Re: NATLANG: Colours
| From: | Amanda Babcock <ababcock@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 14:04 |
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:38:22AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> I think it's clear that in Russian it's galuboi that corresponds to
> universal "blue", as it includes focal blue (a medium value, medium
> saturation blue) as well as darker varieties; "siniy" is restricted
> to lighter blues only, and has its focal point at what in English is
> called "sky blue" (though of course the sky's shade varies by the
> time of day).
I'm afraid you've reversed them. "siniy" (so strange to write it in
Roman letters) is dark blue; "goluboy" is sky blue.
Amanda
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