8 Surprising Facts About Colors People Usually Get Wrong

For years, people more knowledgeable than us (like school teachers and parents) have been feeding us lies about many things in life, including some interesting facts about colors.  But let’s not hold it against them; they didn’t know any better.

Here are eight surprising facts about colors people usually get wrong.

1. Do Bulls Hate Color Red?
Wrong! In fact, bulls do not even see the color red. They, like all other cattle, barely distinguish between reds and greens. The bull gets aggressive because of the sharp movements that the matador makes with the rag.

2. Are Black and White Real Colors?
This one’s a doozy. Scientists say that white is a mixture of all visible colors, and black is the absence of all colors. Okay, so, scientifically speaking – they’re not colors. But then again, according to artists, white is the absence of color, and black is the color. There’s no correct answer to this question.

3. Color Pink Does Not Exist
That’s right, pink does not exist. But then how can we all see it? Science says that each color has a certain wavelength, but the problem is that pink doesn’t have that wavelength. In the wild, pink is only possible when red and violed intersect, which is physically impossible, since they are on the opposite sides of the color spectrum.