If blacksmiths make things out of metal, what do other colors of smith make?
You can remember them all with this popular nursery rhyme:
A blacksmith makes things out of metal.
A whitesmith makes records of queries.
A graysmith makes facts about serial killers up to match all of his theories.
A greensmith makes plants into tables.
A brownsmith grinds tables to dust.
A redsmith takes dust from those tables and plants and applies it to mirrors to rust.
A yellowsmith makes things from acids.
A bluesmith can make things from bases.
A chartreusmith can make things from any material, regardless of what their pH is.
A taupesmith makes things out of paper.
Eggshellsmiths carve stuff out of shell.
An ivorysmith poaches ivory, and that’s why they’re going to hell.
An orangesmith makes stuff that’s orange.
A purplesmith makes stuff that’s purple.
A silversmith makes things from silver, which is just the truth because nothing rhymes very well with the aforementioned colors.