![]() Then the same word was used to make reference to the color of that entity. The word naranja has an Arabic origin, and it was used to name the fruit. What was first, the colour or the fruit? The answer is simple: the fruit. ![]() Before that, terms such as bermejo, colorado or encarnado were commonly used by Iberian speakers. It comes from the Latin word russus, used to make reference to a specific tone of red: dark red. The noun red is used in Spanish since the 15 th century. Languages connected with Spanish usually have a name for that color in which the structure bl + vowel/s is present: bleu, in French blau, in Catalan… In Spanish that formula has been replaced by azul : this word come from the Arabic lazawárd, name given to the deep-blue metamorphic rock lapis lazuli. ![]() The topic of the colors has generated a lot of papers among anthropological and linguistic researchers, specially about the connection between language and perception: do we perceive better the tonal differences between those tones that have a name in our language? In this article we will not put the focus on the linguistic determinism, but, simply, in the origin of some color names in Spanish. It does not store any personal data.Vinikunka aka Montaña de Siete Colores aka Rainbow Mountain, Peru (photo by Where do the names of the colors in Spanish come from? The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". ![]() ![]() The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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