Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language (2015)

Re:Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language (2015) by sorokod on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:17AM (#21304274)

I think that a relevant example here would be categorizing "red" and " green" to a colour blind person.

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Re:Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language (2015) by tempguy9999 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:24AM (#21304325)

I don't think so, as that categorisation can't be perceived by them. Like, they can't see it.

I'm saying that once 2 categories had been conceptually distinguished, I could split them apart immediately because the difference had been explain, whereas they were amorphously lumped together in my head before. Typically those categories had different words, but even without that the distinction became evident.

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Re:Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language (2015) by kadoban on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:09PM (#21304995)

It's besides the point, but that's actually not how typical red-green colorblindness works.

We can see both red and green as separate colors, it's just much harder to distinguish them than it is for other people (especially if they are mixed in with other colors).

As far as I understand the physiology, our eyes are much less sensitive to green light, so it just doesn't stand out as much.

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Re:Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language (2015) by tempguy9999 on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:16AM (#21309981)

Very much on point, and I learned something. Ta.

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