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August 25 2010, 19:52 PM
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Saoirse2009
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In English, the colours of the rainbow are very straighforward. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
As Gaeilge, tá sé an-deacair ar fad.
Dearg
Flannbhuí / Oráiste
Buí
Uaine / Glas
Gorm
Indeagó / Plúiríneach / Dúghorm
Vialait / Corcairghorm
I have contacted a number of official sources to try to established what the agreed set of colours are but there doesn't seem to be a standard set of seven. Anybody know if primary school teachers all teach one set or what should I use for introducing a child to the colours of the rainbow?
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August 25 2010, 19:57 PM
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relic5.2
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Tá na dathanna seo go léir ann: búach, dath an ghoirmín, gorm, uaine, buí, flannbhuí agus dearg.
Is what Vicipéid says.
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August 25 2010, 20:13 PM
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Saoirse2009
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You mean there are even MORE options than I thought...  Irish Learners' Forum ( http://irishlearner.awyr.com/) For all your Irish language needs - without ads! DEFINITELY wait for others to confirm and/or improve. Is foghlaimeoir mé. I am a learner.Beatha teanga í a labhairt. |
August 25 2010, 20:37 PM
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Beagle
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Since indigo is a shade of blue, it was not in the list of basic colors I learned, There were only 6 colors, as I recall.
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August 25 2010, 21:05 PM
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Redwolf
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Beagle wrote:Since indigo is a shade of blue, it was not in the list of basic colors I learned, There were only 6 colors, as I recall.
I think "indigo" was put in there specifically to create the "Roy G. Biv" mnemonic. Redwolf |
August 25 2010, 21:13 PM
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Saoirse2009
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This just keeps getting more complicated! I presumed every language listed seven colours for the rainbow. Needless to say, I don't have a pool of linguistic knowledge to pull from about these things but it didn't even occur to me that it would be any different.  Irish Learners' Forum ( http://irishlearner.awyr.com/) For all your Irish language needs - without ads! DEFINITELY wait for others to confirm and/or improve. Is foghlaimeoir mé. I am a learner.Beatha teanga í a labhairt. |
August 25 2010, 21:26 PM
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Breandán
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From Wikipedia: Newton originally (1672) named only five primary colours: red, yellow, green, blue and violet. Only later did he introduce orange and indigo, giving seven colours by analogy to the number of notes in a musical scale.[33] The division in distinct colours is an arbitrary convention. It is related to the linguistic question whether the colour terms are mainly culturally determined, and different between people; or biologically determined, and universal for all people (the colour debate). From a physics point of view, the rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours—there are no "bands".
I think many cultures used only five or six colours to describe the rainbow until Newton formalised them for science (but it's really only pseudo-science, haha!) I like the musical connection, though.  |
August 25 2010, 21:29 PM
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CaoimhínSF
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Tá na dathanna seo go léir ann: búach, dath an ghoirmín, gorm, uaine, buí, flannbhuí agus dearg.
Is what Vicipéid says.
Isn't it so Irish that they are in the opposite order from the way they are usually recited in English? It's not as though starting on one side or the other is more correct, but still it's kinda fun not letting the Saxons tell one in what order to do things.  I'm still a learner, so be sure to get input from others, especially for tattoos.
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August 25 2010, 21:29 PM
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Caffler
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ah now!
colours are not straightforward across the world.
irish colours are not the same as english ones.
spanish colours take a sidestep as well as having more than there is a decent need for
the colours in athens were all greek to me.
even in languages as close as dutch and english there are some differences, albeit subtle.
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August 25 2010, 21:40 PM
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Beagle
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Also was never told about Roy G. Biv. Give my teacher an incomplete  |
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