The document discusses color and contains exercises and facts about color. It includes two exercises where the reader reads out either the words of different colors or says the colors themselves from lists provided. It aims to show how reading the colors directly is harder than reading the word names. The document also provides several facts about colors including that blue is the most popular color, yellow and orange can make you hungry, and our eyes can distinguish millions of colors. It closes by asking if the reader has any questions.

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Fun with colour
Unit 230: Creating and applying colour

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Colour trickery
Read the following words aloud.
RED BLUE GREEN YELLOW BLACK WHITE
VIOLET ORANGE GREEN INDIGO BLUE
PURPLE RED ORANGE YELLOW BROWN
VIOLET ORANGE PINK BLUE YELLOW
BLACK RED YELLOW GREEN RED INDIGO
PURPLE ORANGE BLUE BROWN…easy?

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Colour trickery
Try again – this time read out the colour, not the word.
RED BLUE GREEN YELLOW BLACK WHITE
VIOLET BLUE GREEN ORANGE INDIGO
PURPLE RED ORANGE YELLOW BROWN
VIOLET ORANGE PINK BLUE YELLOW
BLACK RED BLUE YELLOW GREEN RED
INDIGO PURPLE ORANGE BROWN
Not so easy?

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Colour factoids
• Blue is the world's most popular colour
• Silver coloured cars are less likely to be involved in accidents
• Yellow and orange colours can make you hungry
• Chromophobia is a fear of colours
• Red is the most popular colour on flags
• Hindus wear yellow to celebrate spring
• Babies are more likely to cry in yellow rooms
• Our eyes can distinguish around 10 million different colours
• Technically speaking there is no such thing as colour; it is just how
our brain interprets the electromagnetic frequency of the individual
wavelengths

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Any questions?

6. Level 2 Diploma in Painting and Decorating
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Any questions?