What determines how languages categorize colors? We analyzed results of the World Color
Survey (WCS) of 110 languages to show that despite gross differences across languages …

Languages vary in their number of color terms. A widely accepted theory proposes that
languages evolve, acquiring color terms in a stereotyped sequence. This theory, by Berlin …

The existence of cross-linguistic universals in color naming is currently contested. Early
empirical studies, based principally on languages of industrialized societies, suggested that …

Focal colors, or best examples of color terms, have traditionally been viewed as either the
underlying source of cross-language color-naming universals or derived from category …

We analyzed the color terms in the World Color Survey (WCS)(www. icsi. berkeley.
edu/wcs/), a large color-naming database obtained from informants of mostly unwritten …

It is widely held that named color categories in the world's languages are organized around
universal focal colors and that these focal colors tend to be chosen as the best examples of …

The nature of color categories in the world's languages is contested. One major view holds
that color categories are organized around universal focal colors, whereas an opposing …

This article describes color naming by 51 American English–speaking informants. A free-
naming task produced 122 monolexemic color terms, with which informants named the 330 …

People perceive colors categorically. But what is the role of the environment (or nurture)—
specifically, language—in color perception? The effects of language on the way people …

Existing research in color naming and categorization primarily reflects two opposing views:
A Cultural Relativist view that posits color perception is greatly shaped by culturally specific …