Colours: Red and Orange

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This paper takes a look at the concept of colour and how humans have used colour for thousands of years. Colour has been employed by humans for many a purpose. Humans have used colour to dye clothing, to paint their bodies and dwellings, and in various religious rituals and regal ceremonies.

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"Color is a concept that, as many commentators have observed is inherently paradoxical: color is at once both easily understandable and yet resistant to analysis, rooted in scientific research and yet shaped by cultural and psychological interpretations (Westphal, 1-2). For thousands of years humans have employed color for a wide range of purposes - from dyes in clothes to its use in paints - which often reflect the particular cultural predispositions of the society in which the colors are used. However, it has only been in the past few centuries that scientists have systematically explored the nature of color and how and why humans perceive distinct colors."

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