The Revolution of Colours

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When I was a little kid colours had simple names: blue, dark blue, light blue; green, dark green, light green; brown, light brown; white, black, red, burgundy, purple etc.
Nowadays, colours are anything but simple.

You wish to buy a car and when the times comes to choose a colour you are confronted with:

Obsidian and Emerald Black: what is the bloody difference? A friend (in the car industry) offered me the following explanation – the obsidian black under the shade it is black, under the sun it is reddish; the emerald black under the shade is black and under the sun is greenish. This is acceptable but then you have Piano, Platinum and Basalt black that are all equal.

Meteor Grey and GT Silver: they seem the same old grey to me.

Mystic Red: what could it be so mystical about red?

Porsche has even come up with Porsche racing Green...

You wish to paint a wall at your house/flat and things get even more confusing:

Jamaican Pepper: according to the above chart this refers to the colour Sage.
Moon Pepper: something along the lines of Moss Green or Emerald.
Cinnamon: referring to Taupe.
Ginger: meaning Marigold.
Vanilla: signifying Pumpkin.
Cassia: equivalent to Celery.
Elephant Ear Grey: plain grey. But I have a question: is the elephant’s ear different from the rest of its grey body?

Inspired by the trend of coming up with new colour names, I’ve created a few of my own:

• Slut Inspiration = white.
• Dental McCartney = Ivory.
• Wonder Ebony = black. 
• Gypsy Cloud = grey.
• Hepatitis Amber = yellow.
• African Aurora = orange.
• I-was-Dumped Blue = pale blue.
• Hemp Trade = green. 
• Twilight Red = dark red.
• Idiocy Chic = pink. 
• Mars Bar = brown.

The spirit of Revolution is ravishing the world and not even colours are immune to it.