Read Time: 2 min It wasn’t until 5 years after the Continental Congress adopted our flag in 1777, that the meanings behind the colors of the American flag were revealed.
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Read Time: 3 min Think you know what the word blue means? The origin of the word blue didn’t mean the color blue at all. What it meant might surprise you.
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Read Time: 3 min From sophisticated elegance to evil incarnate, few colors conjure up such strong images as black.
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Read Time: 3 min From innocence to wisdom, the color white represents many things. The earliest origin of the word white itself, however, is shrouded in mystery.
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Read Time: 3 min Eugène Delacroix was one of the leading artists of the French Romantic period of the 19th century. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix’s use of expressive brushstrokes and use of color profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.
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Read Time: 3 min Jake from Entrepreneur magazine want to get some advice on color names and what to wear for an upcoming event. Here’s the advice I gave him complete with a dash of humor.
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Read Time: 3 min The focus in the world of fashion and beauty has always been on the superficial, physical appearance. But the essence of beauty can always be found in the details
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Read Time: 3 min While most color words have their origins in long lists of dusty etymological explanations, the origin of the word magenta is worthy of a summer blockbuster.
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Read Time: 2 min French artist Paul Gauguin’s bold colors, exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts helped him achieve broad success in the late 19th century.
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Read Time: 3 min Post-Impressionist French painter Paul Cézanne is best known for his incredibly varied painting style, which greatly influenced 20th century abstract art.
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Read Time: 6 min India has always been exalted as a country of symbolic colors. The colorful culture is a large part of the Indian consciousness.
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Read Time: 3 min Ellen Kennon might not have had a key, but that didn’t keep her from peering through the bars of New York’s Gramercy Park. The private green space was around the corner from her concrete apartment, but it might as well have been a million miles away. Working as a high profile designer for a litany […]
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Read Time: 4 min Color and variety are synonymous with Indian culture. One of the most symbolic, Holi Festival is steeped in Indian traditions.
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Read Time: 2 min You can thank Magenta, Italy a quiet town outside Milan, for the name of the color that isn’t really any color at all…or is it?
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Read Time: 3 min Brown is a go-to neutral. Yet despite its decidedly modern appeal, the origin of the word brown has been around since weaving was new technology.
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Read Time: 2 min Whether bright white or stormy gray, what the weatherman knows that you may not is why some clouds are light or dark, and what the cloud color indicates.
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Read Time: 11 min Color Meaning of Red Explained; symbolism, psychology, word associations, intrigue facts about red and how to use this attention-getting color effectively.
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Read Time: 8 min Color Meaning of Purple Explained; symbolism, psychology, word associations, intrigue facts about blue and how to use this royal color effectively.
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Read Time: 10 min Color Meaning of Blue Explained; symbolism, psychology, word associations, intrigue facts about blue and how to use this favorite of all colors effectively.
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Read Time: 4 min The second half of the twentieth century was a time of explosive expansion in the use of color. All aspects of everyday life were affected by this phenomenon. Post World War II, full-color printing, fabrics dyed with new synthetic dyes, along with color photography and motion pictures aroused our appetite for color.Increased exposure to color […]
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