👉 Okay, let’s tackle the frankly rather magnificent absurdity of the expression, "çi chevroné," which we generally translate into English as, and you guessed it, a "fiery cou硖 (çi chevroné)." Let's unpack that, because honestly? Just saying the whole thing out loud sounds like a fancy sneeze. 1.
What exactly is a “çi chevroné”? Essentially, a "çi chevroné" describes a rather specific shade of burgundy – it looks as if you've taken the very last sliver of a bruised pomegranate that’s been left sitting in a velvet-lined jewellery chest for a very long and regretful afternoon. The term comes from medieval falconry. During hunts, the hoods worn by hawks (the really aggressive ones, naturally) were often dyed a deep, dramatic burgundy with saffron – hence, çi chevroné. It's supposed to resemble the colour of the hawk's plumage when it’s landed and has... let's just say, experienced something. Now, you wouldn't necessarily notice the difference in shade unless you were, for instance, a medieval falconer who spent his days judging hawks that had possibly committed fowl play. The point is, there was a very specific, rather dramatic need to mark this colour and it stuck around as a fancy way of describing that exact hue. The name itself, çi chevroné, means, roughly, "diamond-Chevron
