[229] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Colors?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 10 00:15:34 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Elias Israel <eli@village.boston.ma.us>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 92 23:18:24 EST
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 92 16:21:51 EST."
I forwarded this letter to the list because I got it personally and I
thought it might be of general interest.
Mazdek writes:
>Is there any Klingon words for colors hidden anywhere? Or should I use
>some metaphoric terms like 'the color of night' for black, or 'the color of
>blood' for red...etc. I suppose I could combine such terms into one word, and
>use that for all references to color, and indicate shades by appropriate objec
ts
> such as 'the color of the sky when the sun sets' for pink, <or something less
>bulky but with a similiar image>, and so on. I would translate something like
>these into tlhIngan, but alas, I left my dictionary in my room, and I have not
>mastered the language.
> --Mazdek
Well, it's very interesting. From the dictionary, it appears that there
only two words for color: Doq (red or orange) and SuD (blue, green, or
yellow). From this, we might surmise that Klingons are blue-yellow
color blind. Things appear to be either reddish or bluish to them.
This may not be as surprising as it sounds. Humans are by far in the
minority when it comes to color vision. Most terran species don't have
it.
Eli
