Re: NATLANG: Colours

Philippe Caquant scripsit:

> (By the way, I always wondered what could be the
> colour _puce_ (flea) in French. What is the colour of
> a flea ?)
Dark red, or purplish-brown to purplish-pink.  This is the actual
color of a flea, if you look at it under a microscope.  The comparison
was first made in French: "couleur puce", though perhaps it is now
forgotten there.

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