- Ancient languages didn't have a word for blue — not Greek, not Chinese, not Japanese, not Hebrew. Homer famously describes the "wine-dark sea." http://www.radiolab.org/story/211119-colors/ 72 comments linguistics
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- What Is Blue and How Do We See Color? http://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2 43 comments
- There's Evidence Humans Didn't Actually See Blue Until Modern Times : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-even-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-suggests?amp%3Butm_campaign=feed%3A+sciencealert-latestnews+%28sciencealert-latest%29&%3Butm_medium=feed 20 comments
- No one could see the color blue until modern times | Business Insider India http://www.businessinsider.in/No-one-could-see-the-color-blue-until-modern-times/articleshow/46403449.cms 0 comments