I learn things when I read. In the Wodehouse novel, Doctor Sally, he makes reference to "that curious faint gamboge light which passes for sunshine in England." Never having been in England and not being either an artist nor an interior decorator, I did not know what that was. So, in the spirit of curiosity and self-improvement, I looked it up. Gamboge is a deep-yellow pigment derived from a species of tree that primarily grows in Cambodia. (That sounds like a good crossword puzzle entry, doesn't it?) Pictured below is a garcinia tree, which is the source of gamboge. (Honestly, folks, I am not making this up.)
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I didn't know it was a word - let alone a color!
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