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| From | moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) |
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| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? |
| Date | 2016-06-23 20:14 +0000 |
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Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> writes: >I know that Newton pretended that there were seven colours in the >rainbow (presumably he didn't really believe it). It seems that English >school children are being taught that it's true: From what I have read several places, what children learn about colors and where the "boundary" between colors is is very dependent on language/culture and what they are taught when young. If those English children are taught consistently that there are seven colors in a rainbow, they will see seven colors. If they are taught there are four colors, they will see four colors. One description I remember is there is a tribe in Africa that have rather few words for different colors. One is essentially "dark" and includes everything from black to brown to dark gray to navy blue. If you flash them a navy blue card and then a dark brown card and ask if the two cards are the same color they will answer yes. But if you show the cards side by side they can tell they are different.
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Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2016-06-23 20:24 +0100
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-23 19:45 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2016-06-24 13:27 +0100
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-24 16:09 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-24 08:56 -0400
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-24 16:12 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-24 23:43 -0400
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-25 05:06 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-25 10:52 -0400
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Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-25 13:15 -0400
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Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-06-23 20:14 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-06-23 17:48 -0400
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Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-25 11:11 -0400
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Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-06-25 13:53 -0400
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Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-25 22:51 +0000
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-06-25 19:25 -0400
Re: Are English school children really taught that there are seven colours in the visible spectrum? Jerry Kraus <jkraus1999@gmail.com> - 2016-06-24 11:46 -0700
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