All About Colors
Curious about colors beyond the canvas?
4.7 (18)
84 mins
Enter a vivid world of color with our captivating stories, revealing the pigments that shaped history. Explore the allure of ochre, the dark side of white paint, and the power of red symbolism. Uncover forbidden paints in Hong Kong, Napoleon's green oasis poison, and the secret color codes of Virgin Mary's wardrobe. Dive into the evolution of color in art, technology's impact on cinema, and the mysteries of color names in this enthralling collection.
Ep 1:
Did Ancient Eyes See Blue?
A linguist's obsession with Homer unravels a startling theory: maybe humans once couldn't see blue at all. From ochre's ancient origins to red's political power, color's earliest chapters begin here.
Ep 2:
Rainbows, Ruin, and Radiant White
Isolated by plague, young Newton shatters centuries of belief about light and color with two simple prisms—while across history, the whitest paint imaginable turns out to be a slow poison.
Discussions (17)
Nico
Level 7 · 8 mo agoNapoleon was likely poisoned by his own wallpaper.
Jude
Level 2 · 8 mo agoHas nothing to do with physiology and everything to do with vocabulary. Geiger was way off base.
Joshua
Level 8 · 9 mo agoberlin and kay found green can precede yellow
