Edward Gibson

So it's somehow, it's been, it's kind of useful for English to have evolved in some way to, so there's 11 terms that people find useful to talk about, black, white, red, blue, green, yellow, purple, gray, pink, and I probably missed something there. Anyway, there's 11 that everyone knows. But you go to different cultures, especially the non-industrialized cultures, and there'll be many fewer.

So some cultures will have only two, believe it or not. The Danai in Papua New Guinea have only two labels that the group uses for color. Those are roughly black and white. They are very, very dark and very, very light, which are roughly black and white. And you might think, oh, they're dividing the whole color space into light and dark or something. And that's not really true.

So some cultures will have only two, believe it or not. The Danai in Papua New Guinea have only two labels that the group uses for color. Those are roughly black and white. They are very, very dark and very, very light, which are roughly black and white. And you might think, oh, they're dividing the whole color space into light and dark or something. And that's not really true.

So some cultures will have only two, believe it or not. The Danai in Papua New Guinea have only two labels that the group uses for color. Those are roughly black and white. They are very, very dark and very, very light, which are roughly black and white. And you might think, oh, they're dividing the whole color space into light and dark or something. And that's not really true.

They mostly just only label the black and the white things. They just don't talk about the colors for the other ones. And then there's other groups. I've worked with a group called the Chimani down in Bolivia in South America. And they have... three words that everyone knows, but there's a few others that several people, that many people know.

They mostly just only label the black and the white things. They just don't talk about the colors for the other ones. And then there's other groups. I've worked with a group called the Chimani down in Bolivia in South America. And they have... three words that everyone knows, but there's a few others that several people, that many people know.

They mostly just only label the black and the white things. They just don't talk about the colors for the other ones. And then there's other groups. I've worked with a group called the Chimani down in Bolivia in South America. And they have... three words that everyone knows, but there's a few others that several people, that many people know.

And so they have, it's kind of depending on how you count, between three and seven words that the group knows, okay? And again, they're black and white. Everyone knows those. And red, red is, you know, like that tends to be the third word that everyone, that cultures bring in. If there's a word, it's always red, the third one.

And so they have, it's kind of depending on how you count, between three and seven words that the group knows, okay? And again, they're black and white. Everyone knows those. And red, red is, you know, like that tends to be the third word that everyone, that cultures bring in. If there's a word, it's always red, the third one.

And so they have, it's kind of depending on how you count, between three and seven words that the group knows, okay? And again, they're black and white. Everyone knows those. And red, red is, you know, like that tends to be the third word that everyone, that cultures bring in. If there's a word, it's always red, the third one.

And then after that, it's kind of all bets are off about what they bring in. And so after that, they bring in a sort of a big blue-green group. They have one for that. And then different people have different words that they'll use for other parts of the space. And so anyway, it's probably related to what they want to talk... Not what they see, because they see the same colors as we see.

And then after that, it's kind of all bets are off about what they bring in. And so after that, they bring in a sort of a big blue-green group. They have one for that. And then different people have different words that they'll use for other parts of the space. And so anyway, it's probably related to what they want to talk... Not what they see, because they see the same colors as we see.

And then after that, it's kind of all bets are off about what they bring in. And so after that, they bring in a sort of a big blue-green group. They have one for that. And then different people have different words that they'll use for other parts of the space. And so anyway, it's probably related to what they want to talk... Not what they see, because they see the same colors as we see.

So it's not like they have a weak... a low color palette in the things they're looking at. They're looking at a lot of beautiful scenery, okay? A lot of different colored flowers and berries and things. And so there's lots of things of very bright colors, but they just don't label the color in those cases.

So it's not like they have a weak... a low color palette in the things they're looking at. They're looking at a lot of beautiful scenery, okay? A lot of different colored flowers and berries and things. And so there's lots of things of very bright colors, but they just don't label the color in those cases.

So it's not like they have a weak... a low color palette in the things they're looking at. They're looking at a lot of beautiful scenery, okay? A lot of different colored flowers and berries and things. And so there's lots of things of very bright colors, but they just don't label the color in those cases.

And the reason probably, we don't know this, but we think probably what's going on here is that what you do, why you label something is you need to talk to someone else about it. And why do I need to talk about a color

And the reason probably, we don't know this, but we think probably what's going on here is that what you do, why you label something is you need to talk to someone else about it. And why do I need to talk about a color

And the reason probably, we don't know this, but we think probably what's going on here is that what you do, why you label something is you need to talk to someone else about it. And why do I need to talk about a color

Well, if I have two things which are identical and I want you to give me the one that's different and the only way it varies is color, then I invent a word which tells you, you know, this is the one I want. So I want the red sweater off the rack, not the green sweater, right? There's two.