Unique Hue Stimulus Choice: A Constraint on Hue Category Formation

Author: Kuehni, Rolf G.

Source: Journal of Cognition and Culture, Volume 5, Numbers 3-4, 2005 , pp. 387-408(22)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Berlin & Kay hue-related basic color categories are compared with the ISCC-NBS system of object color categorization. Though independently derived, categories of the former form a small subset of the latter. A conjecture is proposed that explains the absence of yellow-green and blue-green basic hue categories and the potential for a violet category as the result of constraints on primitive hue category formation due to considerable variation in stimuli selected by color-normal observers as representing for them unique hues.

Keywords: COLOR CATEGORIES; UNIQUE HUES

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156853705774648563

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