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The colour system of Brythohellenic is particular, because except ''white'', ''black'' and ''red'' colours' names derive from flowers or natural elements. Historians have supposed that as the Greeks of Conon reached Great Britain they used natural elements to estabilish a first contact between their | The colour system of Brythohellenic is particular, because, except ''white'', ''black'' and ''red'', colours' names derive from flowers or natural elements. Historians have supposed that as the Greeks of Conon reached Great Britain they used natural elements to estabilish 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 '''klyr''' (= "green"), '''porhyr''' (= "purple-red"), '''arwirin''' (= "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 '''klyr''' (= "green"), '''porhyr''' (= "purple-red"), '''arwirin''' (= "silver") or '''hegin''' (= "bronze-coloured"), but they are old-fashioned nowadays and they are used almost exclusively in literature. | ||