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Ancient Greeks had a limited way of describing colour, for instance Homer never describes anything as blue eg he describes the sea as wine dark. They tended to use terms like kyaenos (which gave us cyan) or glaukos(glaucos) meaning light or dark or bright.
It’s unlikely that colour perception developed in recent times indeed it’s important in Hunter-Gathering to recognise ripe berries ( why you like dark wine gums even knowing they all taste the same).
This all leads to the question why did they have 27 words describing the shade of beige all relating to toast indicating both the final shade and how dark the bread was initially.
Was it because they had an increased interest in shade over colour, actually had reduced colour perception,or toast had become a cornerstone of their cultural identity?