The 'category' or 'type' of color that a color is perceived to be. The criteria for a color category is that in a given language, the category cannot be said to be a 'type' of any other. E.g. in English, 'Yellow' is not a type of 'Red' or 'Orange', it is a fundamental category. Intermediate colors may be perceived as having multiple 'types' (e.g. turquoise is a type of blue, and a type of green). In different languages, there may be a different number of types. In English and many other languages, there are 11.
