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> brown really doesn't exist. Brown is just reflected orange-y light in the right context. The Pirahã language only has two words for "color" – which more or l
by 9rx 2y ago
> brown really doesn't exist. Brown is just reflected orange-y light in the right context.
The Pirahã language only has two words for "color" – which more or less translate to "light" and "dark". Therefore red, green, blue, even orange don't really exist either. Except they do, because we've defined them to exist. Brown is no different.
- latexr 2y agoBrown is different, because you can only see it in the right context, otherwise it becomes orange. You cannot create brown light sources. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN... Not naming certain colours does not mean they cease to exist. They can be split, created, and we have the receptors to perceive them.
- 9rx 2y ago> Brown is different, because you can only see it in the right context, otherwise it becomes orange. But that's how it is defined, so no, it is not different.