Color naming across languages reflects color use

Color naming across languages reflects color use

What determines how languages categorize colors? We analyzed results of the World Color Survey (WCS) of 110 languages to show that despite gross differences across languages, communication of chromatic chips is always better for warm colors (yellows/reds) than cool colors (blues/greens). We present...

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Main Authors: Ratnasingam, Sivalogeswaran, Piantadosi, Steven T., Conway, Bevil R., Gibson, Edward A, Futrell, Richard Landy Jones, Jara-Ettinger, Julian, Mahowald, Kyle Adam, Bergen, Leon, Gibson, Mitchell
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114985
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-6139
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-1647
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-8716
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1013-1461

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114985
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-6139
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-1647
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-8716
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1013-1461

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