A centenary exhibition of Saul Leiter’s photos reveals his painterly way with Kodachrome. And a new book suggests that Garry Winogrand worked best in black-and-white. By Arthur Lubow When Saul Leiter ...

This simple tool can help you choose color combinations that work well together. With so many potential combinations, choosing a color scheme for your space can feel like a daunting task. If you're ...

The color wheel makes my head spin like a dog chasing its tail. I make no more sense of it than I do of such bewildering canine behavior. My confusion made for some interesting color combinations in ...

Pink isn't just for girls — it's also for battleships. In a new book, design writer and synesthete Jude Stewart looks at color from linguistic,... Read The Rainbow: 'Roy G. Biv' Puts New Spin On Color ...

The color wheel was first developed by English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that white light (what we perceive as colorless daylight) is composed of a spectrum of ...

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There are a lot of fascinating details hiding below the surface in the world of color. For instance, scientists once thought the average color of the entire universe was turquoise — until they ...