29 - Blue Skies

27/08/2021 25 min Temporada 2 Episodio 8
29 - Blue Skies

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Why is the sky blue and not yellow or tan? Did ancient Greek people see the same blue skies we do now? Why do Koreans call a green light on a traffic signal "blue"? How can language affect the colours that our brains see?Today we take a deep dive into the colour BLUE, along with all the fascinating history and science behind the colour! You'll be surprised that you can learn so much about a single colour, and it might even make you re-examine how you perceive the world.Bacchus and Ariadne by TitianBlue square amongst green squares (English-speakers can distinguish)Different shade green square amongst green squares (Himba tribe people can distinguish)Email: [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/explainthiscastTwitter: https://twitter.com/ExplainThisCastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/explainthiscast/

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