Hex codes are a simple, unambiguous way to designate colors in digital media. However, going from a color in your head to a hex code can be difficult for the unpracticed. [Guy Dupont] built a little ...

Color blindness is usually an inherited condition that makes it difficult to differentiate among shades of colors. Color blindness, or color deficiency, happens when the cones of the eye are missing ...

When you look up at the blue sky overhead or gaze across the seemingly endless expanse of a blue ocean, you might think that the color blue is common in nature. But among all the hues found in rocks, ...

Blue hyperlinks are one of the oldest design standards on the web. Here’s what a group of researchers discovered when they set out to study them. According to a new PLOS One study from scientists at ...

One of the traits that we usually use to physically describe people is their hair color. Hair is a useful descriptor because it varies so much among us. Melanin is the molecule responsible for the ...