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Warpy

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1. Odd considering blue is one of the toughest colors to match

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 02:41 AM

Sep 2017

and anyone who works with color has so many different descriptors for it. I do know that cultures that lack a word for orange can't distinguish it from either red or yellow, so language does affect perception.

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Humans Are Better Able To Describe Warm Colors Than Cool Colors [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2017 OP

Odd considering blue is one of the toughest colors to match Warpy Sep 2017 #1

My son, an art student, completed his color theory class last semester. It was intense. NNadir Sep 2017 #2

Might be a linquistic or cultural evolutionary adaptation as well... Rollo Sep 2017 #3