Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS @WordsUnravelled
Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS  @WordsUnravelled
Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Chase the blues away and be tickled pink by another episode of Words Unravelled. In this edition Rob and Jess explore the origins of a whole spectrum of color words (or as Rob calls them, "colour words").
🌸Does pink really exist?
💙Did the Greeks have no word for blue?
⚫️Can black actually mean white?
🐘Which spelling of grey/gray is correct?
These questions answered and many more in Words Unravelled 🌈

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==LINKS==
Rob's YouTube channel: youtube.com/robwords
Jess' Useless Etymology blog: uselessetymology.com
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris

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Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS

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