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#1 2008-08-03 16:25:42

Zarxrax
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信号

I found the following sentence in a textbook:
信号は緑から黄色に変わります。

However, according to the following wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_(color)
A green traffic light is described as 青.

Is the sentence from the textbook incorrect?

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#2 2008-08-03 16:43:01

richvh
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Re: 信号

According to this post, the traffic light color was originally officially 緑, but (because 青 spans the color spectrum from green to blue) people soon started to call them 青 instead, and eventually the official designation was changed to 青 as well.

Basically, 緑 is considered a shade of 青.


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#3 2008-08-03 18:02:37

Zarxrax
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Re: 信号

Alright, thanks

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