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  2. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism. Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [2] The same color may have very different ...

  3. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Black (黑 hēi), corresponding to water, is generally understood as a neutral color although appearing in many negative contexts in chengyu and common names. "Black cult" ( 黑幫 hēibāng ) is the usual name for Chinese organized crime and the Thick Black Theory of the late Qing intellectual Li Zongwu ( 李 宗 吾 , 1879–1943) is an ...

  4. Purple bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Purple bacteria grown in Winogradsky column. Purple bacteria or purple photosynthetic bacteria are Gram-negative proteobacteria that are phototrophic, capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis. [1] They are pigmented with bacteriochlorophyll a or b, together with various carotenoids, which give them colours ranging between purple ...

  5. Complementary colors - Wikipedia

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    In the RGB model, the primary colors are red, green, and blue. The complementary primary–secondary combinations are red – cyan, green – magenta, and blue – yellow. In the RGB color model, the light of two complementary colors, such as red and cyan, combined at full intensity, will make white light, since two complementary colors contain ...

  6. Gram stain - Wikipedia

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    Gram stain. Micrograph of a gram-positive coccus and a gram-negative rod. Gram stain ( Gram staining or Gram's method ), is a method of staining used to classify bacterial species into two large groups: gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria. It may also be used to diagnose a fungal infection. [1]

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  7. H&E stain - Wikipedia

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    Hematoxylin and eosin stain ( or haematoxylin and eosin stain or hematoxylin-eosin stain; often abbreviated as H&E stain or HE stain) is one of the principal tissue stains used in histology. [1] [2] [3] It is the most widely used stain in medical diagnosis [1] and is often the gold standard. [4] For example, when a pathologist looks at a biopsy ...

  8. Color psychology - Wikipedia

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    Color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior. Color influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food. Colors have qualities that can cause certain emotions in people. [1] How color influences individuals may differ depending on age, gender, and culture. [2]

  9. Gram-positive bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria commonly have a surface layer called an S-layer. In gram-positive bacteria, the S-layer is attached to the peptidoglycan layer. Gram-negative bacteria's S-layer is attached directly to the outer membrane. Specific to gram-positive bacteria is the presence of teichoic acids in the cell wall. Some of ...

  10. Voges–Proskauer test - Wikipedia

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    Voges–Proskauer test. Two bacterial broth cultures, showing a positive result (left side) and a negative result (right side) for the VP test. Voges–Proskauer / ˈfoʊɡəs ˈprɒskaʊ.ər / or VP is a test used to detect acetoin in a bacterial broth culture. The test is performed by adding alpha-naphthol and potassium hydroxide to the Voges ...

  11. Subtractive color - Wikipedia

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    Subtractive color or subtractive color mixing predicts the spectral power distribution of light after it passes through successive layers of partially absorbing media. This idealized model is the essential principle of how dyes and pigments are used in color printing and photography, where the perception of color is elicited after white light ...