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Re:A Winelike Sea by BariumBlue on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:57AM (#35739713)
I know Japanese used to have only one word for blue/green - "Midori".

According to this chart, does that mean that Japanese had five or less terms for different colors?

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Re:A Winelike Sea by throw0101b on Friday April 28, 2023 @07:10AM (#35739818)
> I know Japanese used to have only one word for blue/green - "Midori".

All languages used to only have on word for blue/green, until they got a second worth splitting the two. Perhaps see §Japanese at:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue–green_distinction_in_lang...

Also:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_colors_of_Japan

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