This geek...
Cate: It's puce.
Apples/Tim: What?
Cate: Puce. Like a pink/purple.
Apples/Tim: We don't get it.
Remy: Take pink, but make it darker.
Apples: That's red.
Cate: No, take pink and mix blue.
Apples: I can't mix color in my head.
Remy: Would it help if I guessed at the hex triplet?
Tim: Maybe.
Remy: Say, about 996677?
Tim: Yeah, that helped.
Cate: It's puce.
Apples/Tim: What?
Cate: Puce. Like a pink/purple.
Apples/Tim: We don't get it.
Remy: Take pink, but make it darker.
Apples: That's red.
Cate: No, take pink and mix blue.
Apples: I can't mix color in my head.
Remy: Would it help if I guessed at the hex triplet?
Tim: Maybe.
Remy: Say, about 996677?
Tim: Yeah, that helped.
Today I was walking through the mall (Evil!Gates, and I even bought /cheap/ pants from Old Navel) and saw a vendor selling those colored plastic cover thingees for cell phones. "POTEMPKIN CELL PHONES!" I squeed. I got a lot of funny looks, but I don't think anybody got it.