Paint the walls in your foyer Lemon Pound Cake and the look is sunny and appetizing. Choose Marilyn's Dress for your walls and it sets the stage for a sophisticated entrance. The process of coming up ...

I've always been fascinated by how people distinguish colors and how they choose to name them. There are lots of colors with specific hues, and appropriately specific names. For example, take one of ...

In some ways, colors are the ultimate example of language's power. The earliest humans didn't have words for colors. They had words for objects and actions, and it took tens of thousands of years for ...

Color names for babies are so versatile. Sure, you could pick a color baby name that reflects your favorite shade, but a color name can be far more subtle and pay homage to so much more. Let’s say you ...

Your miracle baby represents the light at the end of a dark tunnel - or rainbow at the end of a storm. This post appeared ...

Update: This post was an Editor's pick by Cristy Gelling at Science Seeker, and was included in Bora Zivkovic's top 10 science blog posts of the week. Lately, I've got colors on the brain. In part I ...