History: jbovlaste import: colours lang en

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! colour terminology For specific colour terms, the place structure is "x1 is foo coloured". There are no exceptions. Basic colours: * black (or very dark): {jvsv xekri} * grey: {jvsv grusi} * white (or very light): {jvsv blabi} * red: {jvsv xunre} * orange: {jvsv narju} * brown: {jvsv bunre} * yellow: {jvsv pelxu} * green: {jvsv crino} * cyan: {jvsv cicna} * blue: {jvsv blanu} * purple: {jvsv zirpu} * magenta: {jvsv nukni} The six basic colours {jvsv xunre}, {jvsv pelxu}, {jvsv crino}, {jvsv cicna}, {jvsv blanu}, and {jvsv nukni} could be understood to divide up the (circular) hue range into six segments. {jvsv narju} and {jvsv zirpu} are perhaps additional segments overlapping these? Or are they non-overlapping? {jvsv bunre} seems to depend on saturation and brightness for its definition. Can someone comment on this? Is there an official mapping between these words and the colour cylinder? Someone has produced a [http://members.lycos.co.uk/lojbanlinks/skari.html|list of representative colours].