Shades of blue (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Shades of blue

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The Lithuanian language has two completely different words for blue: ‘žydra’ (light blue) and ‘mėlyna’ (dark blue), while Norwegian only has one word: ‘blå’. This affects how quickly people perceive shades of blue. Illustration: Akvilė Sinkevičiūtė, NTNU

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Illustration: Akvilė Sinkevičiūtė, NTNU

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