And when you look at people's brains as they're looking at colors -- say you have colors shifting slowly from light to dark blue -- the brains of people who use different words for light and dark blue will give a surprised reaction as the colors shift from light to dark, as if, "Ooh, something has categorically changed," whereas the brains of English speakers, for example, that don't make this categorical distinction, don't give that surprise, because nothing is categorically changing.
Dok gledate ljudski mozak kako promatra boje, recimo dok se one polako mijenjaju od svijetle prema tamno plavoj, mozgovi ljudi koji koriste različite riječi za svijetlo i tamno plavu reagirat će iznenađeno tijekom promjene boja, u stilu "O, nešto se jako promijenilo", dok mozgovi govornika engleskog, na primjer, koji ne rade ovu kategoričku razliku, neće biti tako iznenađeni, jer se ništa izričito ne mijenja.