What’s In A -Color- Name??
The large variety of color hues in the artist world is pretty amazing! Beyond “blue”, “green”, “yellow” and so on… the names of some colors have become a lot more specific. Ever wonder where those elaborate color names come from? From flowers and foods… to chemical compounds and plenty of good ol’ Latin… to natural minerals, as well as some rather unconventional sources of being manufactured- colors have gotten their names from all over the world. Some are hard to pronounce, and even harder to spell correctly- and many of them have existed for centuries. We’ve done a little research for you and made this list of a few colors of products that we carry here at Marker Supply with names/prefixes that may be unfamiliar to some. Which color they are, how they were named, and how the colors themselves are made is all fun information to explore! ———————————————– Alice …