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"Červená, žlutá a oranžová jsou barvy podzimu."
Translation:Red, yellow, and orange are fall colors.
October 6, 2017
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LaynePierc1
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this is genetive there is no reason not to also accept colors of autumn, or colors of fall.
An indirect one, the most likely etymology is from červ - a worm. The month when worms are plentiful.
However, the name of the colour might be derived from the same worms:
"Old Czech črvený is from Proto-Slavic čьrvenъ, which is a passive participle of čьrviti (“dye using červec”), where červec is a kind of worm used as a red dye (compare červ (“worm”))." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%8Derven%C3%BD#Etymology