Re: A unified plan for Minza colors

The Minza colour system is very interesting, but how did you get the names
of the colours? I thought I recognized some "degenerated" forms here. But
maybe it's just my Dutch ear ;-)

d-iki < indigo; Dutch degenerated pronunciation would be["Indikou]>~>d-iki?
fildi < violet; Dutch <violet> can be pronounced [fi@"lEt] ~> fildi?
kirvi < yellow; Dutch <geel>, older <geluw> ["Xe:lyw] ~> kirvi?
zerd-i< green; Slavonic <zelony> etc ~> zerd-i?
nuxc^i< red; German <nuszig> nutty, nut-like ~> nuxc^i?


Ingmar




>
>621 nm   red (nuxc^i)
>595 nm   orange (vezi)
>569 nm   yellow (kirvi)
>545 nm   green (zerd-i)
>522 nm   bluish green
>500 nm   turquoise (s^ilgi)
>479 nm   blue (lambi)
>459 nm   indigo (d-iki)
>439 nm   violet (fildi)
>
>That turned out to be a nicer green. Now I have the four basic human
>colors (red, green, yellow, and blue) plus orange, and the three basic
>Zireen colors that are visible to humans (yellow, turquoise, and
>indigo). If I arrange these in a circle, and add magenta opposite green,
>then each of the four basic human colors has a complementary color. I
>started putting together a chart:
>

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