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I'm pretty sure the ancient Greek's had some pretty good colour sense. Beyond the whole painting all their temples in garish colours, they knew of (and loved) P
by icegreentea 16y ago
I'm pretty sure the ancient Greek's had some pretty good colour sense. Beyond the whole painting all their temples in garish colours, they knew of (and loved) Phoenician purple. If you can love a certain dye, then you can probably tell it apart from say... plain old red or blue.
- jinushaun 16y agoThe article talks about the cultural differences between colour names, not the ability to see colours themselves. According the article, what we call "Phoenician purple", the ancient Greeks probably called "Phoenician red".