Sep 8, 2026 · 16 min · 8 segments
This episode explores how drugs, foods, poisons, cosmetics and assorted bodily malfunctions can produce human skin in all 7 colours of the rainbow (and how Isaac Newton is to blame for us thinking a…
There are red lobsters, orange orangutans, golden retrievers, green tree frogs, blue jays, indigo coral snakes and violet sea stars.
But when it comes to our species, our surface colour palette is distinctly more limited.
Or is it? Because under the right or very wrong conditions, humans too can come in every color of the rainbow.
So today I'm going to teach you how to turn yourself red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
I'm neurologist Dr. Sarah Holper and this is Unhealthy Curiosity, where I explore the body's features and flaws.
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There are red lobsters, orange orangutans, golden retrievers, green tree frogs, blue jays, indigo coral snakes and violet sea stars.
But when it comes to our species, our surface colour palette is distinctly more limited.
Or is it? Because under the right or very wrong conditions, humans too can come in every color of the rainbow.
So today I'm going to teach you how to turn yourself red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
I'm neurologist Dr. Sarah Holper and this is Unhealthy Curiosity, where I explore the body's features and flaws.
