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> No single hypothesis on why. No utility. Blue objects in the world: the sky, the sea, a handful of flowers, some very rare stones. Not edible, not usable in
by angelzen 5y ago
> No single hypothesis on why.
No utility. Blue objects in the world: the sky, the sea, a handful of flowers, some very rare stones. Not edible, not usable in any other form.
The phenomenon can be directly observed in some languages where 'green' is synonymous with 'unripe'. Highly likely that the 'unripe' sense evolved first.
- ilammy 5y agoAlso, the people most likely to discuss colors are artists and such. The thing with blue is that for a very long time pure blue pigments like aquamarine were extremely rare and expensive, quite likely non-existent at all in the times of basic vocabulary formation and associated development. You don't give names and fine distinctions to things you don't deal with often.