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Individual Differences in Color Naming
Delwin T Lindsey
Angela M Brown
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-114  Published Online :  February 2016
Abstract

Color naming shows great diversity worldwide, across languages and even within languages, but there are only about 11 named color categories, which are universal across languages and occur in only a few distinct, universal motifs. Most world languages contain multiple motifs among their speakers. Color communication using these motifs is not optimal, even when controlling for the number of color terms they contain. This is due to the diversity across individuals, including: which colors are not named, which motif is used, low consensus about the terms for the colors that are named, and where the boundaries are between the colors.

Journal Title : Electronic Imaging
Publisher Name : Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 USA
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Delwin T Lindsey, Angela M Brown, "Individual Differences in Color Naming"  in Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging,  2016,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-114

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Individual Differences in Color Naming
LindseyDelwin T
BrownAngela M
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2016
16
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2016
Color naming shows great diversity worldwide, across languages and even within languages, but there are only about 11 named color categories, which are universal across languages and occur in only a few distinct, universal motifs. Most world languages contain multiple motifs among their speakers. Color communication using these motifs is not optimal, even when controlling for the number of color terms they contain. This is due to the diversity across individuals, including: which colors are not named, which motif is used, low consensus about the terms for the colors that are named, and where the boundaries are between the colors.