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minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoBasically red. The names for orange and purple are pretty recent inventions, linguistically speaking. That’s why we call them red onions and red grapes when they’re purple and most “red” birds are actually orange.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThe color was called yellowred before oranges were discovered.
What was the color called before that?
Basically red. The names for orange and purple are pretty recent inventions, linguistically speaking. That’s why we call them red onions and red grapes when they’re purple and most “red” birds are actually orange.
The color was called yellowred before oranges were discovered.
And they spelled it: Geoluread