10 things you (maybe) didn't know about red!
1. First visible color
Newborn babies only see contrasts. After about 4 weeks, a baby begins to see color and that starts with the color red!
2. Red hair
Less than 2 percent of the world's population has naturally red hair. In the Netherlands, that percentage is between 2 and 4 percent. In Scotland and Ireland, the percentage is highest, between 11 and 14 percent.
3. Cancer
Did you know that a lobster that is served red was previously dark blue? The live lobster contains a protein that breaks down when it is cooked and releases the red dye
4. Like a red rag to a bull
The red cloth that a bullfighter waves could just as well be green, blue or yellow. Bulls are colour blind and react to the waving instead of the colour red
5. Love
Red is known to us as the color of love, but in ancient times yellow was the color of love and lust. Venus, the goddess of love, wore yellow clothes in images.
6. Colorblind
The most common form of color blindness is the inability to distinguish between green and red. The condition is common. In the Netherlands, 8% of all men and 0.5% of all women have a form of color blindness
7. Peppers
Always looks nice, doesn't it, a 3-colour package of peppers. If you wait long enough they all turn red! Peppers are picked green and ripen to the colours yellow, orange and red.
8. Lipstick
The most favorite lipstick color is red. Divided into hundreds of shades, undertones and types, almost every woman has a red lipstick in her possession.
9. Red Moon
A lunar eclipse occurs when a full moon moves behind the Earth and disappears into its shadow. This Blood Moon occurs when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon and the moon cannot reflect sunlight directly to the Earth. The sunlight that shines along the Earth is then bent by the atmosphere as red light towards the Earth, creating a moon with a mysterious, red glow.
10.Dress Red day
On September 29th it is Dress Red Day. The Netherlands will be in red that day to draw attention to cardiovascular diseases in women. Unfortunately, this is still overlooked too often in women. They usually get different, less clear symptoms than men. Doctors often recognize these symptoms too late. As a result, many women do not receive the right treatment in time. This has to change and the Dutch Heart Foundation is drawing attention to this on Dress Red Day!