Top 10 Words for Unusual Colors

#1: Vermilion

Color:  Vivid reddish orange

About the Word: 

Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (who painted in the late 1700s and early 1800s) was so fond of this vibrant color that vermilion also became known as goya.

Recommended event: Russian Week in London, at MacDougall’s

    Every year towards the end of May the three great London art auction houses that deal in Russian art hold their main annual sales. It is known as Russian Week. 

  MacDougall’s because  is the only one that advertises viewings in Moscow of the works on sale (and in Kiev, where there are, apparently, almost as many billionaires per head of the population as here). They will be auctioning many fine paintings, including Ivan Ivanovsky’s depiction of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, one of the many he painted of the city on the water. It is reproduced to the left of this photograph of two people looking at this amazing work—even more striking, of course, in real life than in the catalogue in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral art annexe.

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Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names

#1: Philtrum

Definition:  the vertical groove on the median line of the upper lip

Example Sentence: His chiseled features even included a well-defined philtrum.                 Origin: In Greek, the primary meaning of philtrum is "love potion" – which suggests that seductive powers were attributed to this facial feature.

On Being a Man

Diamond Jubilee

The Queen is to attend the Epsom Derby later, launching a four-day weekend of events for her Diamond Jubilee.

The Queen is due to be driven down the course in an open-top car, there will be a Red Arrows display and  Katherine Jenkins will sing the National Anthem.

HANGMAN

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