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Hardin, C. L.; Maffi, Luisa

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“…The 11 BCTs divide colour space coarsely into the corresponding colour categories and there is no physiological basis for considering all basic terms equivalent . The way is therefore open for languages to acquire more than 11 BCTs, and secondary terms constitute a group of potential candidates for the emergence of new BCTs …”

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Augmenting basic colour terms in english

Mylonas

MacDonald

2015

Color Research & Application

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In an unconstrained colour naming experiment conducted over the web, 330 participants named 600 colour samples in English. The 30 most frequent monolexemic colour terms were analyzed with regards to frequency, consensus among genders, response times, consistency of use, denotative volume in the Munsell and OSA colour spaces and inter-experimental agreement. Each of these measures served for ranking colour term salience; rankings were then combined to give a composite index of basicness. The results support the extension of English inventory from the 11 basic colour terms of Berlin and Kay to 13 terms by the addition of lilac and turquoise.

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Augmenting basic colour terms in english

Mylonas

MacDonald

2015

Color Research & Application

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“…A long-standing question is whether the categories defined by language can influence how color is processed or perceived (Hardin & Maffi, 1997; MacLaury, Paramei, & Dedrick, 2007). Cross-cultural studies of color naming have demonstrated strong similarities in how speakers of different languages partition color space (Kay & Regier, 2003; Lindsey & Brown, 2006; Regier, Kay, & Cook, 2005), though differences in color boundaries across languages have also been emphasized (Davidoff, Davies, & Roberson, 1999; Roberson, Davidoff, Davies, & Shapiro, 2005).…”

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Color categories and color appearance

Webster

Kay

2012

Cognition

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We examined categorical effects in color appearance in two tasks, which in part differed in the extent to which color naming was explicitly required for the response. In one, we measured the effects of color differences on perceptual grouping for hues that spanned the blue–green boundary, to test whether chromatic differences across the boundary were perceptually exaggerated. This task did not require overt judgments of the perceived colors, and the tendency to group showed only a weak and inconsistent categorical bias. In a second case, we analyzed results from two prior studies of hue scaling of chromatic stimuli (De Valois, De Valois, Switkes, & Mahon, 1997; Malkoc, Kay, & Webster, 2005), to test whether color appearance changed more rapidly around the blue–green boundary. In this task observers directly judge the perceived color of the stimuli and these judgments tended to show much stronger categorical effects. The differences between these tasks could arise either because different signals mediate color grouping and color appearance, or because linguistic categories might differentially intrude on the response to color and/or on the perception of color. Our results suggest that the interaction between language and color processing may be highly dependent on the specific task and cognitive demands and strategies of the observer, and also highlight pronounced individual differences in the tendency to exhibit categorical responses.

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“…Arguments put forward in Berlin and Kay's famous study (), together with subsequent emendations, and supportive research on the part of psychologists into colour propotypicality, such as that of Rosch Heider () and her colleagues (Rosch Heider & Olivier ) in the 1970s, all assert the existence of a common terminology of basic colours in all languages, with levels of complexity according to an evolutionary pattern; such arguments still enjoy widespread and remarkable acceptance (cf. Hardin & Maffi : 3‐5; Kay et al . ; Kay & Regier ; Regier & Kay ; Regier, Kay & Cook ).…”

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On contrastive perception and ineffability: assessing sensory experience without colour terms in an Amazonian society

Surrallés

2016

Royal Anthropological Inst

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Based on ethnographic material relating to the Candoshi, an indigenous people from the Upper Amazon, this article explores how they evaluate sensory experiences pertaining to colours without one of the main descriptive tools used for this purpose: colour names. After a review of the research concerning ineffability and colour naming, the article shows that the Candoshi do not have any terms for colours in their language. It then describes how, through a range of practices referred to as ‘contrastive perception’, they manage to communicate sensory experience, including that relating to colours, with accuracy. The last section concludes by discussing some of the theoretical implications of these findings in the light of previous research into the issue.

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Augmenting basic colour terms in english

Augmenting basic colour terms in english

Color categories and color appearance

On contrastive perception and ineffability: assessing sensory experience without colour terms in an Amazonian society

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