Of course, one of the problems with colours is that different cultures have different colour values. The Celtic languages like Scots and Irish Gaelic distingui

Of course, one of the problems with colours is that different cultures have different colour values. The Celtic languages like Scots and Irish Gaelic distinguish between dearg, which is the red of paint or blood, and ruadh, which is the red of hair or heather. To them these are completely different colours, and a native Gaelic speaker would be really confused to find that English translates them both as the same word. Toki Pona's limited root vocabulary really just demonstrates its cultural biases.