Colorless Colors?

Comments are made on how much instructors in introductory psychology courses are dependent upon the textbook writers for the selection and integration of a vast amount of material. Specifically, providing a firm definition of the words color and achromatic The commentator discusses all of the different ways that the word color can be conceived. Likewise, he discusses the same for the word achromatic The commentator singles out various texts to provide criticism of debatable word usages, but he states that those texts are excellent. However, the commentator suggests that these texts may be made more helpful if some of the minor flaws, which detract from their teachability, are eliminated in future revisions.