Red is supposedly the first color perceived by humans. Brain-injured persons suffering from temporary [[color-blindness]] start to perceive red before they are able to discern any other colors.<ref>http://www.tcrwf.org/PDF/April-2006-Newsletter.pdf</ref> [[Neolithic]] hunter peoples considered red to be the most important color endowed with life-giving powers and thus placed red [[ocher]] into graves of their deceased. This explains funds of [[skeleton]]s embedded in up to 10 kg of red powdered ocher. Neolithic cave painters ascribed [[magic]] powers to the color red. It can be stipulated that they painted [[animal]]s in red ocher or [[iron oxide]] to conjure their fertility. | Red is supposedly the first color perceived by humans. Brain-injured persons suffering from temporary [[color-blindness]] start to perceive red before they are able to discern any other colors.<ref>http://www.tcrwf.org/PDF/April-2006-Newsletter.pdf</ref> [[Neolithic]] hunter peoples considered red to be the most important color endowed with life-giving powers and thus placed red [[ocher]] into graves of their deceased. This explains funds of [[skeleton]]s embedded in up to 10 kg of red powdered ocher. Neolithic cave painters ascribed [[magic]] powers to the color red. It can be stipulated that they painted [[animal]]s in red ocher or [[iron oxide]] to conjure their fertility. |