Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · Mar 13

Do you confuse puce and chartreuse? And what's vermilion? We have a new episode with @korystamper.bsky.social, author of True Color. Get the book, watch the podcast! Wherever good books are sold and good podcasts are listened to. @aaknopf.bsky.social becauselanguage.com/134-true-col...

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David · Mar 15

Oh I loved this. Got sidetracked though by the passing issue of whether grey and gray are different colours, because I realised that in my head “e” is reddish and “a” is bluish, so that gives 2 different shades? (I am nearly 60 and had not spotted this before).