Colour distinction

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Colours and cultures

Which circle has a different colour?

Which circle has a different colour?

Himba (Namibia) - different definition of various colours so clear distinction between different greens, but smaller distinction between blue/blue-green

Clip (6:40) - name of colour blue didn't exist in older cultures

How many times is the color blue mentioned in Homer's works?

1. 6 times
2. never
3. 100 times
4. 12 times

When did we develop color vision?

1. 3 million years ago
2. 100 million years ago
3. 30 million years ago
4. 13 million years ago

What did linguists discover when they began to analyze the history of languages?

In all cultures - languages come into being in the same order - black/white + red + green/yellow + blue

After black and white, why is red the first color to appear in all languages?

Colour that man can makes themselves quite easily (red dirt)

How do color classification systems change how different cultures see colors?

If a culture/languge group certain colours together they see a smaller distinction between those colours (example; light blue / dark blue)

How does language affect how we see colors?

Once you have a new name for a specific colour, we start seeing a bigger difference compared to other colours

How do you think your native language shapes how you see the world?

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