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As an English speaker, this is just bizarre because we have so many words for colors. Of course we have both periwinkle and lavender.
by dehrmann 3y ago
As an English speaker, this is just bizarre because we have so many words for colors. Of course we have both periwinkle and lavender.
- canjobear 3y agoThere is a fairly involved definition of "basic color word" that goes into this research. Basically, most English speakers would agree that periwinkle is a shade of purple, but would certainly not say that green is a shade of blue. In this sense purple, green, and blue are basic color words but periwinkle is not.
- ars 3y agoBut pink is just light red, and it's on that list.
- cryptonector 3y ago> As an English speaker, this is just bizarre because we have so many words TFIFY. English has imported so many words...