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Why it took us thousands of years to see the colour violet

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  1. DonQuixote
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    I refer you to the article by Umberto Eco which I discovered only last week, "How Culture Conditions the Colours We See." Partial article in this link:...

    I refer you to the article by Umberto Eco which I discovered only last week, "How Culture Conditions the Colours We See."

    Partial article in this link: https://dokumen.pub/how-culture-conditions-the-colours-we-see.html

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  2. devilized
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    Radiolab did an amazing episode called Colors on this topic. They used a choir to audibly illustrate the colors that we see compared to other animals, and talk about how there was no word for blue...

    Radiolab did an amazing episode called Colors on this topic. They used a choir to audibly illustrate the colors that we see compared to other animals, and talk about how there was no word for blue in ancient texts. It was fascinating.

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