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Colorfulness of Language Vs. Simplicity

What is the color of simplicity?



White

White. White represents simplicity, purity, innocence, and perfection.

Does language affect color perception?

The visual mismatch negativity is a marker of an automatic and unconscious process, thus, language-specific categories have an implicit effect on human color perception. These findings on color categorical perception revealed that language modulates ongoing color perception (Lupyan, 2012).

How does language impact color?





Shown through a study, cognitive scientists have found that languages (more than 100 studied), tend to divide the “warm” part of the color spectrum into more color words , such as red, orange, and yellow, as compared to the “cooler” regions, which include blue and green.