Colour

Entertainment

OK Go’s Refresher Lesson On Primary Colours

12:00AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

When OK Go were asked to appear on Sesame Street, the result was always going to be great. Their contribution, a song and stop-motion animation explaining the primary colours, is wonderful. Show it to your kids, or just watch it yourself. More »

Science

There’s No Such Thing As The Colour Pink

5:45AM October 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Want to have your brain blown for a few minutes today? Dip your head in some physics, and realise that there’s no such thing as pink. Scientifically speaking, that is: it’s just something our brain makes up. More »

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The Most Wicked Optical Illusion I’ve Seen

11:30AM September 13, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is sick. Sick because the spiral effect is making me sick and sick because it reminds me how flawed/awesome/trippy our colour perception is. Believe it or not, the green and the blue in this spiral is the same color. More »

Computing

Colour-Match Your USB Sticks To Your Other Pantone Tat

12:40AM August 20, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I was just browsing Pantone’s site — y’know, eyeing up their markers — when I noticed they sell customisable Pantone USB sticks. Not a bad little present for a design-fiend, and they start at just $US13 for 1GB. [Pantone]

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Is It Wrong To Crave A Big Box Of Dual-Ended Pantone Markers?

1:48AM July 28, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If it’s wrong, well, I don’t want to be right. Though what I would like is $US483 and the nerve to actually buy this box of 150 Pantone reference colour pens. You can buy them in packs as little as 12, but where’s the fun there? [DickBlick via Werd] More »

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Stained Glass Windows Go Modern With Pantone Colour Swatches

12:20AM July 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Architect Armin Blasbichler’s house in Italy is an adult’s playground, with doors inside doors inside doors (just like in Willy Wonka); doors on ceilings and Pantone colour swatches arranged as a particularly colourful stained glass window. More »

Gadgets

The Kindle Should Use Ricoh’s New Colour E-Ink Screen

12:05AM May 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

I think e-ink is one of those fantastic retro-future technologies that is so cool because it’s so simple. But, inevitably, I’m going to want some colour. Thankfully, Ricoh has just developed a new colour e-paper screen that’s better than ever. More »

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This Is (Officially) The Best Illusion Of The Year

6:40PM May 11, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

It’s no David Copperfield, but in this day and age surely that’s a good thing? Winner of the Best Illusion of the Year contest, this moving circle of dots tricks the eye into seeing changing colour even when they’re not. More »

Science

Train Yourself To See Impossible Colours

7:40AM December 16, 2010 | Alasdair Wilkins

Hiding in the shadows between the colours we see everyday are weird, impossible shades, colours that you shouldn’t be able to see and generally don’t… unless you know how. Here’s a simple guide to seeing impossible and imaginary colours. More »

3M Owns The Colour Purple (But Not How You Might Think)

2:40AM October 27, 2010 | Sam Biddle

And here I was, ready to paint my bedroom purple. But if 3M owns it, I can’t, right? Wrong! Although under US law 3M strangely does have a valid claim to the the colour, it’s not as bad as it sounds. More »