[ph0rque]

> For some weird reason, we call light red "pink".

This is partly cultural. In Russian, there's one word for light blue (голубое). It's the color used to describe the sky. I remember wondering why there's not an English equivalent, when there's the pink/red distinction.

[Nition]

The English word for the blue of the sky is "azure". Or sometimes "cerulean".

[adriand]

Native English speaker here (Canada) - I believe I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone refer to the colour of the sky as either of those things. Certainly never "cerulean", and I have strong doubts about "azure". In fact, because Microsoft Azure comes up in conversation relatively frequently, I have noticed that people don't even know how to pronounce it. I often hear people say "ah-zoor".

[ph0rque]

Thanks! But these words are certainly not part of the everyday vocabulary in English, like my Russian word example.