Re: Mauve and a related conlang question
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 16:46 |
Tim May wrote:
> I seem to remember seeing somewhere that the fundamental colour groups
> were always centered on the same wavelengths, but I could be imagining
> it.
Yes. All languages, if they have a word for a given color, will use the
same narrow range of frequencies and brightness for the central or "best
example" shade of said color.
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