Re: Colors in Sherall
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 5, 2003, 2:56 |
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:43:05 -0400, Sally Caves <scaves@...>
wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
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>> Jake X scripsit:
>>
>> > I've never heard of that before. It intrigues me. Do you know of any
>> > sites where I can read about the condition. What is the tachnical term?
>>
>> Tetrachromatism. Herman Miller's Zireen are tetrachromats, and so IIRC
>> are bees.
>
>What is it, then, that they see-- or not see?
Zireen or bees?
Zireen eyes have color receptors that are sensitive to yellow, turquoise,
indigo, and ultraviolet. Zireen languages have distinct words for all the
secondary colors made by combining any two of the four primary colors
(examples from Karidhi):
t`s`a? Y
zE~zO T
D}j I
mia U
laz Y T
j\iz`a Y I
t_>En Y U
BE? T I
nEvit T U
hO~ I U