@sophiasmithgaler: Why do we call blue 'blue' in English? And what can a gallery tell us about a very special name for the colour in other languages? I was one of 20 Creative Collaborators across the country selected to make social media content for the National Gallery's 200th birthday. I wanted to go a step further and turn it into a film - my first of hopefully many on the stories of language and colour. Which should I do next - and where? #language #blue #languageandcolour

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raxinious
Lewis :
Blue in Italian is Blu
2024-07-02 23:30:07
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learntocompose
Robert Anton Strobel :
Eh. In Catalan, Greek, and German it’s the root word blao
2024-07-02 17:52:26
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papercliptopicasso
papercliptopicasso :
more
2024-07-03 07:25:24
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jennifermarypottage
Jennifer Mary Pottag :
Curious as to how could blue come after green, when blue is a primary colour and green is not?
2024-07-03 12:51:01
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skaramhail
Sidski :
neela in Punjabi from the Nile
2024-07-04 00:58:08
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marslizard
Marcie LaCerte :
蓝色 (lán se) in Chinese!
2024-07-02 21:08:33
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chaos7845
entropy000 :
lan
2024-07-03 10:15:02
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adrianna_549
Ada. :
Meanwhile Polish: niebieski
2024-07-02 19:52:57
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gr8asb8
gr8asb8 :
Wondering about the English word ‘woad.’
2024-07-02 16:49:15
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madpiano51
Sabine Haller 🇩🇪🇬🇧 :
In German we still call it "blao" just spelled "blau" now, pronounced the same.
2024-07-03 10:14:08
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mztnhrwf
mztnhrwf :
modrý in czech
2024-07-04 08:21:35
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chloe.0463
chloe ✨ :
ah yes lapis lazuli, the most worthless ore in Minecraft
2024-07-03 20:32:47
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pleasantcard48
Gary Garner :
this was interesting thanks
2024-07-02 21:04:20
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liezelf
Liezel :
Blou in Afrikaans
2024-07-02 20:50:24
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wowtas
Tas🎀 :
In Bangla, we say nil/neel
2024-07-03 07:15:41
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yourstoicrevisited
Cat :
Modern Greek is ble but originally is κυανό or γαλάζιο
2024-07-04 07:43:01
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oopsiedaisy263
Oopsiedaisy :
in Pashto it's oudee
2024-07-02 21:02:44
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walidkorchf
Walid :
أزرق/azerwal
2024-07-03 16:15:38
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caseyrodmell
Casey Rodmell (Reneg :
then why is green a secondary colour
2024-07-04 06:03:28
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astro.peleki
astro peleki :
κυανό είναι τόσο ωραία λέξη
2024-07-06 03:43:13
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coirelil
Coire Lil :
Gaelic - gorm (can also be green) and liath (light blue but also grey)
2024-07-03 10:16:45
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symn.neon
symn.neon :
In italian We distinguish azzurro from blu!
2024-07-03 22:51:15
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clairevabelle
Claire Schlichtherle :
It’s Blau in German
2024-07-02 18:36:30
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the_aurelius85
Lp :
Comes from German Blau which is one of our original sources of language in England
2024-07-02 19:11:06
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sean.kealey
sean kealey :
In Irish it's gorm.
2024-07-04 07:29:45
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