Colour: a human history
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Is There a Red Link to Fertility?
Red dyes have played a really, really important role in human history. One of the oldest red pigments is red ocre, which was just harvested from the earth. And thinking about some other connections, how is red link to fertility? We don't realize always that it's made from an insect.
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