When it comes to learning color terms I did have LW people roughly saying: “You can’t do this, objective truth is different. Your monitor doesn’t show true colors”.
That was probably me. You can define colors objectively, it’s not hard. That includes colors in a digital image given a color space. However what you see on your computer monitor may (and does) differ considerably from the reference standard for a given color.
That was probably me. You can define colors objectively, it’s not hard.
You can decide for some definition. But that’s not the core of the issue. The core of the issue is that I can write decent Anki cards given my context-based truth which I couldn’t write otherwise if I wouldn’t think the context based frame.
However what you see on your computer monitor may (and does) differ considerably from the reference standard for a given color.
As I said above deciding for a reference standard isn’t a trivial decision. The W3C standard is for example pretty stupid when it defines distance between colors. I also can’t easily find a defined reference standard for what #228B22 (forestgreen) is. Could you point me to a standard document that defines “the reference standard”?
The core of the issue is that I can write decent Anki cards given my context-based truth which I couldn’t write otherwise if I wouldn’t think the context based frame.
The core issue is whether your argument amounts to context based truth, or context based meaning.
That was probably me. You can define colors objectively, it’s not hard. That includes colors in a digital image given a color space. However what you see on your computer monitor may (and does) differ considerably from the reference standard for a given color.
You can decide for some definition. But that’s not the core of the issue. The core of the issue is that I can write decent Anki cards given my context-based truth which I couldn’t write otherwise if I wouldn’t think the context based frame.
As I said above deciding for a reference standard isn’t a trivial decision. The W3C standard is for example pretty stupid when it defines distance between colors. I also can’t easily find a defined reference standard for what #228B22 (forestgreen) is. Could you point me to a standard document that defines “the reference standard”?
The core issue is whether your argument amounts to context based truth, or context based meaning.
Sure.