Nature and culture: An analysis of individual focal color choices in world color survey languages

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 151-172

  Kuehni, Rolf G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color perception; Color terms; World Color Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049106244     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853707X208468     Document Type: Review

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