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by anonymos on August 17th, 2006

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Who came up with the names of colors, and how did they name them?

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  • by Kevin B. ABFB on July 2nd, 2007

    Kevin B. ABFB

    Many colors are named for the natural resource that derives the pigment. Below is a link to a good article about the etymologies of some of the most popular colors.

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/colour.htm

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  • by hitokaji on December 29th, 2008

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    rosy red ..... and stuff..

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