How The Colors Got Their English Names

by Dictionary Scoop    You learn your colors before kindergarten, but how did they get their names? And what did we call “orange” first, was it the color or the fruit?    Let’s explore the multi-hued history of how color names came to be! 1-Blue    “Blue” comes from the Old French word bleu, which in …

The Psychology Of Color Determines A Lot

by Melanie Davis-McAfee interrestingfacts.com    Most of us are familiar with common color-themed turns of phrase, such as “feeling blue” when we’re sad, “seeing red” when we’re angry, or “being green” with envy.    Phrases such as these can be traced back to a scientifically substantiated phenomenon known as color psychology, a practice that has …