Colors exist on a seamless spectrum, yet we assign hues to discrete categories such as “red” and “orange.” Past studies have found that a person's native language can influence the way colors are ...

What color is a tree, or the sky, or a sunset? At first glance, the answers seem obvious. But it turns out there is plenty of variation in how people see the world—both between individuals and between ...

From Abidji to English to Zapoteco, the perception and naming of color is remarkably consistent in the world's languages. Across cultures, people tend to classify hundreds of different chromatic ...

Papers presented at a conference, Asilomar Conference Center, California in 1992. Contents 1. Introduction C.L. Hardin and Luisa Maffi -- Part I. The World Color Survey: -- 2. Color naming across ...

Cognitive scientists at MIT who studied more than 100 languages say they have discovered a pattern in the way different cultures discern and label colors. While the human eye can perceive millions of ...