Read Time: 3 min “Grab your favorite lipstick color and put it on. You’ll feel better.” During my college years, my friend Elizabeth’s mom doled out that advice to us as a remedy for everything from surviving a breakup to getting through finals. She wisely understood how the simple act of putting on lipstick could be a trigger to change […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Do you know what this traffic signal inspired idiom means?
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Read Time: 2 min A black moon is not as well known as a blue moon but occurs just about as often. Find out when you can next see this colorful phenomenon.
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Read Time: 4 min A favorite of Roman emperors, Catherine the Great, and Jackie O., the February birthstone color is closely associated with the heavens and spiritual thought, and is a protector from negativity.
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Read Time: 3 min Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, although he remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life.
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Read Time: 3 min It’s always exciting when new colors come front-and-center in the New Year. The Colors for 2014 did not disappoint, with offerings for just about every style and designer – from hot Radiant Orchid to soft Breath of Fresh Air. Here are my takes on ways to relate and incorporate 5 of the ‘It Colors’ for […]
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Read Time: 3 min The difference between waking up exhausted versus well-rested may actually depend on the color of your bedroom walls, says a new study.
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Read Time: 2 min Goodbye boring beige. Hello Bondi Blue! Apple’s translucent candy-colored plastics increased brand awareness, and embedded Apple into popular culture.
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Read Time: 2 min I named all 64 Crayola crayon colors correctly. Can you?Okay, so maybe it did take me three tries before I got all 64 but the first two times I made silly mistakes and got 4 and two wrong on each respective try.I really do know that the new pink is named “famous” and not “celebrity” […]
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Read Time: 3 min Interaction of Color App for the iPadAs a long time fan of Josef Albers I am thrilled that to mark the 50th anniversary of Josef Albers’s book Interaction of Color, Yale University Press, the publisher of the original edition, are offering a new way to engage with Albers’s lessons by releasing the “Interaction of Color” […]
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Read Time: 4 min Color Trends 2009 in the Personal Care IndustryDiscovering what is driving color trends 2009 begins with keen observations of the world community, detecting what is on our minds and where our eyes are focused, and asking: “Why?”Digging down to basic emotions and needs is the basis for any assessment of how trends might translate into […]
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Read Time: 2 min A leading Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the most famous artists of the early twentieth century. The Renoir quotes gathered below speak to his style and strong feelings about color.An innovative artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir started out as an apprentice to a porcelain painter and studied drawing in his free time. After years as […]
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Read Time: 2 min Men Wearing Pink: Quintessentially BritishThe color pink overtook blue to become the number one selling fashion color for men in the UK in 2007. Pink has been selling strong ever since.British men have embraced the color pink in a leading way over time, and it has become a fashionable look. Here are some tips for […]
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Read Time: < 1 minute Barbershop pole color meaning goes back to medieval times, when in addition to a shave and a haircut, other more unusual services were offered.
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Read Time: < 1 minute Flamingos pink is well known but it is not the color these birds are born with. They begin life with light gray feather and the coral pink is something they acquire later, but why?Gaining Their Iconic Color: Flamingos PinkThese long-legged birds live in wetland areas and consume two things that produce the pigment that changes […]
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Read Time: 3 min Imagine a world where you could wear the same outfit to countless different occasions. Think about how great it would be to come up with tons of stylish looks at the drop of a hat. And how would you feel about updating your entire wardrobe for a fraction of the cost of new clothes?Continue reading […]
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Read Time: 2 min Paul Klee was a prolific Swiss and German artist best known for his large body of work, influenced by cubism, expressionism and surrealism. Klee’s diverse body of work cannot, however, be categorized according to any single artistic movement, or “school.”Klee constantly experimented with artistic techniques and the expressive power of color, in the process often breaking […]
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Read Time: 3 min The many traditions and symbolism associated with this time of year is key to understanding Chinese New Year color meaning.
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Read Time: 3 min John Ruskin was a critic who could out-paint most painters, a great educator who reinvented how we see art. He was an astonishing figure, as Tim Hilton’s magisterial 2002 biography of him proves.
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Read Time: 3 min Color has this incredible ability to evoke memories. Sometimes we’re not aware of what’s going on in the back of our mind but have a strong like or dislike for a particular color.Other times a color, or maybe more correctly a color in a specific context, can take us through the millions of images in […]
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