Language influences color perception

 Another entry for the ever-expanding category of “the brain is a very strange place” posts. A paper in PNAS suggests that what we call a color may influence how we perceive it. The image below shows a spectrum of colors that, to an English speaker, would probably all be described as “blue.” Russian speakers, however, distinguish between lighter blues (”goluboy”) and darker blues (”siniy”).

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Color and language

I think which language you speak has an influence on how you think and see the world. Generally we all have the same emoutions and although we express things differently we feel the same. However, who we think, is a bit different based on your native language.

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