends. “That’s it!” she announced one day “I’m going to start screening potential boyfriends with this: I’ll point to my shoes and say ‘would these look better in taupe?’ The correct answer is ‘What’s a taupe?’ If they know it’s a colour, and have an opinion about it, we’re going to make fine friends but that’s all.”
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Green Chartreuse is my favourite tipple too! …not sure I’d put it in hot chocolate, but hell, it’s a good thing we’re not all mad the one way.
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This may seem tangential, but I’ve just been reading to my wife a book called “Saffy’s Angel” by Hilary McKay. We were helpless with laughter. I mention this because Saffy is short for Saffron, who has cousins (adopted siblings) called Caddy (Cadmium [yellow]), Indigo, and (Permanent) Rose. In the first chapter, the health visitor asks “Why is this child covered in Yellow Ochre?” to which Caddy replies “She wanted the Chinese White.” I think Chinese White contains lead, so that’s perfectly reasonable… Anyway. I commend this book, and its sequels, to you.
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A French-speaking mole, since no-one was asking.
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Cannot recommend realgar or orpiment. 2/10.
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