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The Himba tribe in Africa have an interesting perception of color which is believed to stem from their language[1]. For example, their language uses the same wo
by seewhatIsee 10y ago
The Himba tribe in Africa have an interesting perception of color which is believed to stem from their language[1]. For example, their language uses the same word for what westerners separately call green and blue. As a result, they cannot seem to distinguish the colors when presented to them.
[1] https://vimeo.com/120808489 https://vimeo.com/120808489
- IIIIIIIIIIII 10y agoAnd Russians see two different colors where Westerners only see "Blue". http://www.pnas.org/content/104/19/7780.full http://www.pnas.org/content/104/19/7780.full There are more examples.
- jessaustin 10y ago"Grue" is actually pretty common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction...
- skyisblue 10y agoThe ancient Japanese also had one word for shades of green and blue.