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I came to say this. Also, in classical languages there is a color that is used to describe rust, e.g. "rubigo" in Latin. Also, amber ("electrum"/"electron") was

I came to say this. Also, in classical languages there is a color that is used to describe rust, e.g. "rubigo" in Latin. Also, amber ("electrum"/"electron") was known, and surely the color would have been seen during metal working through sparks. I think the point is that it's generally either experienced in nature as part of leaf oxidation or in the manipulation of heat and fire, not as a longstanding color phenomenon like the eponymous fruit.

thaumasiotes 6y ago
> Also, in classical languages there is a color that is used to describe rust, e.g. "rubigo" in Latin. It seems worth observing that rubigo is pretty transparently related to the Latin word ruber, "red". In fact, where ruber is an adjective, rubigo is a noun, referring not to the color rust but to the substance itself. (And, by metaphorical extension, to any undesirable thing collecting on anything else, such as mold growing on grain, scum growing on your teeth, etc.)
benibela 6y ago
>Also, in classical languages there is a color that is used to describe rust, e.g. "rubigo" in Latin. Such a weird way to have Rust, Ruby and Go in one sentence