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Colour Relativity & The Arabic Language

Colour Relativity & The Arabic Language

The Bezold Effect, the shapeshifting nature of words and why you are not (actually) a donkey

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Do you perceive both grids as the same shade of green?

Colour relativity is the idea that one colour can change appearance when surrounded by other colours. Indeed, many would say that the green on top of the blue feels lighter and the green on top of the yellow feels darker. Strangely enough though, both grids are exactly the same shade of green. This p…

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