[Sigia-l] Classification is an essential skill

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Gunnar Langemark
>
[...]
>
> A new standard for wireless is called "Bluetooth" after a Danish
> Viking king. He was called Bluetooth because he had a black
> tooth. If you don't believe me, I can ad that the Vikings called the
> Africans "Bluemen"! So they actually did not distinguish between
> blue and black. Why not? Perhaps because blue was a very rare color
> before artificial colors were invented by the French and the
> Germans, so you did not have much need for this distinction.

All too often, category users are like the Vikings, i.e. they are not
aware of the many shades that a category creator sees. So, a category
creator may have color names like blanchedalmond, chartreuse,
mediumquamarine - which are gibberish to most users.


Boniface