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I think phrases like "yellow dog", "red cow", and "bluegrass" make sense if you understand them to mean relatively yellow, red, or blue. That is, a yellow dog i
by DFHippie 7y ago
I think phrases like "yellow dog", "red cow", and "bluegrass" make sense if you understand them to mean relatively yellow, red, or blue. That is, a yellow dog is a dog that is yellow for a dog. A red cow is redder than you expect a cow to be even if relative to a bird, say, it is brown.
I don't know how you go from here to green honey, though.
- duskwuff 7y agoEven today, we often refer to cats or dogs with grayish fur as "blue", even though there's nothing blue about that color.
- simonh 7y agoI’d want to know why we are translating that word to mean green? Is is used to describe other green things, if so What? Did they have a word for yellow, and if so what was that used to describe?
- ars 7y agoYou are correct, the word that is today translated as green "Yarok" meant yellow in those days. It is used to describe gold and an egg: http://www.balashon.com/2006/08/yarok.html?m=1 http://www.balashon.com/2006/08/yarok.html?m=1 The language shifted not the color.
- cmroanirgo 7y agoPale honey in a morning light can definitely have a tinge of green. I'm no good at photography, but an sure others have captured it. It might be environmentally related and isn't actually green. Eg. green sky (ignoring northern lights) can happen just before dawn when there is a slight smog (bushfire perhaps). But it's more white than anything, but it's definitely a band between the red sunrise and the blue sky. The honey green is similar... It's definitely still a pale golden color.