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minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoYes indeed. Before we had “orange”, and also “purple” everything was just “red” which is why we have red onions and red cabbage that are anything but red and several species of bird are called red despite being clearly orange coloured.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 hours agoAnd why orange haired people still have red hair.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·46 minutes agoSometimes I learn something that makes me think, how the hell had I not figured that out sometime in the past half-century.
Yes indeed. Before we had “orange”, and also “purple” everything was just “red” which is why we have red onions and red cabbage that are anything but red and several species of bird are called red despite being clearly orange coloured.
And why orange haired people still have red hair.
Sometimes I learn something that makes me think, how the hell had I not figured that out sometime in the past half-century.