COLOUR WORDS: The astounding origins of “blue“, “black“, “orange“, “red“ & other colors

Prepare to be amazed by the surprising origins of the English words for colours (or colors for our American friends). I promise you’ll have at least one “wow“ moment as I reveal: 🔵 Why the Ancient Greeks had no word for BLUE. 🔶 How the fruit “ORANGE“ came before the colour. ◼️ Why BLACK used to mean WHITE. 🔴 Which colour we named first (I’ve given you a hint) 💿 Why there are two ways to spell GREY/GRAY 🌈 And much, much more. Find out the etymologies of black, white, gray, blue, brown, green, orange, purples, pink, red and yellow - from their origins thousands of years ago, through Old English and into the present day. Let’s enjoy some colourful language! == Check me out on Twitter & TikTok: ​​ @robwords ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Colour & Color 1:26 Origin of BLACK 4:18 Origin of WHITE 5:10 Two spellings of GRAY/GREY 6:30 No word for BLUE 8:55 Italians and AZZURRO 10:01 Origin of BROWN 10:50 Origin of GREEN 11:35 ORANGE or norange? 13:07 Origin of PINK 13:27 Origin of PURPLE 14:18 Origin of RED 15:16 Origin of YELLOW 16:30 Goodbye