If you want to understand society, look at the way it talks about hue, suggests a new tome from art historian Alexandra Loske. In the shadow of World War II, modern capitalism was beginning to take ...

Michel Pastoureau's new book tackles the complicated history of the color red, from regal hue of kings to scandalous shade of harlots. Pages from Red: The History of a Color (photo of the book for ...

Is there a month that's more "green" than May? Spring has sprung, flowers are blooming and the hillsides are covered in lush grass. Fittingly, the gorgeous green emerald is a perfect May birthstone to ...

This collection of papers from the 2012 Arts & Letters Conference, hosted by the University of North Georgia, explores how color can provide clues to the interpretation of history and politics, works ...

Manganese black: Art in the Ice Age -- Red ocher: The sacred and dangerous in Australia -- Egyptian blue: King Tut's infrared transmitter -- Greek white: The myth of the white city -- Yellow ocher: ...

An exhibition at the Museum of Natural History is the sum of all lessons on hue. By Jason Farago The days have turned gray, the future feels black. We’re all seeing red, we’re all feeling blue.

When Prince unexpectedly passed away earlier this week, the outpouring of grief was instantaneous: Old performance videos and concert photos popped up all over the Internet and buildings the world ...

Richard Rothstein's Color of Law[1] has made quite a splash and is widely praised for its no-holds barred look at American racism. Rothstein has toured the country lecturing about the book, has been ...