u/comrade_batman

I’ve read that “Caeruleus” was used to describe colours from the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green. And that “Caesius”, when describing eye colour, meant more grey-eyed than blue-eyed. Is this accurate? Were they more interchangeable in describing colours, such as someone’s eyes? Or were there more specific colours to use when describing eye colour?

I was looking for something that could mean a grey-green/blue-green description, as I can’t find anything solid on how the Romans would describe heterochromia. I thought as one, later, source claimed Alexander the Great had heterochromia, and as they very much idealised Alexander, there might be an equivalent word but haven’t found anything definitive. Or did the Romans not have a specific word for what we call “heterochromia” and simply used descriptive phrases?