This usage is very common in ancient Chinese. For example:

Clever words make color. -"The Analects of Confucius". Solution: "Make color, be good at its color."

Why make a name for yourself? -"Shi Shuo Xin Yu, Rehabilitation". Don't worry, a good reputation won't show. )

At the beginning of 189, he made many words to make talents. -"Yutai Xinyi, ancient poetry is Jiao Zhongqing's wife"

Another example: spiritual color (a pleasing face; Good at pleasing people with flattering colors; Chen Ling (a good time); Spiritual residence (good residence); Lingyin (kind words, good news); Order politics (good governance, moral governance); Hope (good reputation) and so on.

The ancients used the word "ling" when addressing relatives of others, which also came from this meaning: your love, your sister, your mother ...?