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Was the Cambridge Boat Race crew decked out in the new colour olo? John Cater thinks so. Plus letters from Anne Cowper, Ian Simmons and Martin S TaylorWas the Cambridge Boat Race crew decked out in the new colour olo? John Cater thinks so. Plus letters from Anne Cowper, Ian Simmons and Martin S Taylor
During the recent university Boat Race, my wife and I were discussing the colour of the Cambridge crew’s kit along the lines of: it’s not blue, it’s green; no it’s not green, it’s blue. It turns out we were both wrong. It’s olo (Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before, 18 April). There’s nothing new under the sun. John CaterWimbledon, London During the recent university Boat Race, my wife and I were discussing the colour of the Cambridge crew’s kit along the lines of: it’s not blue, it’s green; no it’s not green, it’s blue. It turns out we were both wrong. It’s olo (Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before, 18 April). There’s nothing new under the sun.
US scientists: “We’ve found an unprecedented colour signal.” Me: “Oh, that’s the colour of a waterproof jacket I’ve just ordered.” Anne Cowper Bishopston, Swansea
The scientists who found a new colour missed a trick in not naming it octarine. Its description in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels as “a greenish-yellow purple colour visible only to wizards and cats” seems to fit their discovery pretty well.Ian SimmonsWestcliff-on-Sea, Essex John Cater
Scientists believe they have found a new colour no one has seen before. Are you sure this isn’t just a pigment of their imagination?Martin S TaylorByfleet, Surrey
Wimbledon, London
US scientists: “We’ve found an unprecedented colour signal.” Me: “Oh, that’s the colour of a waterproof jacket I’ve just ordered.”
Anne Cowper
Bishopston, Swansea
The scientists who found a new colour missed a trick in not naming it octarine. Its description in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels as “a greenish-yellow purple colour visible only to wizards and cats” seems to fit their discovery pretty well.
Ian Simmons
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
Scientists believe they have found a new colour no one has seen before. Are you sure this isn’t just a pigment of their imagination?
Martin S Taylor
Byfleet, Surrey
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