How colour affects us - 6 Minute English

Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Do red and yellow make you happy? Are you sad in an environment with a lot of blue? This is the programme through which Neil and Georgina hope to add some colour to your life by discussing how colour can make you feel. And they teach you useful vocabulary too.

This week's question:
Do you know what the splitting of white light into its different colours is called?
a) dispersion
b) reflection
c) refraction
Watch the video to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
green with envy
the feeling someone has who wishes they had what someone else has

wavelength
distance between two waves of sound or light that are next to each other

govern
control or influence

sanctuary
peaceful, relaxing or safe place

stimulation
feeling of being excited, interested or enthused by something

sugar rush
get a quick blast of energy

pale
colour that lacks intensity

This episode of 6 Minute English was originally published as a web exclusive on bbclearningenglish.com. To download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210719
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