Is the Sky Blue?

It’s a really interesting question, that isn’t as obvious as you might think. It’s wrapped up in the social construct of colors, and how color words emerge in languages.

Radio Lab covered this recently in one of their best podcasts I’ve ever listened to. And there is another great look at color evolution here. I especially like that we’re actually watching a color split emerge in modern Japanese language.

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