Cross-Cultural Research on Color Names and Color Perception Has Shown

question 47

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural research on color names and color perception has shown that:

• A)colors are perceived and classified differently in the languages spoken in remote, isolated areas.
• B)speakers of languages that do not have a written form classify and perceive colors in a way that is fundamentally different from that of speakers of written languages.
• C)although color names may vary, color perception does not appear to depend on the language used and is much the same in all cultures studied.
• D)color perception appears to depend on the language used and these variations in color perception have been found in all cultures studied.

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