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10. "a pigment composed of naturally occurring iron oxides that is widely used in India".

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 02:19 AM

Aug 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_red_(color)

Kind of like banning the word "niggardly".

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It was really really hard for me to switch from calling the 'flesh' crayon 'peach' [View all] Luminous Animal Aug 2013 OP

tell me you didn't just type that. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #1

I couldn't wrap my head around abandoning "flesh" bandaids, either. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #4

So,...have you always been peachy? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #2

That flesh always creeped me out. Rozlee Aug 2013 #3

Ha! Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #6

when was it called flesh ? JI7 Aug 2013 #5

From 1949 to 1962, apparently petronius Aug 2013 #7

not as silly as the names given to makeup products these days JI7 Aug 2013 #9

"Atomic Tangerine" is a cool name Ken Burch Aug 2013 #12

"Indian Red" hung in there till 1999 jberryhill Aug 2013 #8

Is "burnt siena" still there? CTyankee Aug 2013 #16

That was always my favorite color Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #19

Maybe they could compromise and call it "Peach Flesh". Ken Burch Aug 2013 #11

And when you slipped into old habits Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #13

I would doubt it LanternWaste Aug 2013 #18

I never looked at what the color was called postulater Aug 2013 #14

Now I'm mad ileus Aug 2013 #15

I thought that topic was over already...didn't we have a weekend... snooper2 Aug 2013 #17