Re: NATLANG: Colours

--On Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:49 PM +0100 Michael Poxon
<m.poxon@...> wrote:

> I seem to remember one PNG language that had no "what we would call"
> colour terms, but simply two terms for 'light' and 'dark'. Maybe if you
> live in a rain forest (they're pretty dark places) all greens look dark
> to you! W glas has been mentioned before in this context. LLwyd is also
> used for grey, as well as "un-red" browns.
> Mike
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>> > I read that a language in Papua New Guinea violates language universals
> by
>> > using a different colour system than other languages. Does anyone have
> any
>> > information on this?
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>> There are much more everyday ones that do this to a limited extent.
>> Welsh, for instance, has one word for blue, green, and grey - 'glas'.
>
Specifically, from what I've read, "light" covers white, red, orange and
yellow while "dark" covers black, green, blue and violet. I've also heard
them called "warm" and "cold" colors.