In art, discord is the effect of reversing the natural tonal order of colours. Colours naturally progress from pale yellow to dark violet, as in rainbow. Research Discord
Greenpeace is an international, non-violent direct action environmental protection organisation which campaigns against and brings to public attention issues affecting the world's environment such as whaling, rainforest destruction, nuclear power and other matters which damage the environment. It is renowned for the bravery of its volunteers who engage in death-defying stunts will no apparent concern for their own safety. So successful have been their campaigns that the French government ordered and sank Greenpeace's chief ship - The Rainbow Warrior - killing some crew members who were asleep on board at the time. Research Greenpeace More information about Greenpeace
Sir George Collier was a British vice-admiral. He was born in 1738 at London and died in 1795. As captain of the Rainbow he captured the American frigateHancock in 1777 off the coast of North America. Being appointed commodore and commander-in-chief he carried out the relief of Penobscot in 1779 and destroyed the enemy's squadron there. In 1781 he captured the Spanish frigate Leocadia. He became rear-admiral in 1793 and vice- admiral in 1794. Research George Collier
Henry Dawson was an English landscape-painter. He was born in 1811 and died in 1878. In early life he was a worker in a Nottingham lace-factory, but this occupation he gave up for art in 1835. After struggling some time at Nottingham he moved to Liverpool in 1844, and thence to Croydon in 1850, and latterly he resided at Chiswick. It was a long time before his abilities were fully recognised, and his pictures began to fetch high prices only a little before his death. Among the best of them are Wooden Walls of Old England, London from Greenwich Hill, Houses of Parliament, The Rainbow, Rainbow at Sea, The Pool below London Bridge. Research Henry Dawson
Walter Crane was an English painter, decorative artist and prominent socialist. He was born in 1845 at Liverpool and died in 1915. He was apprenticed to W J Linton, the well-known wood-engraver, and soon began to illustrate books, and in 1862 exhibited a picture - The Lady of Shalott - at the Royal Academy. He has held various posts in connection with art education, such as that of principal of the Royal College of Art, South Kensington from 1898 to 1899, and had numerous medals and other honours conferred upon him in recognition of his artistic work. He belongs essentially to the imaginative and poetic school of artists, and his tendency was towards pre-Raphaelitism and mediaevalism, the decorative element also making itself more or less prominent. Among his chief pictures are Renascence of Venus, Fate of Persephone, Europa, The Bridge of Life, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, England's Emblem, The Rainbow and the Wave, Britannia's Vision, The World's Conquerors. The Sirens Three is a poem written and decoratively illustrated by himself. Spenser's Faerie Queene and Shepherd's Calendar, some of Shakespeare's plays, etc, have been illustrated by him; and he did much in the decoration of buildings internally. He aided the socialist movement, both as a writer and as a lecturer. Research Walter Crane
John Leeson is an English actor. He was born in 1943 at Leicester. He is best known for providing the voice for K-9 in the BBC television series Dr Who, but also provided the voice for daleks in the 1988 Dr Who story 'Rememberance of the Daleks' and Bungle in the children's television show 'Rainbow'. Research John Leeson
In Norse mythology, Bifrost was the bridge between heaven and earth, visible as a rainbow, the colours being the light reflecting off the precious stones that comprised the bridge. Research Bifrost
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