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[–] [email protected] 209 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Ver- words are often green because of Latin. "Verde" in Italian, "Vert" in French, "Verdant" in English

[–] [email protected] 71 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, except for vermilion which comes from latin vermis and means worm.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Vermillion is such a pretty word to mean worm colored...

I guess a worm can be cute if you give it a bow to wear.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Also "verde" in Portuguese, but red is "vermelho"

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Probably because it's similar to verde

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Much more similar to "vermelho" which is "red" in Portuguese

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Vermiglio is also red in italian, maybe verdaccio

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean, why would the other two spend three or more syllables on a primary color, anyway?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

Yup. My first thought, "Because it sounds like verdant."

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

naw, its the french poisoning your mind

green in french is vert

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (3 children)

For those of us in the US, we're more likely to encounter the Spanish "verde."

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (10 children)

No mention of viridian, a blueish green, in these comments, I see.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Viridian sounds like it should be a red

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (5 children)

colorblind people are like, "yeah, totally."

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Vermillion being red fucks a lot of millennials up who grew up watching Pokemon.

Vermillion city not being a shade of yellow is the standout because it hosts the Electric Gym (yellow themed). Every other city's gym is related to the town color.

::: spoiler

  • Rock Gym is Pewter city (gray)
  • water gym is Cerulean city (blue)
  • grass gym is Celadon city (greenish)
  • poison gym is Fuschia city (pinkish is commonly poison for pokemon)
  • the FIGHTING gym is in Saffron city (orange ish is a Fighting type color in the tcg)
  • Fire gym is on Cinnabar Island (bright red)
  • Earth Badge is in Viridian (an earthy green)

Saffron City was built with the fighting gym in place. Sabrina's psychic gym has JUST replaced him when you get to town

:::

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Gotta respect the spoiler warning for a game/show that's almost 30 years old

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: apparently vermillion is actually made from cinnabar, so there's no reason why Vermillion City shouldn't have been located on Cinnabar Island.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I want a refund this s*** is unplayable

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Vermelho

Edit: I've just read other comments offering more explanation than I did, but vermelho means red in Portuguese

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's because the ver looks like vert which is the french word for green

Vermont is derived from Green Mountain

So vermilion looks like it could mean a green million, which sounds like a funny way to say a million dollars.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Verde is also green in Spanish. A quick translation tells me that in Latin it's Viridis which makes it make sense that it's similar in most Latin based languages.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (5 children)

A fancy word for green in English is Viridian

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It took me years to even realize Vermilion, Viridian, and Cerulean are hues of colour, not just cities in Kanto.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

All of the cities and towns in Kanto are hues which is why the starter town is called Pallet Town :)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I won’t let this build up inside of me

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In Portuguese "vermelho" is red

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I always feel like Portuguese is the romance language that hated their parents and refused to participate in any family activities. Like Latin is in the front seat yelling back "Cur non eritis sicut sorores tuae!" and Portuguese is in the way back going, "Pare de tentar controlar quem eu sou!"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Portuguese is what happens when you let a bunch of drunk sailors create their own language.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've heard it sounds like someone with a Slavic accent speaking Spanish

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I feel the same sort of way about chartreuse. Can we just switch them?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Red and green should trade vermillion for chartreuse.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

THANK YOU Chartreuse is the one I feel like should be a red.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Because "vert" is the French word for green.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wish it was not a color at all. It should be a number.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How to start a fight with an etymologist...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just tell them that beetles are stupid

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

Isn't it yellow? 🤔 I vaguely remember Vermillion Town in Pokemon being yellow when played on a GBC. I've always associated it with yellow because of that.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I have a fictional scenario I invented where a blind man is completely confused that “maroon” is a shade of red, not blue, given that it relates to the sea.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Vermillion (or more precisely vermillion) is the name of a fruit fly (Drosophila) mutant with bright red eyes (as opposed to wild type, which has brick red eyes). I always knew my genetics PhD would come into handy one day.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, it's yellow like Electric type.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Its because people confuse it for Viridian. I used to oil paint so these things sound similar.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

i thought it was like a billion rats ...

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think you're having a Mengele Effect about the Mandela Effect

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a Tolkien book to me.

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