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Interesting podcast about colors:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-secret-lives-of-c...

This author is interviewed:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552503/the-secret-l...

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That book is both beautiful, interesting and entertaining. I highly recommend it.

Agreed, I have it on my desk and during a break I’ll pick a color and learn it’s origins

Flight data recorders, also known as “black boxes” are actually orange in color. They were once black, like the other avionics boxes on the aircraft until it was decided that it would be easier to find them.

Yes, orange is the new black.

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