Jazz asked: Does this mean that English is extremely sophistocated with maroon, indigo, teal, crimson, scarlet, beige and navy being common words?

Possibly, using Bingley's definition. More likely, however, is the packrat mentality of English speakers. Never have one word for something when 50 will do.

Having so many words for colours may appear sophisticated, but everyone, and I mean everyone has a markedly different mental rendering of each named colour. It's plain inefficient. It's also what gives the language its charm ...


The idiot also known as Capfka ...