Color categories in thought and language get access buy the print book check if you have access via personal or institutional login log in register cited by 63 cited by 63 crossref citations this book has been cited by the following publications this list is generated based on data provided by crossref lucy john a 1997 linguistic relativity annual review of anthropology vol 26 . Download citation color categories in thought and language color categories in thought and language c hardin and luisa maffi eds new york cambridge university press 1997 404 pp find . Color categories in thought and language c hardin and luisa maffi eds new york cambridge university press 1997 404 pp. A qualitative version of the theory had earlier been propounded by ewald hering who claimed on introspective grounds that there are two perceptually elementary achromatic colors black and white and four perceptually elementary chromatic colors red yellow green and blue all other colors being seen as perceptual blends of those six