This was pretty much tossed in the trash bin, partly due to an interesting study into how a language's lexical entries for colors influences perceptions on color closeness and categorization.
Instead of the strong version there's a reasonable consensus that language influenced things but does not wholely determine them.
An interesting example is that speakers of tonal languages are more likely to exhibit perfect pitch.
Source: my increasingly hazy recollections from a post-graduate comp ling program.