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

Probably because it's similar to verde

naw, its the french poisoning your mind

green in french is vert

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

colorblind people are like, "yeah, totally."

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.

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• 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

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Verde

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.

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

I won’t let this build up inside of me

In Portuguese "vermelho" is red

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

Red and green should trade vermillion for chartreuse.

Because "vert" is the French word for green.

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

How to start a fight with an etymologist...

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.

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.

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.

No, it's yellow like Electric type.

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

i thought it was like a billion rats ...

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

Sounds like a Tolkien book to me.