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Orange is a shade of brown. We have a great many words for "brown", and "brown" is not named in reference to an object.
by xirbeosbwo1234 6y ago
Orange is a shade of brown. We have a great many words for "brown", and "brown" is not named in reference to an object.
- Triv888 6y agoAre you suggesting that we should rename all companies named after objects/words?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- adrian_b 6y agoActually it is vice-versa. Brown is a color whose hue is orange and which has low brightness. You can use "orange" to describe a saturated or even a monochromatic color, at any brightness, so orange can be used to describe a color of light. You cannot use "brown" for any color with high brightness, like you cannot use "black" or "gray" for colors with high brightness. Given a brown color, if you increase its brightness, at a certain level it will no longer look brown.
- lolsal 6y agoI am colorblind and the way that you articulated your points really changed my understanding of colors. Thank you.