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by williamdclt 332 days ago
The naming is supposed to make sense for humans, not machines. Technically the "greenest green" from a technical POV is #00FF00, but the humans understanding of "green" is something more like #008000.
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> the humans understanding of "green" is something more like #008000

That claim feels wrong. Colours are a concept on the level of the culture, not on the level of the species.

The humans at MIT's Project Athena, then.