Hue Decomposition is Lexical

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In related work, Somali speakers were asked to identify yellow samples that contain no red or green [11.]. The Somali behaved similarly to English speakers, seemingly consistent with Hering’s theory. But in another experiment, participants were asked to name the unique hues apparent in colors across the array. The results were very different for English versus Somali speakers, violating Hering’s theory and supporting the idea that hue decomposition is lexical [69.].

See also, the paper's Patterns of color naming section.

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S136466132300147X