Color Terms

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Bolton, RalphColor terms in folk tales: a cross-cultural study
Bornstein, Marc H.The psychophysiological component of cultural difference in color naming and illusion susceptibility

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Bolton, RalphThe salience of color categories in folk tales is positively associated with the evolutionary sequence proposed by Berlin and Kay (1969) (233).
Bornstein, Marc H."The distribution of color term 'confusions' runs in geographic parallel with increasing skin and eye pigmentation. [This is] typically manifest in [confusing green and blue] or perceiving blue or green and blue as darker or black" (42, 69)

Associated OCMs

  1. vocabulary
  2. ethnophysics