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Monday, January 27, 2014
Puce
I always thought that puce was a green color but apparently it's a purplish-brown or purplish-pink hue.
Puce is in fact two very different colors. This image comes up in google image search results and is wrongly misleading people. The red version here is a too light and the green version should be a dark muddy shade of green like think green tea.
For many of a certain age puce brings to mind both interior decorators or the Pogo cartoon strip (see for example: http://www.sparehed.com/2017/01/11/puce-stamps/).
So weird. I came to this page when I was trying to verify that the bright green leisure suit that I saw Ed Harris wearing on a NYC subway car (yes, the actor-- in a bright leisure suit, on the subway) was puce.
Was anybody else who commented here abducted by aliens in 2004? If so, did they tell you that puce was green too?
I thought it was slightly greenish yellow too! But etymologically it's the color of a flea, so dark reddish-brown.
Those lines from the Mikado make more sense now: "The lady who dyes a chemical yellow, or stains her grey hair puce..." clearly refers to the frequently reddish tint in bad dark hair dye. So no Mandela effect.
Wow, I thought it was a greenish hue too. Thanks for setting me straight.
ReplyDeletePuce is in fact two very different colors. This image comes up in google image search results and is wrongly misleading people. The red version here is a too light and the green version should be a dark muddy shade of green like think green tea.
ReplyDeletePuce is exactly the pinkish color here. The green color is chartreuse. They rhyme and are colors. That's all they have in common.
ReplyDeletePuce is exactly the pinkish color here. The green color is chartreuse. They rhyme and are colors. That's all they have in common.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a green colour too!
ReplyDeleteIt was a green-yellow color. This is a Mandela Effect.
ReplyDeleteFor many of a certain age puce brings to mind both interior decorators or the Pogo cartoon strip (see for example: http://www.sparehed.com/2017/01/11/puce-stamps/).
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ReplyDeleteSo weird. I came to this page when I was trying to verify that the bright green leisure suit that I saw Ed Harris wearing on a NYC subway car (yes, the actor-- in a bright leisure suit, on the subway) was puce.
ReplyDeleteWas anybody else who commented here abducted by aliens in 2004? If so, did they tell you that puce was green too?
I thought it was slightly greenish yellow too! But etymologically it's the color of a flea, so dark reddish-brown.
ReplyDeleteThose lines from the Mikado make more sense now: "The lady who dyes a chemical yellow, or stains her grey hair puce..." clearly refers to the frequently reddish tint in bad dark hair dye. So no Mandela effect.
I thought that it was a cool gray, a sort of greenish gray.
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