"Red" vs "orange" redux

[Duane Campbell]

----- Original Message ----- >
> Wilson Gray wrote:
>> In a conversation with my wife, I used the phrase, "orange traffic
>> cone."
>> She:  "What do you mean by "orange traffic cone"?
>> I:  "You know. Those things they use when they're doing work on the
>> street?"
>> She, in the special feminine tone of voice that says: This conversation
>> is over:  "Traffic cones are red."

"Red" is used in promoting and advertising flowers for all kinds of colors
that only vaguely resemble red. "Red" sells better than magenta.

Same with blue.

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