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  1. Department of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 541 Hall of Languages, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA

    C. L. Hardin

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Hardin, C.L. (2016). Berlin and Kay Theory. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_62

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