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I am confuse when people say blue. Because in Thai language dark blue and light blue are different and we have different words between blue. In English do you think they are different or same color between dark blue and light blue?

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    All colors can be light or dark, except black and white....
    – Lambie
    Aug 29, 2021 at 14:35
  • Google colour gradient and primary colours to get a better idea of how colours are described. Aug 29, 2021 at 14:35
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    Aug 29, 2021 at 14:50
  • @Lambie "except black" are you sure? Aug 29, 2021 at 15:38
  • @MichaelHarvey I painted the ceiling light black? I painted the ceiling dark white? Come on, now. Black is only qualified by painters of paintings, when they choose to get into it.
    – Lambie
    Aug 29, 2021 at 15:46

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Yes. They are both types of blue in English.

Compare this with "red" and "pink". These are called different colours in English.

Different languages divide up the space of colours differently. In some languages "pink" is just "light red". In some languages (like Thai, Japanese etc) "light blue" has a different word from "dark blue".

Here is one picture enter image description here From the xkcd color survey

And here is a map of part of the colour cube, from the same survey

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  • +1 for referencing an actual study of actual colors as people use them!
    – randomhead
    Aug 29, 2021 at 15:38
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Here's a great video explanation of how color terms vary across languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqZR3pqMjg

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