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Language may change your colour vision

Having more words for a colour changes how it’s seen.

The language you speak may influence how you perceive colours, according to new research. Russian speakers, who have separate words for light and dark blue, are better at discriminating between the two, suggesting that they do indeed perceive them as different colours.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on April 30, 2007 10:00 PM |

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I don't believe. I speak two languages and three dialects and am confident that these have sufficient words to describe two or more colors. I can have more than ten words in one tongue to discriminate objects between blue and violet, as well as their related hues, but until now, the only proof that this research works on me is whenever I look at my bills. Maybe the researchers should reconsider their facts.

Posted by: Caezar Angelito Estioko Arceo | May 3, 2007 09:38 AM

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