Wednesday 29 April 2009

Ribbons of Lemon


Why do we call pale yellow 'lemon' and pale green 'mint' when a lemon is bright yellow and mint is dark green?

14 comments:

Alya said...

oh my gosh, so true! no idea why!

Silke Powers said...

Amazing how pale colors like that can look so luscious! They look good enough to eat...:) Silke

Joanna Lee said...

I agree...definitely good enough to eat! But you're the only one I know, who can make ribbons delicious enough to eat!

Kate Moore said...

Imagine naming colours for a living.
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Jolie Goodnight said...

I always call that butter yellow actually for some reason. But I do wonder about the "mint" thing. Maybe because of mint gum color?

Anonymous said...

That color is so beautiful and is totally putting me in the mood for spring!

Betsy
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Sarah Anne said...

Good question.

beauty comma said...

The inside of the lemon is just that lovely pale yellow. But the mint, I don't know. Maybe it just tastes like pale blue!

Unknown said...

This is so dreamy, I'd love a dress inspired by this set xoxo

poli said...

true ;) maybe we mixed in our heads everything to eat with double cream ;)

Anonymous said...

I never thought of it. I do call pastel green "mint" but I tend to think pastel yellow more of "butter yellow" and "lemon yellow" is more rich! Who knows! Lovely pictures though.

mary said...

your pictures are always so soothing to the eye, even the bright ones somehow.

spiritsoflena said...

Your first picture is quite ethereal.

bridgetwhoplaysfrenchhorn said...

perhaps because when you bake/cook/mix anything with either of these foods the color becomes more pastel in the process...