COLOUR WORDS: The astounding origins of "blue", "black", "orange", "red" & other colors

Prepare to be amazed by the surprising origins of the English words for colours (or colors for our American friends). I promise you'll have at least one "wow" moment as I reveal:🔵 Why the Ancient Greeks had no word for BLUE.🔶 How the fruit "ORANGE" came before the colour.◼️ Why BLACK used to mean WHITE.🔴 Which colour we named first (I've given you a hint)💿 Why there are two ways to spell GREY/GRAY🌈 And much, much more.Find out the etymologies of black, white, gray, blue, brown, green, orange, purples, pink, red and yellow - from their origins thousands of years ago, through Old English and into the present day.Let's enjoy some colourful language!==Check me out on Twitter & TikTok:http://twitter.com/robwordsYT​​http://tiktok.com/@robwords==CHAPTERS==0:00 Introduction0:41 Colour & Color1:26 Origin of BLACK4:18 Origin of WHITE5:10 Two spellings of GRAY/GREY6:30 No word for BLUE8:55 Italians and AZZURRO10:01 Origin of BROWN10:50 Origin of GREEN11:35 ORANGE or norange?13:07 Origin of PINK13:27 Origin of PURPLE14:18 Origin of RED15:16 Origin of YELLOW16:30 Goodbye