# Color Names We Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552 "2017-11-23T20:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/21 "2017-12-01T17:58:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I think I’m going to name my next kid Stargoon. Stargoon Dorkwood is no name for a kid to grow up with ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/22 "2017-12-01T19:36:05Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > There is a car in my apartment complex parking lot with the license plate “9A9A9A”. My guess is that this refers to the HTML color code for “nobel”. That’s an ugly gray color. Is the car that color? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/23 "2017-12-01T21:35:34Z")
I still like oldies like Burnt Siena and Raw Umber. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/24 "2017-12-01T23:26:02Z")
“Burf Pink”. 🙂 Better than the girl’s name in a caption in the paper the other day: Pashents. What was the matter with “Patience”?? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/25 "2017-12-01T23:36:12Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Better than the girl’s name in a caption in the paper the other day: Pashents. What was the matter with “Patience”?? Perhaps they were in too much of a hurry to look up the spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/26 "2017-12-02T04:03:15Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Perhaps they were in too much of a hurry to look up the spelling. I saw something today that said that a couple wanted to call their baby Kaitlin, but thought that there are too many other Kaitlins out there so they decided to spell it phonetically, and they decided to use the Roman numerals for “eight” to replace the “ait”. So the poor baby is named KVIIIlin. I hope this isn’t true. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/27 "2017-12-02T11:50:30Z")
I think I spied several good screen names among those AI color names.������ ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/28 "2017-12-02T15:39:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > That’s an ugly gray color. Is the car that color? Turns out the vehicle is indeed a mid-gray, so it looks like you’ve figured it out. I had assumed that the key was the color name of “noble” meant that it was their family name or a reference to the nobel prize. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/29 "2017-12-02T19:53:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I saw something today that said that a couple wanted to call their baby Kaitlin, but thought that there are too many other Kaitlins out there so they decided to spell it phonetically, and they decided to use the Roman numerals for “eight” to replace the “ait”. So the poor baby is named KVIIIlin. > > I hope this isn’t true. Geez, couldn’t they just go with K8Lynne like a normal person?!! ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/30 "2017-12-03T08:25:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I saw something today that said that a couple wanted to call their baby Kaitlin, but thought that there are too many other Kaitlins out there so they decided to spell it phonetically, and they decided to use the Roman numerals for “eight” to replace the “ait”. So the poor baby is named KVIIIlin. > > I hope this isn’t true. Actually, I think I’m ok with this kind of thing. They’ve given her an ordinary name (so shw won’t have problems at school or with friends, that works like an ordinary nick-name (which should be ok with her friends and school), along with a unique spelling (so her credit record and bills won’t get mixed up, and she won’t be saddled with someone elses court record. Sure she’ll have to show her drivers licence ever time she needs to spell her name, but that’s increasingly the case anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/31 "2017-12-03T10:29:10Z")
She will have to explain the spelling of her name a lot - for example, turning up for a booking in a hotel: “I have a reservation in the name of Smith” “Your first name please?” “it’s ‘Kaitlyn’” “Is that with a K or C?” “K” “Sorry, I can’t find a booking for that name” “It’s an unusual spelling, just look for K Smith’” “I have a booking for … um… Ker…vill…iain Smith” “Yeah, that’s me” “but I thought you said your name is Kaitlyn” Or she’ll spell it more conventionally in any public context, which sort of defeats the point. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/32 "2017-12-03T15:42:20Z")
Do schools still teach reading roman numerals? Personally, I’d jettison that before cursive. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/33 "2017-12-03T23:05:59Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > If you think that’s funny, check out when she does the same thing for heavy metal band names > > [Metal band names invented by neural network - AI WeirdnessCommentShareCommentShare](http://aiweirdness.com/post/160407271482/metal-band-names-invented-by-neural-network) > > So many of these actually work its not even funny I think I actually have the latest release from Stormgarden, and I think Deathcrack’s next album will be awesome. On the other hand, I’m through with Inhuman Sand, they haven’t come out with anything new in years… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/34 "2017-12-03T23:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Rick Kitchen** : > > I saw something today that said that a couple wanted to call their baby Kaitlin, but thought that there are too many other Kaitlins out there so they decided to spell it phonetically, and they decided to use the Roman numerals for “eight” to replace the “ait”. So the poor baby is named KVIIIlin. > > I hope this isn’t true. I think it’s probably a misremembering of [a work of fiction](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-04-19). At least, I hope it is. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/35 "2017-12-04T02:33:59Z")
I’ve always been partial to Periwinkle. > **[Periwinkle (color)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periwinkle_(color))** > > Periwinkle is a color in the blue and violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. > The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet. The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple or blue, or a "pastel purple". > The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/36 "2017-12-04T03:04:13Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > And a few hours after the stanky bean you get a little Bunflow. Yes! Bunflow was the best! ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552/37 "2017-12-04T21:53:58Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “Burf Pink”. 🙂 > > Better than the girl’s name in a caption in the paper the other day: Pashents. What was the matter with “Patience”?? Mom and Dad couldn’t spell it? :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-we-love/802552.md?page=1)