yaaqov wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by rot in Is there a difference between Mulberry and Magenta. by succtales_backup
I mean... This criticism could be levied against words in general. I don't think color terms are fundamentally different from, say, words for dog breeds, or genres of music, or political ideologies. "Unless you refer to a specific base pair sequence, [dog breed names] are basically arbitrary."
I'd also note that, on a different level, CMYK codes, Hz and BPM values, and genomes, are themselves arbitrary.
rot wrote
They are arbitrary systems but they're uniform number values like centimeters or inches. If I say "rose" or "sea blue" you will probably picture a different color than me. You can't misinterpret #043B4C or #FFCED4
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