I got to thinking more about it and did a little research online. It turns out I'm not the only one who wonders about this. I found some posts on this topic on Yahoo! Answers, most of the responses were jokes along the lines of "the Paint Color Namers all get together for a party, drink, then throw out names to their boss. Whoever has the craziest wins."
Some Examples:
Comical Coral (or yes, this is a hilarious color)
Lime Rickey (not sure what to say...)
Nuthatch (What?)
Dutch Cocoa
Orange seems to have the best though:
Determined Orange
I did find one article that was somewhat helpful, though it doesn't give the true answer as to how paint colors get their names.
http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2007/08/paint_color_nam.html
What's the craziest paint color you've come across? I'd love to hear it! Happy painting!
Hah! Such a good point. I can't tell you how many times I have thought about this when looking through my paint deck fan!
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ReplyDeleteColor names are funny. My dining room is lamplight yellow, the living room is basil, and the hallway is coastal plain.
I actually worked in the color department for a woman's fashion company and yes we had to come up with color names. We didn't usually go too crazy, but it was interesting to see the process. One time we had the EXACT color of those bright green peppers that are in your salad - pepperoncini - and that is what we wanted to call the color (we sold a lot via catalog - so thought it would tell the customer exactly the color they were getting) - but we were vetoed by the merchandising dept. Guess they thought selling a pepper color would be a difficult sell. =)
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