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#167762 04/24/07 11:10 AM
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Always happy when a word falls within my spectre.

caesious (SEE-zee-uhs) adjective

Bluish or grayish green.
[From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky)

That is the color of the North Sea (Noordzee) and Channel, unless the water reflects the occasional blue skies.
The water Ceasar crossed to have some fun with the Brittons.

Never read this word before. Will see if any paint or color is obtainable under this name.
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A Type-3 for which the Type-2 might be "aqua" if the Type-1 is "blue-green" or "sky-blue"

...or "lavender" to the prescriptivist who denies the green


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You are quite forgetting the grey in this.
Aqua, that's the Mediterranian and the Honolulu sea.
Caesious is the grey-green-blue waters of the North Atlantic.
Written all over it.
And lavender is for Laverne.

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Bran: No I haven't. A Type-3 is often more precise than a 2 just as a 2 can be more descriptive than a 1. However I doubt if "caesious " is much used in everyday verbal chat

I will transmit your compliments to Laverne


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Quote:However I doubt if "caesious " is much used in everyday verbal chat

depends on who you talk to, and their vocabulary.

artists often know names for colors that those with out an artistic eye don't know.

caesious isn't in my pantone book (but then, its a few years old) but there are over 1000 colors, and each has a name.
there are over 6 pages (with 7 shades per page) of colors that could be called aqua. color words exist not to be snooty, but to be precise.

you might have no eye, or not give a wit about color.

but please stop making value judgements about those of us who do care.
knowing the difference between 'light purple' and lilac and lavender, and helitrope might not matter to you. but they are all very different colors. and defining a color, precisely matters.

I don't understand why you keep refering to words as type 3 (defined by YOU as snooty).

if you are not interested in words and their meanings, and using them correctly, why do you post here? you can get by on the 6000 to 12,000 or so basic words used in newspapers (your type 1) and never bother to learn more.

why do you insist on stating that those of us who want to learn words that have narrow precise meanings, are snooty?

it seems a sort of reverse snobbishness. YOU define yourself ast the anti snob, and you define us as snobby for learning precise words..

If you are not interestedin specific words for specific colors (or ideas, or things, or whatever!) go away.
get by with the colors as defined by crayola. (and limit yourself to 64 names for colors). be ignorant, and proud of your complete use of type 1 words.

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Hi,Helen. I've done some looking in the wordbooks. To me it was a new color name too, I must admit. Not in my list. From the look-ups it appears that it differs in definitions , which makes it all the more interesting.

I found:

: bluish gray
:having a blue very low in chroma
:Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.
:pale blue-green
:bluish or greyish green

So quite a range of possibilities for us color minded ones. A hard to define color.

If you want to have a laugh see this: "rhyming with "CAESIOUS" ":

caesious

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Helen: My goodness, as Rummy might say. I had no intention of offending but hoping to hear from others who were so affected I am yours truly dalehileman@verizon.net. In the meantime we might ask who else is known for value judgments


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>"rhyming with "CAESIOUS" "

Cantankerous!

-ron o.


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Originally Posted By: of troy
There are over 6 pages (with 7 shades per page) of colors that could be called aqua. color words exist not to be snooty, but to be precise.

Right you are and and this one seems to need the word ceasious to be defined. I think it will be hard to find in yarn and equally hard to be found in prepared paint or pastels.
Might come closest to lavender leaves; not the flowers.
Grey-blue-green. I think it would make a real nice fashion color.
There is a dune- blackberry type that has the latin 'caesius ' added to its name. This is a small blackberry that looks frosted greyish blue. (and tastes GOOD!)

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give it a rest, Helen. :¬ (


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