Poll of the Day > Why don't we have a unique word for light Blue in English?
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Metal_Gear_Link 05/11/17 12:22:38 PM #1: |
This color
http://www.solidbackgrounds.com/images/4096x2304/4096x2304-french-sky-blue-solid-color-background.jpg People call it sky blue, baby blue, light blue etc, which is a word and an adjective but not a unique name in Japanese its called 'Mizu', in Spanish and Italian is called 'Celeste'. to be honest calling that collor 'baby blue, light blue or sky blue' is like id we didn't had a word for 'pink' and we called it 'baby red, light red or 'flamingo red' It makes sense do I am confused --- METAL GEAR SOLID 4 and SUPER SMASH BROSS BRAWL!!! 2007 games of the year!!!! If you believe in Goku and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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shadowsword87 05/11/17 12:27:09 PM #2: |
Because a lot of older languages didn't actually have a word for blue, so there's less linguistic basis for the word.
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Blighboy 05/11/17 12:32:26 PM #3: |
Isn't it called aquamarine or something.
There are technical names for like every other shade they just aren't used much. Hell don't some languages not have distinct words for blue/green? --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nichtcrawler X 05/11/17 12:33:15 PM #4: |
shadowsword87 posted...
Because a lot of older languages didn't actually have a word for blue, so there's less linguistic basis for the word. Or better put, divided the hues in different groups. Some languages even define colours by shade, instead of hue. --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-Komaiko54- 05/11/17 12:37:37 PM #5: |
Azure
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SmokeMassTree 05/11/17 12:44:12 PM #6: |
That's just blue
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Dikitain 05/11/17 12:59:17 PM #7: |
Blighboy posted...
Isn't it called aquamarine or something. Yes, "aquamarine" literally means light blue in English. Metal Gear Link fails again. --- I am a senior software engineer. If you see me post here, I am tired of writing TPS reports. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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madadude 05/11/17 1:00:59 PM #8: |
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Metal_Gear_Link 05/15/17 9:25:26 AM #9: |
Dikitain posted...
Blighboy posted...Isn't it called aquamarine or something. you fail because: first, it is conniving 2 words aqua and marine second Aquamarine and skyblue are not the same color we do not have a unique word for this color --- METAL GEAR SOLID 4 and SUPER SMASH BROSS BRAWL!!! 2007 games of the year!!!! If you believe in Goku and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Peterass 05/15/17 10:16:01 AM #10: |
I don't know.. Names like light blue, sky blue, baby blue etc. seem alright to me.. There are many different shades of "light" blue so i think a unique word to encompass them all may actually be more confusing.
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Jen0125 05/15/17 10:36:27 AM #11: |
Looks like aquamarine to me.
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WalkingWiki 05/15/17 10:39:36 AM #12: |
Metal_Gear_Link posted...
Dikitain posted...Blighboy posted...Isn't it called aquamarine or something. You fail, because that's not what the word conniving means --- Currently playing: Grand Theft Auto V, Halo: The Master Chief Collection ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-Komaiko54- 05/15/17 10:59:03 AM #13: |
Metal_Gear_Link posted...
Dikitain posted...Blighboy posted...Isn't it called aquamarine or something. Azure --- "Link is hot, I gotta say, Link is hot." - Reggie Fils-aime, Nintendo president https://i.imgur.com/FHFg24N.gif http://i.imgur.com/BRGmYpZ.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SunWuKung420 05/15/17 12:10:08 PM #14: |
This should help.
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RedPixel 05/15/17 12:13:53 PM #15: |
How has no one said cyan yet
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Amuseum 05/15/17 1:04:23 PM #16: |
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sky-blue
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Kyuubi4269 05/15/17 1:11:04 PM #17: |
Japanese doesn't have a word for grey, just ash coloured.
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Doctor Foxx 05/15/17 2:17:23 PM #18: |
RedPixel posted...
How has no one said cyan yet It's not cyan. (and interestingly cyan's word origin means dark blue) --- Never write off the Doctor! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Doctor Foxx 05/15/17 2:32:59 PM #19: |
In terms of what you're asking about, there is an English word : Periwinkle. It's the blue equivalent of pink. That is to say it is blue mixed with white.
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Metal_Gear_Link 05/15/17 2:41:13 PM #20: |
Amuseum posted...
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sky-blue That's like calling 'pink' sky red --- METAL GEAR SOLID 4 and SUPER SMASH BROSS BRAWL!!! 2007 games of the year!!!! If you believe in Goku and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LeetCheet 05/15/17 2:58:43 PM #21: |
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Amuseum 05/15/17 3:13:18 PM #22: |
Metal_Gear_Link posted...
Amuseum posted...https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sky-blue no. it's like calling the color of the sky sky blue. sure if the sky were red you could call it sky red. and sounds much cooler than "pink". --- Ergonomic keyboard layouts for Android https://goo.gl/KR1vK6 5-suited Draw Poker for Android http://goo.gl/KhmXi ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RedPixel 05/17/17 3:57:32 PM #23: |
Doctor Foxx posted...
RedPixel posted...How has no one said cyan yet Did not know that... if that's true, then that is certainly interesting. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mead 05/17/17 4:02:42 PM #24: |
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Doctor Foxx 05/17/17 4:10:58 PM #25: |
Mead posted...
That is literally cyan. It is not cyan. Cyan is a blue with green in it. This is the color: http://www.color-hex.com/color/77b5fe The closest web color is http://www.color-hex.com/color/66ccff Cyan is http://www.color-hex.com/color/00ffff The absence of the red part is key with Cyan tints and shades --- Never write off the Doctor! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dainkinkaide 05/17/17 4:39:38 PM #26: |
Mizuiro is defined as rgb(175, 223, 228).
Celeste is defined as either rgb(178, 255, 255) or rgb(117, 170, 219), depending on whether you're talking about the shade of cyan used by Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi or the shade of azure used in heraldry. Cyan is defined as rgb(0, 255, 255). Azure is defined as rgb(0, 127, 255). Aquamarine is defined as rgb(127, 255, 212), after the gemstone. Turquoise is defined as rgb(64, 224, 208), after the gemstone. The color displayed in the OP is rgb(119, 181, 254), which is known in English as "French sky blue", because it's the color called "bleu ciel" by the popular French color list, Pourpre.com. So yeah, there's no single-word name for that color in English, but that's true of an American pantsload of colors. Metal_Gear_Link posted... first, it is conniving 2 words aqua and marine That's not how compounds work in Germanic languages. If you slam two words together, you make one word. --- Hank Pym changes superhero aliases more often than Hawkman changes origin stories. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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