Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for ‘blue’
There&#x27;s a fascinating podcast (with transcript) at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wnycstudios.org&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;radiolab&#x2F;segments&#x2F;211213-sky-isnt-blue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wnycstudios.org&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;radiolab&#x2F;segments&#x2F;21121...</a> about linguistic studies that show blue to be the last color named in virtually all languages. There was no blue in the Odyssey or the Iliad because the Greeks didn&#x27;t have a word for it yet. It appeared a few centuries later. Same in other languages around the world. Centuries of writing with no reference to the color blue, and then one day it appears. The podcast is a good listen.