Short thread on Greek perception of color. Nietzsche actually thought they were colorblind.https://twitter.com/nastyinmuhtaxi/status/995840132367507457 …
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
I think what you say is more probable than those who say their color-sense was just the same as ours and that everyone has just been mislead about this for the past few centuries.
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Replying to @Oppianus
Proof of my affirmations shall be found in etymology... Greek chloros, green, cognate with χλόη, khloè, shoot, is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃, to flourish, to grow, that is to say the word does not describe a hue but a belonging to plants & growth.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi @Oppianus
i thought *ghel meant "shine/glisten" and *bhel (which became "phyllon" - leaf) meant flourish/grow
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Replying to @bigbopper1069_ @Oppianus
Mmmh... you thought right, must have gotten confused somewhere... so khloros really comes from *ghel (per Pokony's Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch) and it seems Gold and Green both come from there, and it refers, indeed, to "shine".
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The root *ghleu is also stated as the origin of khloros, χλόος, khloè and khloros, and this time it is understood as already a color in PIE. The point remains the same; the words for colors share strong etymological links with other similar words whose meaning tinges the color's.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi @Oppianus
yes absolutely nigga, and even if not, it's an admirable thing to speculate origins more colourful than they actually were - the facts are secondary to this. P.S. I just looked it up on etymonline
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history is an art form
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