Who named the Colors after their names?

Question

how was blue called blue?
Etc........

Answer 1

Red: Red derives from the Indo-European root "reudh-", which means "red, ruddy."

Orange: Orange derives from the Sanskrit word for the orange fruit, "narangah," which was altered through Italian and French pronunciation to eventually become the English word "orange" for both the fruit and its color.

Yellow: Yellow derives from the Indo-European root "ghel-", which means "to shine." It first referred to bright colors, bright materials, gold, and bile or gall.

Green: Green derives from the Indo-European root "ghre-", which means "to grow, become green."

Blue: Blue derives from the Indo-European root "bhel-", which means "to shine, flash, burn; shining white and various bright colors."

Indigo: Indigo derives from the Persian word "Hindus"--the Indus River, and, by association, Indian. It was altered through Greek, Latin, and Portugese to become the Spanish, Dutch, and English word for the plant, its dye, and the associated color.

Violet: Violet derives from the Latin word "Viola," which is the genus of several types of flowers, such as violets, which are usually purplish-blue.

Purple: Purple derives from the Greek word "porphura," which means "shellfish yielding purple dye, purple cloth, purple." It was altered through Latin, Old English, and Middle English to become the modern word "purple."

White: White derives from the Indo-European root "kweit-", which means "white; to shine."

Grey: Grey derives from Middle English "grei," which derived from Old English "graeg."

Black: Black derives from the Indo-European root "bhel-", which means "to shine, flash, burn." It was altered through the Germanic word "blakaz" ("burned") and the Old English word "blæc" to become the modern word "black."

Brown: Brown derives from the Indo-European root "bher-", which means "bright, brown." It possibly derived from the color of the fur of the bear, which derives from the same root.

Pink: Origin unknown. [My belief is that pink derives from the flower of the same name, which has "pinked" (angularly deckled) petals and is a pink color. Like "rose," which is the word for pink in Romance languages, I think the color came first from the flower, which was named originally for the unique look of its petals.]

Answer 2

I did lol