Ver- words are often green because of Latin. "Verde" in Italian, "Vert" in French, "Verdant" in English
Vermillion is such a pretty word to mean worm colored...
I guess a worm can be cute if you give it a bow to wear.
There are plenty of pink and red worms out there. And grey. And some green. A few blue.
And perhaps at one point they ate clay, so they would have been more reddish in color, or perhaps the dirt they were consuming was more reddish in color.
Googled it. It wasn't because of worms in general. It was from Vermiculus which is the diminutive of Vermis but also was how they called a very specific worm, at some point in time the only way they knew where to get red pigments from was by crushing this worm.
I mean, why would the other two spend three or more syllables on a primary color, anyway?
this is why Italians have to speak so quickly, and supplement their words with gestures.
Given most of the US population lives between Massachusetts and Florida (so would likely have more of French exposure via English and history) , and the French influence in lots of English, it's a toss up.
I certainly learned the French vert long before the Spanish verde.
You're telling me you never encountered salsa verde before learning the French word "vert"? Even if true, I highly doubt that's the norm.
And I'm not sure why you think being on the East Coast matters. 13% of Americans speak Spanish at home, less than 0.4% speak French or Cajun at home. That's a ridiculously huge region you've cited that includes NYC where you're probably going to visit a bodega long before you learn "vert" and Florida which has major Spanish influence, just like the other two most populous states California and Texas. I live about 100 miles from the Canadian border in the west, so by your geographic argument I should encounter more French than Spanish, but Spanish exposure is way more common here.
I live on the east coast and took French for many years since I also lived in Canada. I’ve only heard of verde. No I didn’t do well in French class
My favourite letter is V. This is likely as a result of one of my favourite childhood games; VVVVVV. Main protagonist?
Captain Viridian.
I could never forget about the existence of the best alternative to turquoise.
Veridian Dynamics we can even make radishes so spicy that people can't eat them, but we're not because people can't eat them, Veridian Dynamics, Food. Yum.
Spelled different, but seemed relevant.
I looked up "veridian" and found out it's spelt "viridian" so maybe that's the true Mandela effect at play here!
Yeah, I was going to say it might be because people associate it with veridian, but I'm late to the party.
Well the most common type of colored blindness is red green color blindness.
And apparently diamonds are blue.
So yeah
Vermillion being red fucks a lot of millennials up who grew up watching Pokemon.
Vermillion city not being a shade of yellow is the standout because it hosts the Electric Gym (yellow themed). Every other city's gym is related to the town color.
::: spoiler
Saffron City was built with the fighting gym in place. Sabrina's psychic gym has JUST replaced him when you get to town
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This is a pretty poorly made comic but I'll take it seriously and say that unless brown hair guy is 70, black hair guy's argument sucks.
Lol, this comic is 19 years old. I suggest you tell the artist that it's poorly made, so he can have a laugh:
I feel that mindtraveller has not travelled far out of his cave, his mind, or in time.
And hilarity on "poorly made". Honestly, I'm a little stunned that people on the internet wouldn't recognise a comic so popular it spawned 5+ annual geek conventions in multiple countries. Oh, and multiple computer games, boardgames and a PNP RPG. Dear god, those two guys' legacy is so huge.
And who could forget dickwolves?!
I'm just saying that recycling the poses and using stock expression components is some CAD tier laziness, the joke isn't funny, and the style is overly reliant on dialogue, which wastes the benefits of a visual medium. I'd rather actually read CAD, because at least then there's a chance of seeing a visual gag that appropriately uses the comic medium.
I'm not 70 and I've always known that Kong died by falling from the building since I was a child. You're right that you can't assume that everyone else knows that, though.
it's not like it hasn't been referenced in dozens of other things. Once it's in a Simpsons episode, there's no excuse.
It sounds like your intention is to insult me by saying I have a disability, is that right?
