Re: NATLANG: Colours

Yes, but I meant I cannot see which one should be more
important (which one should be the referent one)
between Russian "goluboj" and "sinij". They just are
two different colours, that's all. But when I'm think
of "red" against "pink", I have a tendency to think
that "pink" is some variety of "red" (even in Russian:
krasnij # rozovij)

--- Javier BF <uaxuctum@...> wrote:
[snip]
>
> >I'm not sure it's
> >the same distinction as between "red" and "pink",
> >where "red" seems to me the main concept, "pink" a
> >secundary one
>
> Of course. The colour perceptions included in the
> "pink" category are all composites of
> RED+WHITE(+BLUE),
> a clearly less primary category than the one whose
> center is pure RED.
>
>
> >(which would be the main concept between
> >"light blue" and "dark blue" ? Hard to say).
>
> What's in common between BLUE+WHITE and BLUE+BLACK?
> Well, obviously BLUE.
>
> Cheers,
> Javier

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Philippe Caquant

"High thoughts must have high language." (Aristophanes, Frogs)


	
		
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