This document provides a summary of how the color red has impacted humans throughout history. It notes that red pigments were used in some of the earliest artworks and the name "Adam" is derived from the Hebrew word for red. The document also discusses how red has a powerful effect on our brains, making humans stronger, more alert, competitive, and attracted to each other, and how it is prominent in many national flags and on lips.

1. CNN Red Storyboard v3

2. 1
Red is our colour.
Red drop falling.
2
Our bodies produce two million red blood cells
every single second.
Camera zooms in to show cells moving in z-space.
3
Red has marked us out since the very beginning.
Blood cells turn into stars that then turn into a
sunrise.
4
Many creation myths claim that the first humans
were made from red earth.
The sun rising turns into a baby.
5
Baby turns into an apple.
6
The name 'Adam' is derived from the Hebrew word
for red.
Zoom out and we see Adam eating the apple.
CNN Red Storyboard v3 1

3. 7
Many of our earliest artworks were made from red
pigments.
Adam draws.
8
The most famous is Cochineal, which comes from
the dried bodies of insects.
Two insects walk along the screen.
9
Humans are some of the only mammals who can
see it.
Both insects turn into the eyes of a human face.
10
Dogs can’t see red.
Human face warps into a dog's face.
11
Nor can cats.
Dog's face warps into a cat's face.
12
And despite all those red rags
Cat's face warps into a bull's face.
CNN Red Storyboard v3 2

4. 13
we wave at them, neither can bulls...
Camera zooms out to show a red fabric waving at
the bull.
14
It appears in more than 70% of national flags.
Fabric turns into a flag.
15
And on billions of lips.
A mouth licking its lips.
16
But it also stops us in our tracks.
Mouth turns into a stop sign.
17
Because red has a powerful effect on our brains.
Brain synapses.
18
Scientists have found that it makes us stronger...
Camera zooms out form the brain. A runner ready to
run.
CNN Red Storyboard v3 3

5. 19
More alert…
He looks up, showing he is alert.
20
More competitive…
Runner starts running.
21
And it even makes us more attracted to each other.
We zoom in to see the runner's chest.
CNN Red Storyboard v3 4