Poisonous Pigments
In the past, wearing makeup and hanging wallpaper could have killed you Today we can express ourselves using products on…
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The Evolution of Pigments in Society
Pigments, paints and decoration. Using colours to express ourselves seems to be unique to humans. Other species of the Homo…
The Evolution of the Colour Brown in Society
Brown is essentially a dark orange. It is achieved by adding together orange and varying amounts of black. It is…
The Evolution of Orange in Society
Orange is the second colour of the rainbow, with reasonably long wavelengths, red having the longest. It is a secondary…
The Evolution of Yellow in Society
Yellow is the third colour in the rainbow with relatively long wavelengths. Red is the first with the longest wavelength…
The Evolution of Artificial Life
Humanity has created an artificial world, with artificial food, artificial homes and an artificial lifestyle. Definitions of artificial include: ‘made…
The Evolution of the New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt has an impressive 3000 year history. Its geography allowed the civilisation to flourish relatively undisturbed from foreign invaders,…
The Evolution of the Colour White in Society
White is essentially all the colours put together, in terms of white light. The colour white used as a dye…
The Evolution of Ancient Egypt – The Timeline
The society we know today as Ancient Egypt stood the test of time (at least in regards to civilisation time),…
The Evolution of Red in Society
Red is the first colour that all cultures shared and the first colour to be named other than black and…
The Evolution of Purple in Society
Purple is rich warm colour, close to violet on the spectrum making it one of the last colours to be…
The Evolution of Colour in Society
The use of colour in decoration is the earliest examples we have of humans using colour intentionally. There has been…
The Evolution of Pink in Society
Pink is a lighter version of red. It is the only colour, maybe except grey, that has its own category…
The Evolution of Pink and Blue – Feminine or Masculine
Pink and blue today is quite distinct as colours for babies. The lines are blurring now however it is still…
The Evolution of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is one of the earliest civilisations to evolve. Its culture remained fairly unchanged for around 2000 – 3000…