In India, a light complexion is associated with power, status and beauty, fueling an innovative and growing market of skin-bleaching products.
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Coating paper with an inexpensive thin film can allow users to print and erase a physical page as many as 80 times. That reduces both the cost and the environmental effects of paper use.
Red is the colour of life, of danger and of good luck.
Dusk during the second day of the day-night Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba, Brisbane, in October 2016.
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Indigo, pink, saffron: colour for India isn’t just for throwing. It’s political, too.
Australian bowler Mitchell Marsh receives the pink ball during the Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval.
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The pink ball introduced to this year’s day night cricket test can be difficult to see for some players, especially if they are colour blind. There is a better choice of colour.
In a typical kitchen or bathroom you often find the hot and cold water taps labelled red and blue. It’s common practice in industrial and interior design in many parts of the world to present information…
Australian flowers and their pollinators have evolved a specific way of communicating – all based upon colour.
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In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian pollinators of flowers. What effect has their visual perception had on…
Humans have been fascinated by the colour-changing abilities of chameleons for a long time. Aristotle himself, the forefather of Western philosophy and also a keen zoologist, mentioned the lizard’s ability…
A soft-toned purple – just in time for Christmas.
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US colour swatch giant Pantone has picked a soft, rosy purple by the name of Radiant Orchid as the colour of 2014, displacing their 2013 choice, Emerald Green. According to Pantone marketing-speak the…
Why are some animals blue and others red? Explaining the diversity of colours in nature is a central issue in evolutionary biology. And part of the answer may lie in the most obvious place: the eye. In…