How well do you perceive colour? If you are a man you have a far higher chance of struggling to tell the difference between hues, as one in 12 men are colour blind compared to one in 255 women. full story ![]()

Scientists have found that older people lose the ability to distinguish between colours as a part of the eye called the cone receptor becomes less capable of processing hues.
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Research at the University of Oxford found the colour of a crisp packet can influence what we taste - and manufacturers have called for a standard colour scheme to be adopted.
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Neuroscientists from the University of Oregon finally have proof that our brains can detect grammatical errors without even realising it.
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Fox and Universal agreed to extend credit to Rhythm & Hues after that visual effects company filed for bankruptcy, but Warner Brothers is taking another route.
nytimes.com (3 months and 4 days ago)

The state of Rhythm & Hues—the lead VFX house on Life of Pi that recently filed for bankruptcy—was a big factor in last weekend’s VFX rally at the Oscars.
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For a high tech colour : Percy & Reed The salon offers a pre-treatment consultation, known as a ‘Colour Station’...
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Visual-effects studio Rhythm & Hues was acquired at auction by affiliate of competitor Prana Studios for $1.2 million in cash and the assumption of up to $17 million in debt.
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A federal judge approved a $17-million loan from two movie studios to keep the lights on at troubled Rhythm & Hues, the award-winning visual effects company that worked on the Oscar-nominated “Life of Pi.”
latimes.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh said, "Law does not discriminate on basis of colour or religion."
india.com (2 months and 24 days ago)

David Gritten finds Upstream Colour mesmerisingly poetic but hard to follow.
telegraph.co.uk (24 days ago)
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