Just a red flame question?

[WindstoneCollector]

Webster’s Thesaurus…
Red – a. Crimson, blood, cherry, brick, ruby, vermillion, wine, blush, coral, ruddy, scarlet, rose, salmon, fuchsia, maroon, carmine.
I had to look it up just for fun. I love the name vermillion for red. Blood red is also well known for it’s red hue, but I don’t know what this color is you are talking about. 🙂

[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

Melody wrote:

emerald212 wrote:

I like Crimson Flare too. That sounds cool.

Neh, I don’t like “crimson”. It’s too hard to shorten. Anyway, isn’t crimson a dark red color? These are ruby red. I don’t think they are really “scarlet” either,* that is a more of a persimmon red.
*(could I use a semicolon here, or should I make two sentences?)

Either one would work. 🙂 But not the comma.

Also, you should take out the first “a” in “that is a more of a persimmon red.” It sounds better as: “that is more of a persimmon red.”

English lessons, anyone? Get in line. 😆

Personally I think “scarlet” or “crimson” could both mean whatever shade of red you want them to.
The first “a” was a typo. I for one am glad to have a built-in English teacher! Just no red pencils please, those scare me.

“Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some blue, resulting in a tiny degree of purple. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used for slightly bluish-red colors in general that are between red and rose.”
Nah, wrong color.
“Scarlet (from the Persian saqirlat or Latin astacus, crayfish) is a red color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of the blood of a living person.”
That’s better, but I can’t not think of “Gone with the Wind”.

[Starbreeze]

Gone with the Wind dragons would be a bit too much!! 😆

[Jodi]

I still don’t think anyone would write to you and argue the name of the color you decide to use. At least, not any more than they do already. 🙂 Most people don’t know those specifics about colors, or wouldn’t care.

Case in point… Emerald. Your Emerald color is a bit light for what I’ve seen real emeralds (the stones) come in. But I don’t argue that because that’s the name you gave that color. So that color is Emerald to me.

So, my opinion is that you should just pick a name you like the sound of and call it that. And everybody else will too. 🙂

[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

I still don’t think anyone would write to you and argue the name of the color you decide to use. At least, not any more than they do already. 🙂 Most people don’t know those specifics about colors, or wouldn’t care.

Case in point… Emerald. Your Emerald color is a bit light for what I’ve seen real emeralds (the stones) come in. But I don’t argue that because that’s the name you gave that color. So that color is Emerald to me.

So, my opinion is that you should just pick a name you like the sound of and call it that. And everybody else will too. 🙂Oh yeah, that one… you are right, I just choose a name I like regardless of the color! Real jade looks nothing like the Jade dragons either! Serpentine, maybe…

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