3rd August 2013, 10:48 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:Worked with a guy once who thought that 'primrose' was a shade of pink...made for some interesting context descriotions.....Primrose is one of those colours which people often get wrong, like puce and chartreuse and taupe. My theory is that it has something to do with the sound of the word: primrose sounds pinkish to me, puce sounds yellowy, chartreuse something like red wine, and taupe blueish. Now I just have to remind myself that they aren't what they sound like when I use them...not that I can see much reason to use any of those on a context sheet when there are far simpler and more obvious colours to use.