24 Jul
2016
24 Jul
'16
1:56 p.m.
On Sunday 24 Jul 2016 11:21:31 Jeremy Silver wrote:
Be aware, for our own species, colour perception appears to be very dependent on language itself there is research on how various colours are differentiated by the languages of the world which you might find interesting as ancient Greek is one of them.
To add to the bunch of links in the other post, here's a BBC documentary on the subject of colour perception: (If the link breaks and you need to find another version) BBC Horizon 2011 S48E01 "Do you see what I see?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqXyu14kpY If the way the Himba tribe referenced in the program refer to colours was known early enough, it might have influenced how the colour system in Klingon was devised.