If those spoiler tags were universal, I would use them all the time. That's one thing I really love about another small forum I use, is that if I worry that I'm ranting, I can just slap a <details> tag on there and anyone who doesn't want to read six paragraphs about why A Certain Magical Index is ass doesn't have to
Fun fact: apparently vermillion is actually made from cinnabar, so there's no reason why Vermillion City shouldn't have been located on Cinnabar Island.
Vermelho
Edit: I've just read other comments offering more explanation than I did, but vermelho means red in Portuguese
I'm not a native Portuguese speaker so I wasn't aware of that particular way of saying red. Thanks for sharing!
It's because the ver looks like vert which is the french word for green
Vermont is derived from Green Mountain
So vermilion looks like it could mean a green million, which sounds like a funny way to say a million dollars.
Verde is also green in Spanish. A quick translation tells me that in Latin it's Viridis which makes it make sense that it's similar in most Latin based languages.
Vermillion also comes from Latin, Vermiculus. Mainly used in Portuguese as vermelho for red.
It took me years to even realize Vermilion, Viridian, and Cerulean are hues of colour, not just cities in Kanto.
All of the cities and towns in Kanto are hues which is why the starter town is called Pallet Town :)
Chartreuse is literally named after the green French liquor.
It's my favorite alcohol, and the color is amazing.
I will not accept this blasphemy
"a drink so good they named a colour after it"
Name comes from... Well, there's extra steps involved.
Ah, you're thinking of a chartess. Chartreuse is a long-neck avian fowl that's been burnt to a cinder
I wonder if the mental association is due to people thinking of French colours:
Chartreuse is named after the liquour which is named after the monastary which is named after the mountains which is named after the village which is of ambiguous origin but likely named from a Gaulish tribe. So you're gonna have to rewrite an awful lot of history if you want to come after chartreuse.
I, for one, am willing to make this sacrifice. Specifically to say it's worth it for someone to rewrite a lot of history; I've got a thing going on so I can't volunteer for that even though I really want to darn.
And vermillion comes from Kermes vermilio, a red insect used to make the pigment. What's your point?
My apologies, I didn't know this and stand corrected. I no longer think that one of your suggestions is stupid, I think both of them are.
Are you literate? The conversation wasn't about etymology. It was about words "feeling" a certain color. Specifically without explanation.
It's named after the liquour, if you follow the chain of naming it goes beyond the mountains regardless but the color is named after the color of the liquour, not the colour of the mountains.
Isn't it yellow? 🤔 I vaguely remember Vermillion Town in Pokemon being yellow when played on a GBC. I've always associated it with yellow because of that.
Ahaha I found my generation-ish of people. Fantastic. I always liked the way you guys generally speak; guess this is why.
Pokémon was awesome.
Which generation? Cause in the OG games (other than Yellow), every town was a shade of either red or blue (depending on which version you had). The only town that was the same color as its name was Lavender Town IIRC.
Funny thing is that I used to be a bit envious of the kids who had a GameBoy Pocket in elementary school, despite owning a GBC myself. The Pocket was much thinner, used cheaper the AAA batteries, and had a much larger screen. The GBC had color, yes, but it was a downgrade in every other way.
The GBC was a new system with a whole host of new games that couldn't be played on the old one. Most notably Pokémon Gold and Silver. (And if you hadn't convinced your parents to invest in a power pack or at least rechargeable batteries then you were clearly unserious about Game Boy)
This is true. Probably should have clarified that I was speaking from the perspective of elementary school me. All your points are correct, but Gold and Silver didn't hit the scene until I was in Middle School/Junior High, which is a completely separate era of your life when you're young.
I never had red or blue; I had Yellow. My first gameboy was the Pikachu GBC that came with the game.
Cinnabar is a red pigment. Quite toxic, so not really in use any more.
I have a fictional scenario I invented where a blind man is completely confused that “maroon” is a shade of red, not blue, given that it relates to the sea.
Vermillion (or more precisely vermillion) is the name of a fruit fly (Drosophila) mutant with bright red eyes (as opposed to wild type, which has brick red eyes). I always knew my genetics PhD would come into handy one day.