On Color Categorization
Why Do We Name Seven Colors in the Rainbow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasmina Jraissati (0000-0002-0336-3523, American University of Beirut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 382-391 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12131 |
| OpenAlex | W2135459214 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
What makes it the case that we draw the boundary between "blue" and "green" where we draw it? Do we draw this boundary where we draw it because our perceptual system is biologically determined in this way? Or is it culture and language that guide the way we categorize colors? These two possible answers have shaped the historical discussion opposing so-called universalists to relativists. Yet, the most recent theoretical developments on color categorization reveal the limits of such a polarization
Categorization · Epistemology · Mathematical analysis · Optics · Perception · Physics · Rainbow · Categorization, perception, and language · Color perception and design · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Color naming reflects optimal partitions of color space
Color categories are not universal
Language, thought, and color
Basic color terms
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits
On the Reality (and Diversity) of Objective Colors
Synchronic variability and diachronic change in basic color terms
Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Race
Natural categories
Basic Color Terms
The Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Terms
The Internal Structure of Basic and Non-Basic Color Categories
The Mind of Primitive Man
Probabilities, Sampling, and Ethnographic Method
Biocultural Implications of Systems of Color Naming
Whorf and His Critics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |