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COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED MODERN COLOR NAMES
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14/03/2017
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I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the colorfulfestivities around you.
It’s hard to imagine our lives in black and white. रंगों की हमारी दुनिया में एक अलग ही जगह है। Colors make everything lookvibrant and beautiful.
Now, we are all familiarwith the rainbow colors, the VIBGYOR which are:
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
पर रंगों की सीमा सिर्फ सतरंगी rainbow तक ही नही है।
You must haveencountered someweird and new color names either in a make-up shop or in a designerboutique. इन सभी modern colors के नामpronounce करने में कभी कभार tricky हो सकते हैं।
Well, let’s hope not anymore.
आइये आज सीखते हैं कुछ नए और अलग colors के नाम:
FUCHSIA
ORIGIN: Modern Latin
It’s a bright, purplish-red color. It’s inspired by the eveningprimrose flower having different shades of purple and pink.
TURQUOISE
ORIGIN: Old French
A greenish blue orbluish green color that comes from the semi-precious stone.
BEIGE
ORIGIN: French
A very light brown or light grey with abrownish tinge.
CRIMSON
ORIGIN: Old Spanish or French
It’s a rich deep redcolor that has a hint of purple.
CYAN
ORIGIN: Greek
Again, it’s a shade of blue color with a hint of green.
MAROON
ORIGIN: Greek
A dark brownish-red color in which brownoverpowers the shades of red.
DANDELION
ORIGIN: Medieval English
A shade of yellow color that is taken from thedaisy flower with the same name.
EMERALD
ORIGIN: Old French/Latin
A bright green colour inspired from theprecious stone Emerald.
MAUVE
ORIGIN: French
A pale bluish purple colour.
AQUAMARINE
ORIGIN: Latin
An oceanic shade of blue with a mixture of green and blue. Aquamarine is also a gemstone.
Hopefully, you all learned something and won’t be scratchingyour heads when you hear these names in the future.
Read the blog ‘COLOR-FULL Idioms and Phrases‘ and learn more about uses of colors in the English language.
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