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Tonight, we're going to explore the history of colors.

What does this mean exactly?

Colors haven't changed throughout history after all,

and our ancestor saw the same colors that we see today.

Our ancestors, of course, saw colors in nature mostly,

whereas our world is full of artificially colored items.

Whether in clothing, toys, food packaging, or household items that we use daily,

we are surrounded by an abundance of colorful items. If anything, we are now less likely to

experience colors as they occur in nature.

From various surveys conducted around the world, we know that blue is the favorite color

of the majority, followed by green, red, and purple.

It's hard to know how our ancestors would have responded to the same questions a century ago

or even a thousand years ago, and there's really no way of knowing.

The appeal of colors may be cultural to some extent, or it may be something inherent to us as animals,

signifying danger or food or reproductive opportunities.

But those favorite colors, blue, followed by green, red, and purple, enjoy almost the same ranking from one country to the next. So maybe there is a biological aspect to it, or it has something to do with the feelings and experiences associated with each as we navigate through life.

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