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You have to wonder if people working with dyes had (now lost) terms of art to describe colors.
by EamonnMR 5y ago
You have to wonder if people working with dyes had (now lost) terms of art to describe colors.
- Aengeuad 5y agoI would imagine the dyes were referred to by the materials used to create them, cochineal for a red dye, woad for a blue/indigo dye, etc. The etymology of purple does come from a shellfish or a fish and purple dye did historically come from a sea snail but the name for that particular dye likely didn't come from the same root as purple.