History · Art and Culture
Consider the following statements: Statement I: The perception and categorisation of colours, including 'blue', have evolved historically and culturally rather than being fixed, purely natural categories. Statement II: Isaac Newton's classification of the colour spectrum into seven colours (VIBGYOR) established the first and only scientific basis for colour categorisation, making earlier cultural interpretations of colour obsolete. Statement III: In ancient civilisations, blue pigments (e.g., lapis lazuli and early synthetic blues) were rare, costly, and culturally valorised, shaping their symbolic association with divinity and power. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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- 1Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct.
- 2Only one of the Statements II and III is correct, and that explains Statement I.✓
- 3Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, but only one of them explains Statement I.
- 4Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, and both of them explain Statement I.
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Only one of the Statements II and III is correct, and that explains Statement I.
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