In one of the languages I've studied, "light blue" is one colour, and "dark blue" is another.

Even a concept like “blue” presents difficulties — science can tell us the range of electromagnetic wavelengths that defines the color, but nobody knows whether my brain actually experiences the same thing your brain does when we look up at a cloudless sky. Yet somehow, we have enough mutual understanding of abstract concepts to converse about them. Unfort…
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In one of the languages I've studied, "light blue" is one colour, and "dark blue" is another. No one would ever mix one for another.
In English, we have one word for both colours: blue.
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Written by Kirstin Bebell469 Followers
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I write for the suicidal. Anti-self-help, suicide & society, and a few other bits and pieces.
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