Focal Color Variability and Unique Hue Stimulus Variability

Author: Kuehni, Rolf G.

Source: Journal of Cognition and Culture, Volume 5, Numbers 3-4, 2005 , pp. 409-426(18)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The degree to which physiology and culture have affected the formation of primitive color categories continues to be a matter of discussion. In this paper the degree of agreement between the ranges of individual color term foci for the four hue-based color categories yellow, green, blue, and red and individual choices of Munsell samples representing for the observers Hering's four unique hues is investigated. The color term focus range data are extracted from the survey results of the 110 unwritten languages of the World Color Survey, also in terms of the Munsell color order system. Agreement of approximately 90% between the two has been found, indicating the likelihood of a strong color vision system related physiological component in the formation of these four primitive hue categories.

Keywords: FOCAL COLORS; UNIQUE HUES; COLOR WORDS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156853705774648554

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