In a series of five programmes this week Susie Emmett travels the world to talk about colour, uncovering the light and dark aspects -the craft, the charm and the cut-throat commerce - of the people in the far-flung communities that supply the pigments, that colour our clothes, food and furnishings. 1: Seeing Red
A colour associated with life and vigour but one that means death to a particular beetle. Peruvians are passionate about carmine red from cochineal, but what place is there forthis real red in a modern world? Producer Rosie Goldsmith