Some of these will be familiar, such as rubrum, the Latin name for red, from which the words ruby, the red gem, and rubrics, instructional text written in red ink, originate.
The Latin name for orange, aurantiacus, may leave you scratching your head, although if you say “auranticus” enough times, it does start sounding like “orange”.
The Latin name for green, viridis, which may seem obscure, contains the verb vireō, which means to sprout, be verdant and to be lively and strong and to flourish.
The Latin noun for man, vir, also shares this root, from which the English words virility and virtue are derived.
The color viridian is an blue-green color, in between green and teal on the color wheel.
The Latin word for blue, cæruleus, is derived from the Latin word for sky or heaven, cælum.
