Ver- words are often green because of Latin. "Verde" in Italian, "Vert" in French, "Verdant" in English
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Yeah, except for vermilion which comes from latin vermis and means worm.
Vermillion is such a pretty word to mean worm colored...
I guess a worm can be cute if you give it a bow to wear.
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Also "verde" in Portuguese, but red is "vermelho"
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Probably because it's similar to verde
Much more similar to "vermelho" which is "red" in Portuguese
Vermiglio is also red in italian, maybe verdaccio
I mean, why would the other two spend three or more syllables on a primary color, anyway?
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Yup. My first thought, "Because it sounds like verdant."
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naw, its the french poisoning your mind
green in french is vert
For those of us in the US, we're more likely to encounter the Spanish "verde."
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Vermillion being red fucks a lot of millennials up who grew up watching Pokemon.
Vermillion city not being a shade of yellow is the standout because it hosts the Electric Gym (yellow themed). Every other city's gym is related to the town color.
::: spoiler
- Rock Gym is Pewter city (gray)
- water gym is Cerulean city (blue)
- grass gym is Celadon city (greenish)
- poison gym is Fuschia city (pinkish is commonly poison for pokemon)
- the FIGHTING gym is in Saffron city (orange ish is a Fighting type color in the tcg)
- Fire gym is on Cinnabar Island (bright red)
- Earth Badge is in Viridian (an earthy green)
Saffron City was built with the fighting gym in place. Sabrina's psychic gym has JUST replaced him when you get to town
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Gotta respect the spoiler warning for a game/show that's almost 30 years old
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Fun fact: apparently vermillion is actually made from cinnabar, so there's no reason why Vermillion City shouldn't have been located on Cinnabar Island.
I want a refund this s*** is unplayable
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Verde
Vermelho
Edit: I've just read other comments offering more explanation than I did, but vermelho means red in Portuguese
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It's because the ver looks like vert which is the french word for green
Vermont is derived from Green Mountain
So vermilion looks like it could mean a green million, which sounds like a funny way to say a million dollars.
Verde is also green in Spanish. A quick translation tells me that in Latin it's Viridis which makes it make sense that it's similar in most Latin based languages.
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It took me years to even realize Vermilion, Viridian, and Cerulean are hues of colour, not just cities in Kanto.
All of the cities and towns in Kanto are hues which is why the starter town is called Pallet Town :)
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In Portuguese "vermelho" is red
I always feel like Portuguese is the romance language that hated their parents and refused to participate in any family activities. Like Latin is in the front seat yelling back "Cur non eritis sicut sorores tuae!" and Portuguese is in the way back going, "Pare de tentar controlar quem eu sou!"
Portuguese is what happens when you let a bunch of drunk sailors create their own language.
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I've heard it sounds like someone with a Slavic accent speaking Spanish
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I feel the same sort of way about chartreuse. Can we just switch them?
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Because "vert" is the French word for green.
How to start a fight with an etymologist...
Isn't it yellow? 🤔 I vaguely remember Vermillion Town in Pokemon being yellow when played on a GBC. I've always associated it with yellow because of that.
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I have a fictional scenario I invented where a blind man is completely confused that “maroon” is a shade of red, not blue, given that it relates to the sea.
Vermillion (or more precisely vermillion) is the name of a fruit fly (Drosophila) mutant with bright red eyes (as opposed to wild type, which has brick red eyes). I always knew my genetics PhD would come into handy one day.
Its because people confuse it for Viridian. I used to oil paint so these things sound similar.
As soon as I found out that Vermillion was red, the name of the tavern from Hello From The Magic Tavern made a lot more sense
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