The eternal Google search for truth

What colour is the sky? The ocean?

You might think the answer is obvious: they’re blue. Maybe not, though. Homer’s seas were “wine-dark”, and he never referred to the colour blue. He wasn’t unusual in this; most ancient texts don’t use the word. Exactly why this might be is a matter of some debate, but one explanation is that in ancient societies, blue w

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