Primrose淡黃色

Both a flower and a color, primrose literally meant "first rose" in Old French. The color was so called because the yellow rose is one of the earliest blooming roses in the spring. What other stunning color comes from French?
Primrose既是一種花，亦是一種顏色。它在古法語(yǔ)中的字面意思是“第一株玫瑰”。（頭圖）這種顏色之所以被稱(chēng)為“primrose”是由于黃玫瑰是春季最早綻放的玫瑰品種之一。那么出自法語(yǔ)的還有何種驚艷的顏色呢？

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Cerise櫻桃紅

This burgundy-like red is called cerise. It comes from the French word of the same spelling meaning "cherry." It entered English in the 1850s describing this shade of cherry red.
這種紫紅色被稱(chēng)為cerise。與之拼寫(xiě)一致的法語(yǔ)詞cerise是其詞源，意為櫻桃。在19世紀(jì)50年代，它被納入英語(yǔ)，描繪櫻桃紅這一色調(diào)。

What color is named after a fictional character? Find out next. . .
哪種顏色以一個(gè)小說(shuō)人物命名？去下面找答案。

Celadon灰綠色

The word celadon (for this lovely shade of greenish gray) comes from the name of character in the 1610 book "L'Astree" by Honore d'Urfe. The character Celadon was a sentimental lover who wore green clothes. The next color is also a flower with a very literal name.
Celadon這個(gè)詞形容的是圖中這美麗的灰綠色，它取自法國(guó)小說(shuō)家于爾菲1610年所著《阿斯特蕾》中的一個(gè)角色名。書(shū)中男主瑟拉多是阿斯特蕾多愁善感的戀人，他穿灰綠色的衣服。接下來(lái)的顏色字面意思也與某種花有關(guān)。

Heliotrope絳紫色

Heliotrope is a great word and a great color. Heliotrope literally meant "turn towards the sun" in Greek. Flowers that turned towards the sun became associated with this word. Since they were a vibrant purple, the color was also called heliotrope. The next color is a Latin lesson too.
Heliotrope既是一個(gè)好詞，也是一種不錯(cuò)的色彩。它在希臘語(yǔ)中的字面意思是“朝向太陽(yáng)”。朝向太陽(yáng)的花（天芥菜）便同這個(gè)詞產(chǎn)生聯(lián)系。鑒于花芥菜呈現(xiàn)鮮活的紫色，heliotrope也可指代這種紫。接下來(lái)的顏色也與拉丁語(yǔ)有點(diǎn)淵源。

Ecru米白色

A shade of beige, ecru comes from the French word of the same spelling which meant "raw, unbleached." It came from the Latin root "crudus" meaning "raw" and the prefix "es-" meaning "thoroughly".
Ecru是一種淺褐色，源自法語(yǔ)詞ecru（意為“未加工的，未經(jīng)漂白的”）。它由拉丁詞根“crudus”（意為“未加工的”）和前綴“es-”（意指“徹底地”）共同構(gòu)成。