Color Terms from Different Cultures Around the World

question 40

Multiple Choice

Color terms from different cultures around the world

• A) vary in arbitrary ways.
• B) are pretty much the same everywhere, with the exception of colors in the blue-green spectrum.
• C) vary in that some cultures only have color words for red and green, whereas other cultures only have color words for blue and yellow.
• D) all correspond to a small number of different possible sets of terms.
• E) do not consistently contain a word for "black."

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