A cross-cultural colour-naming study: Part II - Using a constrained method

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-208

  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 naming; Colour volume; Cross cultural comparison; Focal colours; Modifiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035371912     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.1017     Document Type: Article

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