Red Lady of Bosnia – Woman Has Been Surrounding Herself with the Color Red for 40 Years
Ever since she was 18 years old, Zorica Rebernik, a 67-year-old woman from Breze, a small town in Bosnia, has been surrounding herself with the color red, even getting married in a red gown, and attending funerals in red clothing. Rebernik, a retired schoolteacher, lives in a bright red house filled with red furniture, eats […]
Painting Jail Cells Pink – A Controversial Way to Curb Inmate Aggression
Several Swiss prisons have painted their jail cells in a color called “Cool Down Pink” as a way to curb prisoners’ aggressive behavior and even though the measure was adopted by other European countries in recent years, there are those who find the measure degrading and manipulative. It’s a known fact that colors have a […]
The Green Lady of Carroll Gardens Has Been Wearing Only Green for the Last 20 Years
For the last 20 years, Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal, a.k.a. Elizabeth Sweetheart, a fine artist in Brooklyn, New York, has been dressing from head to toe in various shades of green. To her, green is the happiest, most positive color in the world, so she can’t imagine wearing anything else. ‘The Green Lady of Carroll Gardens’, […]
Color-Obsessed Real Estate Agent Surrounds Himself with Red and White
In a bid to make himself instantly recognizable, an Indian real estate agent has surrounded himself with the colors red and white. The man is so obsessed with these colors that they feature in all his clothes, in his car, and his home. He even buys his toothpaste in a red-and-white tube, with a toothbrush […]
Color Blind Artist Implants Antenna in His Skull to HEAR Colors
Did you know that colors can be seen as well as heard? Well, now you do, thanks to 31-year-old Neil Harbisson, a color blind artist who spent years looking for a way of experiencing the colors of the world around him. For the past 10 years, Neil has been wearing an external electronic eye that […]