In Living Colour Trivia Quiz

Answer: The quick salmon jumped over the lazy frog.

The attractive colour of wild salmon comes from a diet which includes krill and shrimp, and can vary depending on how much of these marine critters the salmon consumes. The same is true of flamingos - if they didn't eat shrimp, they wouldn't be pink!

Answer: Domestic canary

Canary yellow is a pure, bright yellow. In the CMYK colour model, the "Y" is canary yellow (also known as printer's yellow or pigment yellow).

Canary yellow is a popular colour for stationary, clothing, and jewellery. Diamonds that are naturally yellow are called 'canary diamonds', with the most vivid yellow stones being the most valuable. The Tiffany Diamond and the Kahn Canary Diamond are famous examples.

Answer: fawn

Though 'fawn' can be used to describe anything fawn-coloured, it's mostly applied to soft things like clothing, upholstery and the coats of animals. In fact, fawn is a recognized standard coat-colour in some kinds of pedigreed animals. You can have a fawn cow, a fawn dog, and even a fawn rat!

Answer: puce

Historical rumor has it that Louis XVI, upon seeing his wife's fancy new dress, snidely remarked that it was the colour of a flea. Whether the lady was initially insulted or not, the name 'puce' stuck. She wore the colour frequently and it became quite fashionable in the royal court.

Answer: cuttlefish

Many of the best-known cuttlefish belong to the genus 'sepia' and the dark brown liquid which they deploy as a defense against predators can be used as a natural writing ink. Cuttlefish are truly remarkable animals. They're highly intelligent and they can change their skin colour with dazzling virtuosity. (If you've never seen a video of a 'strobing' cuttlefish, I highly recommend it.)

Answer: standard Crayola crayon colours

In 1903, there were only 8 Crayola colours: black, blue, brown, green, orange, red, violet and yellow. One hundred years later, that number had exploded to an impressive 120 distinct standard hues.

Of course all of those new hues had to be named, and Crayola rose (ha!) to the task by drawing inspiration from (among other things) animals, plants and foods. These creative names usually suggest a specific colour, but I challenge you to guess what 'Bittersweet', 'Razzmatazz' and 'Fuzzy Wuzzy' look like!

http://www.crayola.com/about-us/crayon-chronology.aspxcan

Answer: You want to paint it pink-orange? No way!

Corals are small marine animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria (which also includes jellyfish and sea anemones). We tend to associate coral with coral reefs, but not all corals produce reefs: some corals don't form colonies, while others lack a hard exoskeleton.

As far as interior design goes, a coral-coloured living room might be slightly overstimulating!

Answer: False

The colour periwinkle comes not from a snail but from an herb which bears lavender flowers. The periwinkle snail and the periwinkle plant, in spite of sharing the same vernacular name, have completely different etymological origins.

The two kinds of 'periwinkle' have another thing in common: both are prolific invaders that can quickly crowd out other plants and animals, disrupting the native ecosystem.

Answer: the European mole

Pronounced 'tope', this colour gets its name from the European mole, which has the Latin name of Talpa europaea. According to Wikipedia, the colour originally referred to "the average color of the French mole". It makes one wonder how they got the average - did they use a statistically significant sample of moles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taupe

Answer: teal

It's actually the iridescent blue-green half-crescent around the male teal's eye that is thought to be the origin of the colour teal. As with so many other bird species, the male is colourful in order to attract mates, while the female is rather drab and thus is better camouflaged while nesting.