Colour.

[iopq]

(04-18-2009 07:13 PM)rawonam Wrote:  So the bottom line: is it true that different language speakers perceive or categorize colors differently?

Pretty much.

[Rezia]

And some colour nominations are really strange, I came across it in the names of colours for cars. E.g. what on earth could be colour "Solaris"!

[rawonam]

(04-18-2009 10:15 PM)iopq Wrote:  

(04-18-2009 07:13 PM)rawonam Wrote:  So the bottom line: is it true that different language speakers perceive or categorize colors differently?

Pretty much.

Proof? How do you know?

[yuditsky]

I think that the human perception is the same, but the categorization is quite different(check Berlin & Kay theory), for instance "blue" is for both синий and голубой.

[qutlug]

There is a mistake in the subject. Right: color.

[aniodchai]

(04-19-2009 02:43 AM)qutlug Wrote:  There is a mistake in the subject. Right: color.

God bless America!

[Belg]

Art thou American?

[aniodchai]

Not me but "color" is American. I live in Germany.