Today's Torn Tongue post over on 
torn_world is about colors. Some languages have very few color terms (the minimum seems to be "dark" and "light") while others have many. Torn Tongue has some interesting conventions regarding color terms.
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- Elizabeth Barrette (
ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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De, Li, Fu ... Black, White, Red
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February 12 2010, 20:39:23 UTC 11 years ago
The linguistics book I used for this inspiration had a little tree diagram. All sampled languages seemed to have a minimum of "light" and "dark." If there was a third word, it was "red." If there was a fourth, it was "blue" or "green" (or a word that encompassed both). I can see why; red is important as a danger color, while blue/green equates to safety and sustenance.
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February 13 2010, 02:41:49 UTC 11 years ago
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