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Some of these are quite amazing, and in some cases a little bizarre:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Azure is a misspelling of the Latin word “lazur” which comes from the stone “lapis lazuli”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Orchid is Greek for “testicle”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Turquoise means “Turkish” in Old French because that’s where the mineral came from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Magenta is named for a battle during the Second Italian War of Independence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Porcelain comes from the Latin term for “young pig,” because the colour was supposedly similar to the colour of a young pig’s genitalia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Vermillion comes from the Latin for “small worm” because that’s where the dye of that colour originally came from (similar for Crimson)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Persimmon comes from a Powhatan word that means “he dries berries”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Sepia comes from the Latin word for “cuttlefish” because the color originally came from cuttlefish secretions<\/p>\n

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Some of these are quite amazing, and in some cases a little bizarre: — Azure is a misspelling of the Latin word “lazur” which comes from the stone “lapis lazuli” — Orchid is Greek for “testicle” — Turquoise means “Turkish” in Old French because that’s where the mineral came from — Magenta is named for … <\/p>\n

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