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Why human hair is limited to a handful of colors.

“Why, with such a vast array of colors all around us, are our hair colors so limited? Well, the pigments in our hair are predetermined by a genetic blueprint that isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Let’s untangle the mystery […]

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Wheel of emotions.

Since we can’t escape our emotions it may help us to label them better. “Created by American psychologist Robert Plutchik in 1980, Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions is a graphic depiction to describe how emotions are related. Through years of studying […]

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The most Mario colors.

“Most Mario games with polygonal logos have a different color per letter, but the sequence of colors in Mario’s name is rarely the same sequence across games. This captivated me—for some reason—and I set out to analyze every Mario video […]

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The rare gift of seeing extra colors.

I’m a bit colorblind, so am especially interested to learn about this set of people with extra color perception. “Research on colorblindness has led to a new understanding of tetrachromacy, an inherited ability to perceive subtle shades.” | learn more