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Maybe Korea also had blue traffic lights in the past. But they still call green traffic lights 'blue' even though all of them use a green coloured light. I thi
by second_brekkie 3y ago
Maybe Korea also had blue traffic lights in the past. But they still call green traffic lights 'blue' even though all of them use a green coloured light.
I think the use of blue to mean both blue and green has also been present in Korea for a long time.
I wonder where it came from? In my limited experience if Korea and Japan share something culturally it often has its common derivation in Chineese tradition.
- iopq 3y agoBoth come from the Chinese term 青 which in modern Chinese would by itself refer to colors anywhere between sky blue and grassy green 青天 - clear skies 青草 - green grass 清葡萄 - 청포도 - white grape
- thaumasiotes 3y agoAs vague as 青 might be, I'd have to allow that it's a more accurate description of the color of a grape than "white" is.