A cross-cultural colour-naming study. Part I: Using an unconstrained method

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-60

  Lin, H ^a   Luo, M R ^a   MacDonald, L W ^a   Tarrant, A W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic colour names; Colour categories; Colour codability; Colour naming; Cross cultural comparison; Secondary names

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012336925     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(200102)26:1<40::AID-COL5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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