the dumbest color name ever

[ilanarama]

Britt: Nice pink sweater.
Ilana: Thank you! Actually, I'd describe it as 'coral' rather than 'pink'. Not that coral really is this color. Hmm, what color is coral? Yellowish, really. Don't you think?
Britt: Some of it is yellow. Some of it is purple. Some of it is pink.
Ilana: When it's dead, it's white.
Britt: You know, naming a color 'coral' is kind of like naming a color 'flower'.

At this point I snorted coffee and collapsed in giggles.

Comments

[zadcat.livejournal.com]

True, but the colour is named for the fossilized coral that's mined and used as a gemstone, and that's almost always a deep salmon pink (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_%28color%29).

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Aha! Exactly the color of my sweater!

You can tell we're divers, I guess, by where our minds went.

[fabularasa.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have the J. Crew lightweight three-button cardigan in flower!

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just your color, too.

[alembicresearch.livejournal.com]

My vote goes to "smalt" ...
just because its such a funny sounding word.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, you just got to love 'em. You know. *g*

[saramwrap.livejournal.com]

Ah, men.

Also: ah, geeks.