| Summary: | The present study, which is based on data collected for the Max Planck Institute
in the context of a research program called Evolution of Semantic Systems (EoSS), aims at discussing
the issue of colour names in the Romanian language. After illustrating a few of the theories around
the issue of colour perception and describing how the data collection took place, some observations
have been made based on the collected data. As a result of the investigation, 34 terms have been
identified in the Romanian language, used as answers to name the 84 Munsell chips by 20 speakers.
Following Berlin & Kay`s implicational hierarchy, it has been observed that for the Romanian
language the basic terms naming colours are: white, black, red, green, yellow and blue; also, the
article discusses the phenomenon of derivation through which the majority of colour names have been
formed in Romanian. The case of GRUE for Romanian, and the case of cărămiziu (tile colour) are
also discussed. In addition, there have been noted differences between male and female colour
naming
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