Richer color vocabulary is associated with better color memory but not color perception.

ABSTRACT: The potential interaction between color naming and psychophysical color recognition has been historically debated. To study this interaction, here we utilized two approaches based on individual differences in color naming and variation of color name density along the color wheel. We tested a pool of Persian speaking subjects with a simple color matching task under two conditions: perceptual and memory-based matching. We also asked subjects to freely name 100 evenly sampled hues along the color wheel. We found that, individuals who possess more names to describe the color wheel have a strong edge in color memorization over those with fewer names. Nevertheless, having more or fewer color names was not related to the subjects' performance in perceptual color matching. We also calculated the d

SUBMITTER: Hasantash M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature