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Brain Games: In Living Color

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In Living Color

Season 1 | Episode 2 | SBS2 | May 20, 2016

Science

Classification: General

Living in Color - Think you understand the colours you see every day? Think an apple is actually red, or a leaf is really green? Think again. This episode of Brain Games puts your brain to the ultimate test with a series of interactive games and fascinating experiments that will reveal a shocking truth - colour is just an illusion created by your brain. So get ready to colour outside the lines on Brain Games. (S.3 Ep.2)

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Living in Color - Think you understand the colours you see every day? Think an apple is actually red, or a leaf is really green? Think again. This episode of Brain Games puts your brain to the ultimate test with a series of interactive games and fascinating experiments that will reveal a shocking truth - colour is just an illusion created by your brain. So get ready to colour outside the lines on Brain Games. (S.3 Ep.2)

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