The Definition of Color Neutrality

[Bamboo Cuber]

So I was wondering whether color neutrality was defined as: "the ability to solve a cross on all different colors" or "the ability to distinguish a color scheme without any point of reference." An example of these concepts is that I can't do the Yau method on 4x4 color neutral, which most people would say means that I'm not color neutral. However, on 3x3 I'm fully color neutral and can do a cross on any side which would classify me as color neutral. What do you think?

NOTE: "Point of Reference" means that the color scheme is already in place, i.e. the center caps on 3x3 or any odd-numbered cube.

 

[Owen Morrison]

So I was wondering whether color neutrality was defined as: "the ability to solve a cross on all different colors" or "the ability to distinguish a color scheme without any point of reference." An example of these concepts is that I can't do the Yau method on 4x4 color neutral, which most people would say means that I'm not color neutral. However, on 3x3 I'm fully color neutral and can do a cross on any side which would classify me as color neutral. What do you think?

NOTE: "Point of Reference" means that the color scheme is already in place, i.e. the center caps on 3x3 or any odd-numbered cube.

I would say color neutrality is the ability to solve a 3x3 on any color and get the same times with all of them. Also, many pros who are color neutral on 3x3 are not on 4x4 such as Feliks Zemdegs because there is virtually no benefit from being color neutral on it.

 

[xyzzy]

Also, many pros who are color neutral on 3x3 are not on 4x4 such as Feliks Zemdegs because there is virtually no benefit from being color neutral on it.

This hasn't been true for like a year.

So I was wondering whether color neutrality was defined as: "the ability to solve a cross on all different colors" or "the ability to distinguish a color scheme without any point of reference." An example of these concepts is that I can't do the Yau method on 4x4 color neutral, which most people would say means that I'm not color neutral. However, on 3x3 I'm fully color neutral and can do a cross on any side which would classify me as color neutral. What do you think?

It makes more sense to apply the term "colour neutrality" to a specific method, so e.g. you could say that you're colour neutral with CFOP but not colour neutral with Yau, and there's no conflict there.