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Color
From Bartleby's:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/85/C0488500.html
1. That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light, as: a. The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources. b. The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity. 2. A substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts a hue. 3a. The general appearance of the skin; complexion. b. A ruddy complexion. c. A reddening of the face; a blush. 4. The skin pigmentation of a person not categorized as white. 5. colors A flag or banner, as of a country or military unit. 6. colors The salute made during the ceremony of raising or lowering a flag. 7. colors A distinguishing symbol, badge, ribbon, or mark: the colors of a college. 8. colors One's opinion or position: Stick to your colors. 9. Character or nature. Often used in the plural: revealed their true colors. 10a. Outward appearance, often deceptive: a tale with the merest color of truth. b. Appearance of authenticity: testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion. 11a. Variety of expression. b. Vivid, picturesque detail: a story with a lot of color in it. 12. Traits of personality or behavior that attract interest. 13. The use or effect of pigment in painting, as distinct from form. 14. Music Quality of tone or timbre. 15. Law A mere semblance of legal right. 16. A particle or bit of gold found in auriferous gravel or sand. 17. Physics A quantum characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.
VERB: Inflected forms: col·ored, col·or·ing, col·ors
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To impart color to or change the color of. 2a. To give a distinctive character or quality to; modify. See synonyms at bias. b. To exert an influence on; affect: The war colored the soldier's life. 3a. To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration: color the facts. b. To gloss over; excuse: a parent who colored the children's lies.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1a. To take on color. b. To change color. 2. To become red in the face; blush.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English colour, from Old French, from Latin color. See kel-1 in Appendix I.
if we follow one path of the Kel-1 root word, it takes on a colorful (but monochromatic) route!
the rest of the week will be the many words in english a that are related- to a single aspect of the word color.
and along the way, there will be some place names.. like Colorado that take their names from the same root..
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one of the red word english is heir to, is
vermillion..
1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment. 2. A vivid red to reddish orange.
ADJECTIVE: Of a vivid red to reddish orange.
To color or dye (something) in the hue vermilion.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English vermelion, from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil. See vermeil.
IE root:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE571.html
The root word, is one we will keep coming back to...
since english has a number of red words with this same root. its really interesting to see how each language started with the same thing, and ended up with something different, and how english got them all!
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I've always found it interesting that the Russian word for"beautiful" (kryasivaya) has the word for "red" as its root (kryasnaya). They have always favored that color, even in their politics.
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They have always favored that color
The name of Red Square predates the Revolution, I have been led to understand.
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And the Chinese! Red literally dominates life in Chinese communities all over the world; red and green in some combination but with red dominating. It is a sign of prosperity and the combination is a metaphor for the balance in the universe. I was in Beijing a couple of years back and was astounded by the amount of symbolism that is a part of everyday life in China. It was somewhat unexpected.
I discovered this to be one of many cultural similarities that the Chinese have with the Indians. Red is accorded significance in India too and is associated with aupsiciousness; although it doesn't quite dominate the cultural consciousness like it does with the Chinese.
There is a brilliant red powder that is applied by married Hindu women in northern India, to the scalp, where the hair parts. This is called Sindoor and denotes a married state. As in, only married women wear it in their hair. Tagore translates this word as vermillion in his writings. I am not sure if the *colour is called Sindoor in Hindi or if the *powder is. Anchita?....
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Re:the *powder
do you mean the lovely red powder that is the basis for the 'dot' that married women wear?
the i don't know the name either, but its made from tummeric, that has been cooked/processed with an alkali.
(i know that thanks to AMHN- an exitibit on 'hinduism, aspects of god'!) the alkali turns the tumeric red!
what is the word for tumeric? (the yellow ocher spice made from the ground roots of a tuber?)
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The powder is called 'Sindoor'; the color is sometimes referred to as 'sindoori' in Hindi.
Helen, the 'dot' you refer to is called a 'bindi' (from Sanskrit 'bindu' which refers to a point or dot!) The 'bindi' isn't exclusive to the married female, though a red one is usually worn by them -- it has religious and cosmetic implications as well. The material of the 'bindi' can be derived from a variety of sources, turmeric being one of them. Others are 'sindoor' (for married women,) sandalwood paste (usually for religious purposes,) even the black pigment otherwise used as an eyeliner (espcially popular among younger girls/women.) In the present day, of course, one can see 'sticker bindis' made out of plastic, felt etc.
Turmeric is called 'haldi' in Hindi.
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Another very old word for red-- crimsonFrom Bartleby's:
A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English cremesin, from Old Spanish cremesín, Old Italian cremesino or Medieval Latin cremesnus, all from Arabic qirmizy, from qirmiz, kermes insect. See kermes.
ker·mes
PRONUNCIATION: kûrmz
NOUN: A red dyestuff once prepared from the dried bodies of various female scale insects of the genus Kermes.
ETYMOLOGY: French kermès, short for alkermès, from Arabic al-qirmiz, the kermes, probably from Sanskrit kmi-ja-, (red dye) produced by worms. See kwmi- in Appendix I.
IE root of Kermes
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE261.htmldoes any one know of any other cognates in other languages?
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Another word for red with similar origins is carmine:
NOUN: 1. A strong to vivid red. 2. A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.
ADJECTIVE: Strong to vivid red.
ETYMOLOGY: French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, probably blend of Arabic qirmiz, kermes; see kermes, and Latin minium, cinnabar.
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well there is thursday's word! a day early!
i hope friday's stays safe!
but it is interesting that red has been a popular color for so long.. i suspect because it is associated with blood and losing blood meant losing life..
red delicious apples (a so-so apple for taste) still outsells granny smiths, (which is a very attactively shaped apple) i suspect the color has a lot to do with it..
people like smooth red apples.
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