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Color terms from different cultures around the world

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Color terms from different cultures around the world:

A)vary in arbitrary ways.

B)are pretty much the same everywhere, with the exception of colors in the blue-green spectrum.

C)vary in that some cultures only have color words for red and green,whereas other cultures only have color words for blue and yellow.

D)all correspond to a small number of different possible sets of terms.

E)do not consistently contain a word for "black."

Answer:

D)all correspond to a small number of different possible sets of terms.

Step-by-step explanation:

Even though, the way people describe a color differ from one culture to another, we typically see a certain color as the combination of several basic colors. Since we only have three primary colors (Green, yellow, and red) the different possible sets of terms all corresponded to a small number.

For example, the color term that English speaking countries described as 'Orange' is the combination of two primary colors of red and yellow.

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