In English
orange
pink,
are really ‘light brown’ and ‘light red’ to many other cultures
Japanese
the word I learned for ‘pink’ is actually an adaptation from English of ‘pinku
as red and pink are merely seen as different shades in Japanese culture, as well as Chinese
Japanese
aoi
colours from green to blue, and the hues between
For example, the green light of a traffic light is still ‘aoi,’ and the sky is the same.
Russian
blue has even further differentiation than our ‘light blue’ and ‘dark blue.
light and dark blue, goluboj and sinij
In culture, ’ While the have light and dark blue, goluboj and sinij respectively are seen as even further separate colours than just light and dark blue.
Where It All Came From
When it comes to colour, arguably still born out of a need — the need to express —
