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Colour Names and Their Origins Quiz
Indigo and khaki, magenta and cobalt — most colour names come from a country, a stone, an insect or even a battle. 25 questions on where colour names came from and how pigments were made.
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22 more questions in this quiz.1. In English, which came first: "orange" as the name of a colour, or as the name of the fruit?
- A. The fruit name came first
- B. The colour name came first
- C. Both appeared in the same year
- D. Both appeared in the 20th century
2. The deep blue called "indigo" takes its name from which country?
- A. Egypt
- B. India
- C. Indonesia
- D. Italy
3. "Khaki", widely used for military uniforms, originally meant what?
- A. Forest
- B. Night
- C. Dust of the earth
- D. Camel