It can be jarring to crack an egg and see a bright orange yolk instead of the expected pale yellow, or vice versa. Americans eat on average nearly 300 eggs a year, making it likely you’ll stare down ...

Have you ever found yourself wondering which came first: oranges the fruit or the red-yellow color? Well, orange-we-glad that you asked… The fruits originally come from the foothills of the Himalayas ...

Rest in peace, Cadmium Yellow, Orange and Red (c. 1829-2014). Your vibrant, exuberant and reliable reign is about to be brutally terminated—cut down in your prime by colorless legislators in the ...

If you're a longtime Knoxville resident, you take the ubiquity for granted. But visitors and recent transplants are frequently taken aback by the prevalence of the orange and white color scheme that ...

Although broccoli is America's favorite vegetable, carrots are a close second. We enjoy using them as a crunchy vehicle for dipping, slipping slivers of them into salads, and mixing shredded pieces ...

Colors play a huge role in the way we perceive the world. Without even realizing it, colors have the ability to evoke emotions and trigger certain reactions. Colors can even go as far as subliminally ...

How does color work? It seems that as men we have an innate fear when it comes to color. It confuses and scares us. Most men prefer to stick to neutral shades, let’s be honest…it can be pretty boring ...

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of Colorscope, an award-winning series exploring our perception of color and its use across cultures, one shade at a time. It is the color of fall, of beautiful ...

Orange is a not a color for the faint of heart. It demands attention, as if shouting out, “Hey, look at me! Take notice!” For several decades, as a landscape designer, I studiously avoided the use of ...

Pennsylvania-based Crayola will retire a color from its famous 24-count crayon box. The company says it will retire one of the colors in a ceremony on March 31, which is National Crayon Day in the ...

What color is the Moon? Tonight there’s a full Moon. It’s name isn’t completely clear. “Corn Moon” seems to have stuck, but some are using “Harvest Moon,” “Barley Moon” and “Fruit Moon.” What is ...

The reason we often imagine the Sun as yellow or orange has to do with the air around us rather than with the Sun itself.