Historical evidence reveals that humans possess the remarkable ability to render certain physical appearances invisible if they do not focus on them, including something as fundamental as a color.
The Japanese group blue and green together, as well. "Aoi", which we in the West have translated as "blue" also encompasses hues which we distinguish as "green." In fact the word "midori" which Westerners translate as "green" is of very recent origin, perhaps only a couple of centuries, or so. This would correspond to the beginnings of the most intense levels of cultural exchange with the West, starting with the Portugeuse. Japanese stoplights feature a light which has a distinctly bluish hue, very distinct from those in the West. And the color of those lights is referred to as "aoi" or "blue". As I understand, Chinese may do the same thing. China has had a profound cultural and linguistic influence on Japan from approximately one thousand five hundred years ago. Even though the Japanese language has origins distinct from Chinese, the Japanese adoption of Chinese vocabulary and the Chinese writing system (similar to French and German influences on English only more profound) may have also influenced the Japanese perception of blue and green. Whether this, then, should be understood as a cultural, psychological or physical manifestation is then left uncertain.
Strangely enough (or perhaps not so strange) Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) that the military developed do not "see" the color blue, and when deployed in tests, anything blue is untouched by these weapons (i.e. blue vehicles, blue roofs, blue awnings on buildings, etc.) Rather interesting!
They could see it alright, they just didn't care much to name it, as other prevailing characteristics rendered naming it of little use. For example, they didn't care to say "blue sky", sky or clear sky was just enough.
Ancient Greeks did occasionally use "γλαυκός" for light blue and "κυανέος-κυανός" for dark blue.
"tombs of Mereruka from the Old Kingdom (2600 to 2100 BC)" - this dating of the use of blue, as well as the ancient value of lapis Lazuli is sufficient, I would say, that blue was indeed seen and appreciated. In the Hebrew Old Testament we have the word H8504, TeKayLeT, in Exo 25:4, that is translared as Blue. However, it is also possible that other people would or could have taken blue as a variation of green - just like dark orange, red, scarlet and even dark pink could have been grouped as reddish
The researchers that sign this monstrosity have failed to study the ancients… I’m wondering why you publish this ridiculous article. In Greek at least there are more than 15 words for blue and hues of blue but I guess this sounds Greek to you!
According to New Chronology theory by Anatoly Fomenko et al, the “ancient” civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome in fact were still extant in what is now termed the “Middle Ages”. Egypt was in fact just an outpost of the much larger Empire which spanned most of Asia.
The Japanese group blue and green together, as well. "Aoi", which we in the West have translated as "blue" also encompasses hues which we distinguish as "green." In fact the word "midori" which Westerners translate as "green" is of very recent origin, perhaps only a couple of centuries, or so. This would correspond to the beginnings of the most intense levels of cultural exchange with the West, starting with the Portugeuse. Japanese stoplights feature a light which has a distinctly bluish hue, very distinct from those in the West. And the color of those lights is referred to as "aoi" or "blue". As I understand, Chinese may do the same thing. China has had a profound cultural and linguistic influence on Japan from approximately one thousand five hundred years ago. Even though the Japanese language has origins distinct from Chinese, the Japanese adoption of Chinese vocabulary and the Chinese writing system (similar to French and German influences on English only more profound) may have also influenced the Japanese perception of blue and green. Whether this, then, should be understood as a cultural, psychological or physical manifestation is then left uncertain.
Strangely enough (or perhaps not so strange) Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) that the military developed do not "see" the color blue, and when deployed in tests, anything blue is untouched by these weapons (i.e. blue vehicles, blue roofs, blue awnings on buildings, etc.) Rather interesting!
They could see it alright, they just didn't care much to name it, as other prevailing characteristics rendered naming it of little use. For example, they didn't care to say "blue sky", sky or clear sky was just enough.
Ancient Greeks did occasionally use "γλαυκός" for light blue and "κυανέος-κυανός" for dark blue.
"tombs of Mereruka from the Old Kingdom (2600 to 2100 BC)" - this dating of the use of blue, as well as the ancient value of lapis Lazuli is sufficient, I would say, that blue was indeed seen and appreciated. In the Hebrew Old Testament we have the word H8504, TeKayLeT, in Exo 25:4, that is translared as Blue. However, it is also possible that other people would or could have taken blue as a variation of green - just like dark orange, red, scarlet and even dark pink could have been grouped as reddish
The researchers that sign this monstrosity have failed to study the ancients… I’m wondering why you publish this ridiculous article. In Greek at least there are more than 15 words for blue and hues of blue but I guess this sounds Greek to you!
Perhaps because there was no need in the context of the story?
According to New Chronology theory by Anatoly Fomenko et al, the “ancient” civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome in fact were still extant in what is now termed the “Middle Ages”. Egypt was in fact just an outpost of the much larger Empire which spanned most of Asia.