Re: NATLANG: Colours

Amanda Babcock scripsit:

> I am amazed to find out that "azure" in English means
> "light blue".  I always assumed it was a particularly
> saturated, overwhelming deep blue - like a good sapphire.
It's specifically either the blue of a cloudless sky (presumably at or near
sea level; in the mountains the sky is darker), or the color of the
stone lapis lazuli (note the "azul" in "lazuli"), which is rather
darker and richer than sky blue!

> Probably because there was no crayon for it.
You can buy them, but it isn't standard.

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