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1Red is our colour.

Red drop falling.

2Our bodies produce two million red blood cellsevery single second.

Camera zooms in to show cells moving in z-space.

3Red has marked us out since the very beginning.

Blood cells turn into stars that then turn into asunrise.

4Many creation myths claim that the first humanswere made from red earth.

The sun rising turns into a baby.

5Baby turns into an apple.

6The name 'Adam' is derived from the Hebrew wordfor red.

Zoom out and we see Adam eating the apple.

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7Many of our earliest artworks were made from redpigments.

Adam draws.

8The most famous is Cochineal, which comes fromthe dried bodies of insects.

Two insects walk along the screen.

9Humans are some of the only mammals who cansee it.

Both insects turn into the eyes of a human face.

10Dogs can’t see red.

Human face warps into a dog's face.

11Nor can cats.

Dog's face warps into a cat's face.

12And despite all those red rags

Cat's face warps into a bull's face.

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13we wave at them, neither can bulls...

Camera zooms out to show a red fabric waving atthe bull.

14It appears in more than 70% of national flags.

Fabric turns into a flag.

15And on billions of lips.

A mouth licking its lips.

16But it also stops us in our tracks.

Mouth turns into a stop sign.

17Because red has a powerful effect on our brains.

Brain synapses.

18Scientists have found that it makes us stronger...

Camera zooms out form the brain. A runner ready torun.

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19More alert…

He looks up, showing he is alert.

20More competitive…

Runner starts running.

21And it even makes us more attracted to each other.

We zoom in to see the runner's chest.

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