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Could we take lime, purple, orange, and teal as unique hues?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Justin Broackes
Justin Broackes
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 [email protected]
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Abstract

Saunders and van Brakel question whether the special status of red, green, yellow, and blue in our perceptual organization is anything more than a shadow cast by the English language. I suggest that it is more than this. We can hardly imagine treating lime, purple, orange, and teal as unique hues, and the reason does not lie in special training. To settle the issue, I suggest some lines for psychological experiment and anthropological investigation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 183 - 184
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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