Why the sky is blue (sometimes) From the archive

“The Secret Lives of Colour” unpicks some stubborn stereotypes A detailed look at the relationship human beings have with colour

First The Dress, now The Bag... So what colour do you think it is? The Internet is divided over the colour of a Kate Spade handbag after a picture was posted to Twitter by Taylor Corso, a United States accountant. The ensuing debate was reminiscent of THAT dress

How Well Do You Actually See The Colour Blue? ♫ I'm blue da ba dee da ba die♫

Sacré Bleu! Why Is Blue the Most Profane Color? This post originally appeared on Strong Language, a sweary blog about swearing. Blue humour, blue movies, blue talk—what’s so obscene about the colour blue? Nobody really knows, as it turns out. The origin of blue in the sense of lewd, coarse, or Read more ... pornographic has been tough to pin down: etymologists have put forward a bunch of theories but haven’t found...

Powerful Video Shows The Moment Colour Blind People See Colour For The First Time A manufacturer claims to have created glasses which help people with colour blindness to see properly. The glasses from EnChroma and Valspar can reportedly change the vision of those who are colour blind, allowing them to see colour again. A to...

Powerful Video Shows The Moment Colour Blind People See Colour For The First Time A manufacturer claims to have created glasses which help people with colour blindness to see properly. The glasses from EnChroma and Valspar can reportedly change the vision of those who are colour blind, allowing them to see colour again. A to...

Why our ancestors couldn't see the colour blue Blue doesn't appear in Greek texts, the Koran, ancient Chinese stories, and an ancient Hebrew version of the Bible, according to a German philologist named Lazarus Geiger.

The Internet Is Completley Divided Over The Colour Of This Dress The internet is clawing its own eyes in frustration over… a dress. And this is no wardrobe malfunction, VPL or similar fashion fail. The issue at hand is: What colour is it? Black and blue right? What’s everyone getting so worked...

The Internet Is Completely Divided Over The Colour Of This Dress The internet is clawing its own eyes in frustration over… a dress. And this is no wardrobe malfunction, VPL or similar fashion fail. The issue at hand is: What colour is it? Black and blue right? What’s everyone getting so worked...