ZDawg@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat is the most obscure fact you know?message-squaremessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most obscure fact you know?ZDawg@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square170linkfedilink
minus-squareCeruleumlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoThe Latin meaning of the color ultramarine is “over the sea” Also, they once made a pigment called mummy, which was literally made out of finely grinded mummy.
minus-squareHadriscus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoin the same vein, cerulean (blue) comes from caelum, the sky
The Latin meaning of the color ultramarine is “over the sea” Also, they once made a pigment called mummy, which was literally made out of finely grinded mummy.
in the same vein, cerulean (blue) comes from caelum, the sky