Re: Color terms, belatedly

>> But for all my liking of this activity, I doubt that I'll match the
>> creativity of the English at the time of Elizabeth the first. They had
>> "fashion" colors such as "hair" and "dead Spaniard".
>>
>> Laurie
>> milo@winternet.com
>> http://www.winternet.com
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>I like your color terms.  They have a certain -- inevitability -- to them.
>
>I also like "dead Spaniard."  I'd love to see Crayoloa introduce a crayon
>by *that* name!  (Incidently, what color *was* dead Spaniard?


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