TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure of colour naming space
AU - Guest, Steve
AU - Van Laar, Darren
PY - 2000/3
Y1 - 2000/3
N2 - An experiment is described which replicates recent name mapping work, and delves further into the detailed structure of colour naming space. Observers freely named 1044 CRT-displayed colour-background combinations, sampled regularly along the (u',v') axes of the 1976 UCS, and along a luminance axis. Three response measures - response times, confidence ratings and consistencies - were obtained. These measures were collapsed by principal components analysis (PCA) into 'nameability', a single measure of ease of naming of colours. The structure of colour naming space and the use of different colour name types, were investigated. Data confirmed the uniqueness of basic colour terms as compared with the non-basic terms, agreeing with previous constrained naming studies. Colour naming space was found to exhibit regular structure, which appears to be linked to fundamental response categories, and to previous observations that colour naming space may be divided into five major regions.
AB - An experiment is described which replicates recent name mapping work, and delves further into the detailed structure of colour naming space. Observers freely named 1044 CRT-displayed colour-background combinations, sampled regularly along the (u',v') axes of the 1976 UCS, and along a luminance axis. Three response measures - response times, confidence ratings and consistencies - were obtained. These measures were collapsed by principal components analysis (PCA) into 'nameability', a single measure of ease of naming of colours. The structure of colour naming space and the use of different colour name types, were investigated. Data confirmed the uniqueness of basic colour terms as compared with the non-basic terms, agreeing with previous constrained naming studies. Colour naming space was found to exhibit regular structure, which appears to be linked to fundamental response categories, and to previous observations that colour naming space may be divided into five major regions.
KW - Basic colours
KW - Categorical perception
KW - Colour naming
KW - CRT displays
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033952796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research/vol/40/issue/7
U2 - 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00221-7
DO - 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00221-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 10683451
AN - SCOPUS:0033952796
SN - 0042-6989
VL - 40
SP - 723
EP - 734
JO - Vision Research
JF - Vision Research
IS - 7
ER -