Sunlight and "Blue": The Prevalence of Poor Lexical Color Discrimination Within the "Grue" Range

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-294

  Lindsey, Delwin T ^a,b   Brown, Angela M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 2042480016     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.t01-1-00670.x     Document Type: Review

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