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? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1
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How do your conlangs handle colour? I've been playing around with definitions and boundaries for Lilitika for some time, and have finally settled on this:

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More info here!
? Morrígan Witch Queen of New York
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Well, I love this illustration.

Kuma-Koban is kind of a pain, because I haven't specifically worked on color terms. Here are some color terms, which are really kind of vague.
(ə)rutʰro-"red"
motʰero-"green"
badyo-"tan, bay (of horses)"
cer-"grey"
cyē"dark color"
kursənó-"black"
kʰūlon, ausom"gold"
kónk-"amber; honey coloured"
xarguno"silver, white" (the metal itself is xárgut)
alpʰó–"white, pale"
cʰel"yellow"


I ought to at least figure out what a typologically appropriate color scheme. It looks like Kuma-Koban would be a type 11, since they have basic colors up to brown as well as grey. I should make a chart, since the brown colors are kind of vague, and they might have terms for dark or low saturation colors generally (based entirely on glosses, that is). Only problem would be  that this might suggest a more sophisticated system than was likely to exist at the time, in a generally pastoral society. I really have no idea.
? Hâlian the Protogen
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I love that illustration too, as well as the entire system of color allusions.

I'm not entirely sure how safir would perceive color as, since they are hexachromats — being able to perceive ultraviolet and two kinds of infrared light as well as red, green, and blue — a fair chunk of their color spectrum is unfathomable to the average human.

I do know, however, that their primary colors would be "far" (actually just a bit further than near; the Z type of cone cell that detects this light has a response band of 800-1100 nm) infrared, near (Y cone, 600-900 nm) infrared, red, (yellow and/or green), blue, and ultraviolet (X cone, 175-400 nm).

(Note that the exact response bands will almost certainly change between now and the mythical time of Finalization.)
? Matrix Chronicler of the Myriad
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I haven't put a whole lot of thought into colour symbology in most of my languages. However:

In Nahakhontl, red is associated with truth, goodness, Shorragites+the speakers of Nahakhontl, Zhal's family+the good gods, plus some more usual associations like blood. Blue is considered its opposite and is associated with lies, evil, lizards, and Ashkozen+the evil god, a sort of satanic Enemy figure in Shorragite religion. The ansu - of which the Shorragites are but one culture - have red eyes and such an acute sense for body language that both ansu and humans consider it virtually impossible to lie to an ansu. This has also led to Shorragites having bad reactions to humans with blue eyes.

One side-effect of blue having such negative connotations is that the sky is thought of as turquoise, and such association extends to its goddess, Lefazop. She is also the patron of the Art of Single Combat, so duelists usually wear turquoise. She also has association with hunting in some parts of Shorrag, so hunters favour turquoise as well. Furthermore, the sea is thought of as teal, so its goddess, Shokona, is associated with that colour, as is her Art of Acting - though, actors don't usually wear it, because they must wear various costumes. But, perhaps, a famous actor at a party might wear teal. Fishers also wear teal. Zhal, the chief deity and god of truth, patron of the Art of Science, is associated with gold. Scholars thus frequently wear gold jewelry - but then, most scholars are members of the Clergy of Zhal, and so they'd be wearing gold anyway. Korri, goddess of beauty and familial and friendly love, patron of the Art of Pictures, is associated with orange, usually likened to that of a sunset. Painters, sculptors, and carvers thus frequently wear orange. Nasuatl, god of the land, patron of the Art of Writing, is associated with brown, like that of soil. Writers thus wear brown, as do farmers. Harodu, god of the wind, patron of the Art of Dance, is associated with white, so dancers wear it. Uhrkania, goddess of rain, fertility, and sexual/romantic love, patron of the Art of Song, is associated with purple. Singers wear purple, as do new lovers and newlyweds. Prostitutes as well, but then they're all members of the Clergy of Uhrkania anyway. Yarletix, god of war, patron of the very same Art, is associated with red, but his red is quite explicitly the dark red of blood spilled on the battlefield, while brighter reds are reserved for the aforementioned associations of red. Soldiers do wear red, but it's actually a brighter red, symbolizing their service to the state, which is a theocracy.
? Netharía Aléhéanivía Ketablezría
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, Masakía, Chelvaní Doisseia
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Keimbenishé.
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? Hallow XIII Primordial Crab
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, 侯 of Crows at Basel
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Jalvic peoples can into glorious empire. For this reason, they only have three colour terms, except those in contact with Kangshuic mountain yak herders who know the secret of what a yellow is.

...is the basic story. I figure the three colours in question are red/black/white but I don't actually know a lot about three-colour languages and/or the realism of such a language being used at court in megavietnamese maritime trading empire, so I have so far refrained from being any more detailed.
? Anguipes The Great Whore That Sitteth Upon Many Waters
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Colour terms yay!

2L divides colours by lustre as well as hue.  This has turned out to be a Terrible IdeaTM, because it makes it difficult to express the differences on a computer screen

Like every other damn thing in 2L, there are sixteen root colour terms (under the hyponym hvr̄jt "[to possess] colour").  Colour is the Metamorphosis/Anthesis section of vocabulary.  They are properties (Metamorphosis section of the vocabulary) and therefore verbs ("to be X coloured"). 

xrj́vtwhite or silver (i.e. lustrous grey)Hypostasis
xv̀tgreyKinesis
xr̄tlustrous redMetamorphosis
xj́tcopper (i.e.  lustrous orange/brown)Crisis
hvv̀jtgold (i.e.  lustrous yellow)Anthesis
hvŕvklustrous greenGenesis
hrj̀vklustrous blueNemesis
hrv̄rklustrous purpleSynthesis
hrj́rklustrous blackTelesis
hjv̀kmatte redAnalysis
hjr̄kmatte orange/brownAscesis
hjj́kmatte yellowPhysis
hr̀vʔmatte greenNoesis
hj̄vʔmatte blueGnosis
hv́rʔmatte purpleStasis
ʔvj̀rʔmatte blackHubris

? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Last Kelatetía of Scotland
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Just FYI, Izo—it's spelled "etymology" in English.
? Torco Learner of Stuff
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destroi and subvert english spellyng! hispanophones unyte!
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, Illúbequía, Seattle, Cascadia
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Ys isn't a native English word, so that doesn't work.
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1
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...So what about foliage?
? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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Interesting in its own, could help you people when working your conculture's colour-related stuff:

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? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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How bees see and why it matters
An interesting article about bees' perception of colour. Interesting for conlang as well as conworld purposes.

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Source: http://www.beeculture.com/bees-see-matters/