Ingrained: A Crush of Color

When something is ingrained , it’s "deeply rooted" or "firmly fixed," pertaining to qualities, dispositions, or habits. This figurative use of the word ingrain came into English in the 1850s, but its original sense is from the 1300s and had to do with the dried and pulverized insects used to make a color. In this episode, I share all the colors whose names come from the animals whose bodies we crushed or from whom we extracted secretions to make dyes, colors, and pigments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Ingrained: A Crush of Color is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 17:13 long.

This episode was published on Mar 18, 2017.

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