Color has been scientifically investigated by linking color appearance to colorimetric
measurements of the light that enters the eye. However, the main purpose of color …

Pretrained language models have been shown to encode relational information, such as the
relations between entities or concepts in knowledge-bases--(Paris, Capital, France) …

We derive a principled information-theoretic account of cross-language semantic variation.
Specifically, we argue that languages efficiently compress ideas into words by optimizing the …

How are colour categories related to perception and language? To answer this question, we
review research on the neural correlates of colour categories, and categorical responses in …

Determining the extent to which the perceptual world can be recovered from language is a
longstanding problem in philosophy and cognitive science. We show that state-of-the-art …

For many, colours convey affective meaning. Popular opinion assumes that perception of
colour is crucial to influence emotions. However, scientific studies test colour–emotion …

Associations with colors are a rich source of meaning, and there has been considerable
interest in understanding the capacity of color to shape our functioning and behavior as a …

Colours carry social connotations like pink for girls and blue for boys. In a cross-sectional
study, we investigated whether such early gender coding might be reflected in absolute …

The origin of colour categories and their relationship to colour perception have been the
prime example for testing the influence of language on perception and thought (Sapir-Whorf …

Russian color naming was explored in a web‐based experiment. The purpose was 3‐fold: to
examine (1) CIELAB coordinates of centroids for 12 Russian basic color terms (BCTs) …