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Welcome, BranS. (hi, Connie! ) I'm going to let boronia know you're here: she visited The Hague not too long ago, and loved it.
You said in different disciplines the names of colors differ too. In what way(s), please? Names of tints, shades, or hues? Surely the basics remain the same: blue is blue, etc.?



Thanks for welcoming me , Jackie.
Yes there is a good variety in reds , yellows and blues.

reds":Cadmium reds, vermilion, red madder, crimson, english red.
yellows:cadmium yellows, indian yellow , gombadge, Napels yellow.
blues: ultramarine, ceruleum, cobalt blue, indigo, prussian blue.
greens: viridan, sapgreen,hookers green, green earth.
browns: raw and burnt siena, raw and burnt umber,yellow, gold and red ochre(all earth pigments).
lamp black and titan white and chines white.

The names of these colors mostly come from minaral, vegetable or animal ingredients,not from associations. No sky blue or spring green in a tube. No daffodil yellow.No lobster red.

But this color association game is amusing. What's in a color's name after all?