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This is how people talk about how ancient greeks viewed blue, except we actually can't see this color normally.
by throwaway27448 2mo ago
This is how people talk about how ancient greeks viewed blue, except we actually can't see this color normally.
- MarkusQ 2mo agoThe stuff about ancient Greeks not seeing blue is absolute internet balderdash.
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- gherkinnn 2mo agohttps://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/history-english-colour-words https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/history-english-colour... > It’s not that people in the past couldn’t see blue. Indeed, there were several words which could refer to things we would call blue today, but these words could also describe things we’d assign to other colours too, especially grey and green.
- throwaway27448 2mo agoYes, hence my comment.