Across languages, “the fundamental colour hierarchy, at least in the early stages (black/white, red, yellow/green, blue) remains generally accepted. The problem is that no one could explain why this ordering of colour exists. Why, for example, does the blue of sky and sea, or the green of foliage, not occur as a word before the far less common red?”
I’m pretty sure RadioLab offered a compelling explanation for this phenomenon just a couple of weeks ago. And explained why the sky isn’t necessarily blue. ;)
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Do listen to the RadioLab section on why the sky isn’t blue.
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I’m pretty sure RadioLab offered a compelling explanation for this phenomenon just a couple of weeks ago. And explained...
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