Science Please! : The Wonderful World of Colour

May 8, 1999

0h 1m

★ 10.0

World of Colors

Overview

A clip in the Science Please. collection, The Wonderful World of Colour uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the cones of the retina enable us to perceive the spectrum of colours.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Rick Jones

This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.

5.0

The Story of Christmas

Jun 21, 1973

This short animation tells the familiar story of Christmas in an innovative and colourful way. Filmmaker Evelyn Lambart uses glowing zinc cut-outs to give this traditional tale a contemporary twist. Akin to a joyful medieval manuscript, the film is embellished by the artist's own whimsy—heraldic trumpet sounds, luminescent light, and wildflowers in every scene tell the message of rebirth. A film without dialogue.

4.5

The Lion and the Mouse

Jun 21, 1976

This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.

6.3

The Strings

Feb 12, 1996

A parable about the fragility of relationships. Love is sought, found, tested, lost...

6.0

Tides to And Fro

Mar 25, 2010

Morning outflow and evening inflow of the sea change a tide of life of the coastal small town.

5.0

Academy Leader Variations

Apr 12, 1987

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

0.0

Neo New Jersey

Oct 9, 2021

A night in the life of two blacklight gossip queens in the year 2999.

5.8

Orphans' Benefit

Aug 11, 1941

Mickey and friends put on a revue for the orphans. Donald recites nursery rhymes, but the orphans torment him. Horace, Goofy, and Clarabelle do a dance number. Donald tries again. Clara clucks a song while Mickey plays piano (with support from an unseen orchestra). Donald returns, and the orphans finally send a parade of bricks and eggs on balloons over him and use slingshots to drop them on his head.

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4.5

Embryo No.M

Jul 27, 1971

The story of a man who has reached the very top of society and eventually became a victim of his own ideology.

7.2

Witch's Night Out

Oct 27, 1978

A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old house as well as turn a couple of kids who love monsters into actual monsters.

0.0

The Colour

Oct 5, 2019

The old farmer Ammi tries to understand the traumatic loss of his friend, who died in a mysterious way. We follow him as he gets confronted by the demons of his past and he tries to overcome his fear.

6.7

To Spring

Jun 4, 1936

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

0.0

Birthday Night

Feb 16, 1980

The Night had her birthday, and gave a party to which she invited Dima, a little boy so afraid of the dark that he could never sleep when the light was out.

6.5

Paradise

Feb 15, 1985

A magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage can't compete with the open skies.

7.8

As if Swallowed by Earth

Jan 24, 2025

Olivia, a young woman living abroad, returns to her hometown in Mexico in the hope of reconnecting with her past. But the violence she witnessed as a child has not abated, and the journey rekindles memories that are impossible to reconcile with.

5.2

The Hero of Color City

Oct 3, 2014

An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.

Science Please! : The Wonderful World of Colour

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