Read Time: < 1minuteSyracuse University orange became the official school color in 1940 after experimenting with what most today would consider “unsportsmanlike” colors.
Read Time: 3minTo produce a TRUE International Klein Blue, the specific process of dry pigments and synthetic resin must be followed. The majority of manufacturers today use Yves Klein Blue as a color direction and then match it as best they can with their own processes and therefore are not really true patented Yves Klein Blue.
Read Time: < 1minuteSprint yellow has been claimed as the color the company thinks will allow their brand to stand out in the crowded telecommunications space.
Read Time: 2minColor me happy? The many moods people experience vary just about as much as the different colors people tend to use to describe their moods.
Read Time: 3minDid Team Obama’s purple meaning match their message? That was the question of the day from the reports that called the morning after President Obama’s State of the Union address.
Read Time: 8minHair color plays a uniquely important role in our personal identity. Perhaps more than almost any other physical feature, our hair shapes the way we see ourselves and, as researchers have discovered, the way others see us.
Read Time: 3minHans Hofmann was an influential 20th century a German-born American art teacher whose work paved the way for abstract expressionism. Hofmann The selected Hans Hofmann quotes reveal how he thought about color.
Read Time: 4minVeuve Clicquot yellow and the wisdom of the Widow Clicquot are colorful inspiration that can keep you on track towards your goals or resolutions.
Read Time: 2minGreenhorn, a popular term in the Old West, originally meant new. Today it has a broader meaning and is often considered to be a derogatory term.
Read Time: 3minWhen you say the yellow, consider that the origin of the word yellow go back at least a thousand years—and likely much further than that.
Read Time: < 1minuteThe windows at Anthropologie are always well done but these that asked & answered the question – Why Color?– especially captured my heart.
Read Time: 3minPurple. It’s a color that calls to mind opulence and royalty. However, the origin of the word purple has a history as rich as the images it evokes.
Read Time: < 1minuteIf someone tells you that today is a red letter day, they mean it’s a day of importance, such as a holiday or anniversary. But why “red letter?”
Read Time: < 1minuteToday yellow journalism means irresponsible, exaggerated, lurid, and even slanderous reporting, a definition that hasn’t strayed far from the original meaning.
Read Time: 2minThe word green didn’t take a twisting linguistic road. The English word for green is remarkably close to its original spelling and meaning.
Read Time: 2minChuck Close is an American painter/artist and photographer who achieved fame through his massive-scale portraits. His quotes speak to his use of color but viewing one of his canvases up close tells a great deal about how he thinks about and uses color.
