The crayola-fication of the world

9/30/2012

In this follow-up article, the author continues the exploration of how color naming affects our perception and cognition. It delves into the concept of linguistic relativity, which suggests that language shapes the way we think. The article discusses experiments that demonstrate how the names we give to colors affect our ability to distinguish between them and perceive differences. It also examines the influence of culture and language on color perception and explains how the brain processes and categorizes colors. The author concludes that our understanding and experience of color are shaped by the language and culture in which we are immersed.

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