Talk:Color Naming Rule/@comment-410526-20160901173103/@comment-410526-20160901234431

Yeah, "ze" could be a misspelling of zi 紫 (purple) and "dong" could come from donggu 冬菇 (shitake mushrooms, оr literally winter mushrooms).

That was my belief for quite a while, but I'm pretty sure that's not where they got it from. After some research, I think Miles and Kerry just saw it on that 2000names site Spirit linked. It has the exact same spelling and meaning as what they stated on ABTV. There's also the fact that the list includes some obscure color-related names used in RWBY like Porfirio, Russel and Miltiades...

As for how accurate that site is... Can't say, but it does seem likely that's where they got it.