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It is merely a linguistic peculiarity, not a logical fact, that we say "that is red" instead of "that reddens," either in the sense of growing, becoming, red, or in the sense of making something else red.

John Dewey
Growing, Red, Facts
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Paul Kurtz (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930”, p.253, SIU Press
It is merely a linguistic peculiarity, not a logical fact, that we say that is red instead of that reddens, either in the sense of growing, becoming, red, or in the sense of making something else red.