Reminder to Self: An Emu is a goofy looking bird, not the name for some color only women know about.

@smokey Too right. There is a whole spectrum of colors that are all tricky. //drags knuckles// :-)

@bradenslen Why would only women know about it?

@simonwoods @bradenslen blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/0...

@simonwoods Based on my own experience. Women seem to know the names for many more shades of color than most men do. Men just round off to the nearest whole color while women are more exacting. I can't prove it but I think women are more immersed in identifying fine shades of colors than men (eg. matching makeup to skin tone/lighting/hair/eyes, fashion and decorating) from an early age.

@jeannie Good. That confirms another theory I had but didn't mention because I couldn't be bothered to look it up. Anyway, Nature or Nurture, it's a useful ability to have. Thanks for the info!

@bradenslen @jeannie @teisam @simonwoods Despite its beginnings in a couple of off-the-cuff remarks, this turned out to be quite the interesting and informative conversation; thanks 👍