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> For some weird reason, we call light red "pink". This is partly cultural. In Russian, there's one word for light blue (голубое). It's the color used to descr
by ph0rque 8y ago
> For some weird reason, we call light red "pink".
This is partly cultural. In Russian, there's one word for light blue (голубое). It's the color used to describe the sky. I remember wondering why there's not an English equivalent, when there's the pink/red distinction.
- Nition 8y agoThe English word for the blue of the sky is "azure". Or sometimes "cerulean".
- ph0rque 8y agoThanks! But these words are certainly not part of the everyday vocabulary in English, like my Russian word example.
- adriand 8y agoNative English speaker here (Canada) - I believe I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone refer to the colour of the sky as either of those things. Certainly never "cerulean", and I have strong doubts about "azure". In fact, because Microsoft Azure comes up in conversation relatively frequently, I have noticed that people don't even know how to pronounce it. I often hear people say "ah-zoor".