Random Facts About Colors

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Facts found from bestlifeonline.com and factrebublic.com


1.Colors can trigger deep childhood memories.

2. Blue was once seen as a low-class color.

3. Red is the first color a baby sees.

4. Red connects to fire and blood because it's the natural color of these elements.

5. Red often means "Beautiful" and "Colorful".

6. Color is easier to remember rather than black and white.

7. Color affects taste.

8. The sun is actually white; low altitude makes the sun appear yellow. (does this mean that kids should color white suns then?)

9. Colors that the human eye can't see are called Impossible Colors.

10. Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out (compared to people of other hair colors).

11. Pencils have been painted yellow ever since the 1890s.

12. Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra can cause a person to see everything tinted with blue. This is referred to as Cyanopsia or blue vision.

13. Oranges are actually green when grown in a tropical climate. They only become orange in color when grown in more temperate climates.

14. Green eyes make up only 1-2% of the entire human population.

15. Some species of birds are capable of seeing a 4th primary color (in the ultraviolet spectrum) totally invisible to humans.

16. Green and red peppers are not distinct varieties. Rather, green peppers are simply immature versions of red peppers.

17. Sulfur has all of the primary colors. It melts into a red liquid, burns blue, and is a yellow solid.

18. Octopuses have copper-based blood instead of iron-based blood, which is why their blood is blue rather than red.

19. Blue-eyed people probably have a single, common ancestor, who had a genetic mutation between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago.

20. The most common color for highlighters is yellow because it doesn't leave a shadow on the page when photocopied.


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