The Role of Red in Health

A lot of people study the color red. Not entirely sure why, but maybe just because there's science already about it. People who are wearing red outfits, one, they're one on one combat sport matches more than people in blue outfits. It was even in a small study about like placebo pills where the red placebo pill as opposed to like green, blue and yellow made people feel like slightly better.

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Color: it's not just for art anymore. From red dwarfs to green algae to... uh... brown squirrels, science is chock full of color, too!

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Sources:

[Trivia Question]

Longest-lasting rainbow

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/9-hour-rainbow-sets-new-guinness-record-180968527/

[Fact Off]

Crustacean larvae camouflaged glass eyes

https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/shrimp-larvae-eye-glitter-nanotechnology.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassy-eyes-young-crustaceans-predators