Re: Mauve and a related conlang question

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
>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.
Do this in any verifiable way connect to how these frequencies are
registered by the eye? Are, say, the "best example" red around the frequency
best registered by the red taps (if that's the correct English term)?

                                                Andreas

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