Cn

Aliases

• Cn
• color naming
• named color

Definition

Cn is used when the person names a color, but does not use color as a true determinant of the response. That is why Cn does not belong to the full chromatic family C / CF / FC as a full color code.

Conditions

• The person explicitly mentions a color.
• That mention does not support the main perceptual construction of the response.
• The object would remain the same even if the color reference were removed.
• If color truly participates in the response, reconsider scoring-input/determinants/FC, scoring-input/determinants/CF, or scoring-input/determinants/C.

Cautions

• Cn is not the same as C. In C, color is a true determinant; in Cn, color is only named.
• A casual color mention should not be inflated into FC or CF if the response does not depend on it.
• Cn should not be counted interpretively as if it were full chromatic color.
• When in doubt, ask whether color makes it look like that, or whether the person is only describing an accessory feature.

Downstream calculation boundary: The conventional lower-section label remains FC:CF+C, but this displayed ratio uses FC:(CF+C+Cn). A coded Cn therefore increases the displayed right side by one. This display convention must not be reused as a general chromatic-color total: WSumC, S-CON criterion CF+C > FC, and Color-Shading blend counts exclude Cn and retain their own formulas.

Cross References

• [Coding/Determinants] Determinants
• [Coding/Determinants] FC
• [Coding/Determinants] CF
• [Coding/Determinants] C
• [Interpretation/Affect] FC:CF+C