alleryBerlin and Kay: which focal colours in three-term languages?
ARed, green and blue
BBlack, white and red
CYellow, white and blue
DBlack, green and brown
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Black, white and red
1. Berlin and Kay studied how colour terms form across languages.
2. Languages with only three colour terms always have black, white and red as focal colours.
3. The other sets of colours do not match their finding.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Berlin and Kay_
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