I was browsing the site of National Geographic. Came across the photo gallery and found interesting stuff to share. Each gallery has a common color. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown. For each color they put a collection of photos taken from nature. Each of these photos were for me like amazing facts. Beside this each gallery starts with the description of the color.
RED : Red, the color of human blood, symbolizes passion, fire, love, and anger. In Eastern cultures, it also connotes luck and prosperity. Red occurs throughout nature, from dying stars to dying leaves, and humans have evoked its powers for everything from politics to sports.
ORANGE : A balance of playful yellow and passionate red, orange commands attention without overwhelming. This often flamboyant color brings to mind citrus and sunsets, fall leaves, and jack-o’-lanterns. Orange has even been found to stimulate appetite and creativity in humans.
YELLOW : Yellow evokes the shine of the sun and is found throughout nature and the man-made world as a color that commands attention. This highly visible hue is found on everything from bumblebees to school buses, traffic signs to highlighters. Misbehaving soccer players are shown yellow as a warning, and Tour de France racers know the man in yellow is the rider to beat.
GREEN : Green may be the most common color found in nature—it’s everywhere from leaves, grass, and moss to snakes, butterflies, and even the northern lights. Green represents life, vitality, nature, and, of course, environmentalism.
BLUE : The sweeping color of sea and sky, blue is a common thread in nature, seen in the cerulean of a whale shark, the indigo of a stormy night, and the cobalt of a peacock’s feathers. Over the centuries, the hue has come to represent calm, cold, mysticism, and sadness.
PURPLE : Purple is a versatile color. Combining the fire of red with the serenity of blue, it has the ability to soothe as well as excite passion. Purple is prevalent in nature in everything from eggplants to amethysts, and humans have adopted it as a symbol of royalty.
BROWN : Natural and earthy, brown’s warm tones are familiar in nature—think of rough tree bark, fluid mudflows, and dense animal fur, like that of the Kodiak bear. The color, which represents wholesomeness and earthiness, also shows up in man-made goods from clothing to chocolate.
For the glossy pictures check the following link
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/life-color-blue.html
