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Is there no cross-cultural evidence in colour categories of psychological laws, only of cultural rules?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Ype H. Poortinga  and
Fons J. R. Van de Vijver
Ype H. Poortinga
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlandspoort@kub.nl
Fons J. R. Van de Vijver
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlandspoort@kub.nl
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Abstract

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Two points are made on the basis of (mainly) the cross- cultural psychological record. The first is that cross-cultural data indicate at least weak, nontrivial constraints on colour classification. The second is that exceptions to cross-cultural regularities as described by Saunders & van Brakel are compatible with the view that constraints on colour categories are probabilistic rather than deterministic.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 205 - 206
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press