[R] Inappropriate color name

Mitchell Maltenfort mm@|ten @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Mon Nov 16 19:45:52 CET 2020


According to Wikipedia -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_red_(color)
-- "Indian red" refers to a pigment from India.

The Wikipedia page reports that Crayola were concerned about the mistaken
etymology so used the name "Chestnut"

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 1:39 PM Lainey Gallenberg <
laineygallenberg using gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm hoping someone on here knows the appropriate place/contact for me to
> lodge a complaint about a color name in the "colors" function. I was
> shocked to see there are four named color options that include the term
> "indianred." Surely these colors can be changed to something less
> offensive- my suggestion is "blush." How can I find out who to contact
> about making this happen?
>
> Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Sincerely,
> Elaine Gallenberg
>
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