What's something that recently boggled your mind? (lemmy.world)

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[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The main studies of a persons language constraining their colour perception derive from the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

This article explains some of the different language and perceptions across different cultures:

https://abnormalways.com/color/color-perception-across-cultures/

The peoples I had heard of previously, are the Himba tribespeople, with a 'hyper-perception' of green hues.

This is an ongoing research area, and I was hoping someone in the field could outline the recent key changes in understanding of cultural effects on colour perception.

There are papers such as this one, that I can partially follow, but would benefit from an interpretation from others more knowledgeable than me.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158725

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