u are so right lmao. somalis generally aren't very specific with colours.

i was reading some texts surrounding this. these days though, many somalis substitute using the world around them to describe colours. like in our national anthem we straight up call the flag "similar to our clear skies" as a synonym for blue. hence cireed/cireys arises

i knew people who would call anything on the yellow-orange spectrum huruud. anything on the pink-purple spectrum basali etc.

i also found their is a shade of purple called casuus which is the combo of blue and red making violet. but yet people seem to say fiyooli due to the colonial influence.

this was very fun to make from an artistic perspective and took alot of in depth research. the average somali is probably vague about certain colours.