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The colour system of | The colour system of Brytho-Hellenic is curious, because except ''white'', ''black'' and ''red'', colour names derive from flowers or natural elements. Historians have supposed that as the Greeks of Conon reached Great Britain they used natural elements to establish a first contact between their languagage and the language of Celtic people. | ||
There are also other colour terms that come from Ancient Greek, such as '''clur''' (= "green"), '''porhir''' (= "purple-red"), '''aruirin''' (= "silver") or '''hegin''' (= "bronze-coloured"), but they are old-fashioned nowadays and they are used almost exclusively in literature. | There are also other colour terms that come from Ancient Greek, such as '''clur''' (= "green"), '''porhir''' (= "purple-red"), '''aruirin''' (= "silver") or '''hegin''' (= "bronze-coloured"), but they are old-fashioned nowadays and they are used almost exclusively in literature. | ||