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NEWS > SCIENCE > SCIENTISTS PROVE THAT THE PAST WAS ACTUALLY IN COLOUR

SCIENTISTS PROVE THAT THE PAST WAS ACTUALLY IN COLOUR

December 13 2008

Washington, D.C – Historians and researchers at Georgetown University have just concluded a multiyear study and have conclusively concluded that colour did indeed exist before the 1930’s. The researchers hope the findings will lead to a new respect for the history and antiquity.

“After extensive study we feel comfortable stating that colour was indeed introduced well before the 1930’s, perhaps as long ago as the Middle Ages,” said lead researcher Dr. David Hopkins of Georgetown. “We hope that this will provoke a new interest from the younger generation in such things as old paintings, films, and history. Knowing that colour did indeed exist brings the past to life in ways people never thought possible and we are happy to bring this news to the world.”

The researchers studied numerous paintings, buildings, and clothing dating from far back into antiquity to draw their conclusions.

“It is a common misconception for people, especially young people, to assume that the past was rendered in hues of black and white. It is a very difficult mental block to get past and results quite often in young people thinking that past is simply old,” continued Hopkins. “What we hope this research will do will engage the youth in a world beyond the present and give them a whole new respect for the past.”

The researchers date the development of colour to at least the year 1211, but would not go further into the past citing lack of definable evidence.

“While we see hints of colour dating all the way back to the stone age with cave drawings, the further we go back the more difficult it is to quantify as the evidence sample becomes more and more limited,” said Dr. Sandra Gershten, another researcher on the project. “Our focus is keeping this within the realm of believability with significant amounts of evidence to back up the claim. We will continue to conduct this research, but for now we feel we cannot go much further back than the year 1211 B.C.E.”

Gershten also stated that they are in the final stages of appropriating money for the research from the federal government and will restart the research as soon as that money is allocated.

“It’s a very difficult hump for young people to get over. There is this pervasive picture that people get from old movies and television that the colour only recently came into existence, but that of course is something most people grow out of about the time they stop believing in Santa Claus,” said Scrape TV Pork Barrel analyst Doug Watkins. “This is an example of totally wasteful spending for a number of reasons. Aside from the fact that no one actually believes that the past is in anything but colour, everyone knows that young
people don’t listen to older people, especially scientists who are telling them what to think. This research is a mistake not of need, but of concept as well. Ted Turner would be rolling over in his grave, if he were dead.”

Ted Turner became infamous in the 1980’s for his efforts to colourize films. While Turner abandoned his efforts after only a few attempts, the lingering realization that it brought has affected generations to come.

“There was this unspoken feeling that the past had no colour but it wasn’t until Turner came around that it was spoken aloud,” concluded Dr. Gershten. “It’s been this lingering question hanging over us as a society but hopefully we’ve put a few minds at ease and allow young people to have a better appreciation for the things that have come before them.”

The study was published in this month's issue of New Scientist.

Anna Phillips, Science Correspondent

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