Great read. On the topic of the word blue-green, I wonder if it has something to do with blue being the rarest color in nature so developing languages had no need to have a word for it so they went "it's close enough to this green that we have".
It probably is something along those lines for some cultures. There's also the possibility that while they had one word for a "range" of colors, they could still use qualifiers for specific shades. Like how we still say "lime green" or "sky blue." So maybe they said, "lime blue" and "grass blue." 😆
This is why staying in the Word is so important. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to seek it out. Press on!
Great read. On the topic of the word blue-green, I wonder if it has something to do with blue being the rarest color in nature so developing languages had no need to have a word for it so they went "it's close enough to this green that we have".
It probably is something along those lines for some cultures. There's also the possibility that while they had one word for a "range" of colors, they could still use qualifiers for specific shades. Like how we still say "lime green" or "sky blue." So maybe they said, "lime blue" and "grass blue." 😆