Colours
A collection of programmes and clips celebrating colours
1. Colour Vision—Technicolour
How do our bodies create colour? Plus seeing the world through colour-blind eyes
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Hearing in colour
Neil Harbisson has created a device which allows him to hear colours.
Tetrachromats - The women with superhuman colour vision
Technicolour's Tracey Logan goes in search of the Women with superhuman vision.
Perkin's Purple
Tracey Logan learns how a synthetic purple dye broke down class boundaries.
What effect does colour have in sports?
Can colour effect the outcome of sport events, Change your mood or even body chemistry?
Episode 1—Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Primary Colours
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores how humanity has perceived colour.
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2. Colour Naming—Technicolour
How does language change our colour perception?
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Was Homer colour blind?
Technicolour's Tracey Logan looks into the language of Homer's works and what they reveal.
3. Feeling Colour—Technicolour
Does colour change the way we feel and behave?
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4. Making Colour—Technicolour
How does a traditional dye house in Leeds go about creating colour?
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5. Selling Colour—Technicolour
How did the colour forecasting industry arise out of the First World War?
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