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lil · 3642 days ago · link · · parent · post: If We Have No Word for a Colour, Can We See It? Researchers Say No.

hi Mike and veen. I'm glad this topic is being revisited.

Having more words about anything makes it easier to think about those things. This is so true -- psychological and medical terms made it easier to think about illnesses. At the same time, as soon as we make things easier and have words for things, we become inclined to see the word as descriptive, when it could be more general like "blue". If only we could talk about "depression" in shades. Then there are the many shades of Aspergers which itself is a shade of Autism, but very unlike Autism as it is often understood.

I was thinking today why they chose the word "spectrum" to describe conditions. Spectrum originally referred to the colours that a ray of light can separate into.

And speaking of colours, I suddenly want to own a complete set of 120 CRAYOLA crayons and all 34 retired colours.

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