>No, they are actually completely different colors.
We use two different color names for dark and lighter blue in my language two.
But I find it hard to believe that Russians consider them "completely different colors".
Red and Green are completely different. Black and white. Orange and purple. The two colors for "blue" variations? Not so much.
And surely Russians can understand that, even if they consider the two different colors by name, because it's inherent in the concept of darker/lighter, or shades, etc.
(see also the answer of "cema", below).
I would guess that a Russian painter for example instinctively uses the exact same process of obtaining the two hues of blue from primary colors as a British painter...
When I think of pink, the first thing tha comes to mind is the "hot pink" used in breast cancer awareness and "girly stuff." This color is a mix of red and blue, putting it just shy of purple. I think magenta is the more correct name for it, but I'm more likely to attach pink to this color than to light red. Native English speaker, but there are probably other factors influencing our perception of colors.
Yes. Pink to my eyes is a kind of watered down red. Do you consider it any more different? Ie the kind of difference you get from purple vs yellow, or red vs green?
We use two different color names for dark and lighter blue in my language two.
But I find it hard to believe that Russians consider them "completely different colors".
Red and Green are completely different. Black and white. Orange and purple. The two colors for "blue" variations? Not so much.
And surely Russians can understand that, even if they consider the two different colors by name, because it's inherent in the concept of darker/lighter, or shades, etc.
(see also the answer of "cema", below).
I would guess that a Russian painter for example instinctively uses the exact same process of obtaining the two hues of blue from primary colors as a British painter...