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Color Matters

Explore the world of color with these amazing "factoids" about color. You'll find unusual snippets of information from the world of nature, vision, psychology, business .... from all dimensions of our lives. Use the pull-down menu above to choose any of the 6 Factoid pages.

Eye with color visionHumans, apes, most old world monkeys, ground squirrels, and many species of fish, birds, and insects have well-developed color vision. However, it's worth noting that 7 or 8 percent of human males are relatively or completely deficient in color vision.


Is there a correlation between car color and accidents?

red car


The Color of Your Nails = The Quality of Your Health

fingernailsNormally, nail beds are peachy-pink because of a healthy supply of blood into the finger tips and toes. When a diet deficiency or disease is present, sometimes the nail beds become discolored or malformed.

Bananas get sunburned

sunburn bananas with sunglasses

a banana's skin shows dark brown or black spots, these are most likely sunburn spots and not necessarily a sign of over ripeness