The Thought of Gold
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Borrowed Colors
Scroll down for a lot of color.
On the Origins of Web Colors
The case for intelligent design
How did indigo become violet?
Indigo became violet in the 1990s because of Netscape's co-founder.
The Vexing Evolution of Flags
Tracking the color blue on flags through the centuries.
Insulting a Colorful Emperor
What a 21st century art historian and Jesus each thought about a colorful statue of Augustus Caesar.
Pulling at Red Threads
Celebrating two years of the Colorphilia Newsletter.
Chasing the Blue-Green Dragon
From Raphael's Saint George and the Dragon, through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and past Robin Hood, and back again.
"Why do I use my paper, pen and ink?"
How attending a lecture about church music in 16th century England led me to better appreciate the academic research of the first Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Why Corduroy Matters
Remember the artisans forgotten because of the Industrial Revolution.
Everything is Synthetic.
After more than two years of researching color, I'm reminded of how little I know.
The Noble, Beautiful, Most Perfect Blue
An overview of what we think we know about the origins of Ultramarine Blue in Europe.
Cyanotypes
Who were Sir John Herschel's blue test subjects?
The inventor of the cyanotype used the annual literature yearbook "Friendship's Offering" as the source of many of the images he experimented on.
Hanukkah
What is "fun"?
A very Colorphilia way to attempt to understand the idea of "fun".
Turkey
Blue Jeans and Gin.
A serious proposal to change the name of turkey fowl to "genny".
Etymology
How Appelblauwzeegroen became Teal in Belgian Dutch.
Finding the hidden message in the "apple-blue, sea-green" hue.
Robin Hood
Creating Robin Hood
Announcing a book about the Jewish origins of Robin Hood and creating hope in a time of despair.
Darkness
The Color of Darkness
Why is Kṛṣṇa blue, what was the color of Biblical creation, and some other (un)related questions
Lithuania
Color Researcher Develops Theory to Solve Millennia Old Mystery about Lithuanian Blue
How did they make blue glass beads in Lithuania in the 1st century?
Pasta
Pastel / Macaroni
The relationship between pastels and macarons.
Religion
Misreading the Absurd
I found a small error on a placard in the Jewish Museum in Rome.
Cheese
Cheesy Flowers
Thoughts about cheese in Italy.
Laundry
A Guide for the Perplexed (about Laundry)
Contains no practical advice or useful information.
Pink
Rethinking Pink.
A dispatch from Madrid, about Vilnius, Paris and Toulouse.