Everything you know about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a lie. The truth? Reindeer have terrible color vision. They wouldn't have known his nose was red - or green or orange, either, scientists explained in a presentation about the Science of Christmas.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer created by Robert L. May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus's reindeer, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeer team and guide Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve.
Source: Joseph Kane, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The catchy tune "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that we all hum during the holidays was penned by Johnny Marks, Robert L. May's brother-in-law. Despite the song's eventual success, it faced initial resistance.
Prominent artists like Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore declined to record it. It's no wonder Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is the most famous member of Santa's team. In addition to being a skilled flyer, his nose - as his name suggests - glows bright red.
This unusual variation on the reindeer nasal prominence has all kinds of benefits, the most important, of course, involves guiding Santa's sleigh. According to folklore, if the weather's ever bad on Christmas Eve. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in color, even if early technologies might have shown it in black and white.
Rudolph's red nose was always meant to be seen in its vibrant hue, despite the era's widespread black and white televisions. If you use a thermographic camera. Via Youtube/LundUniversity It's one of the greatest Christmas mysteries, a perplexing festive puzzle: Why does Rudolph the red.
We're all familiar with the story of Rudolph and his red nose. Did you know that the color of Rudolph's nose wasn't just randomly left to fate? Here's everything you may not recall about the reindeer who went down in history. This is the untold truth of Rudolph the Red.
This is where Rudolph's luminescent (glowing) nose comes into play, as it serves as an excellent fog light for navigating his fellow reindeer. Given that the redness of Rudolph's nose is similar to red holly berries, Dominy was able to estimate the color of light emitted from Rudolph's nose by measuring the color of holly berries. In the first year of publication, 2.4 million copies of Rudolph's story were distributed by Montgomery Ward.
May's brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into song. Marks' musical version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was recorded by Gene Autry in 1949.