The Pantone Color of The Year for 2014 is "Radiant Orchid." » 12/05/13 5:30pm 12/05/13 5:30pm

Rihanna's new fragrance is called, "Nude." As Dodai points out in her post on nude colored shoes, "the dictionary lists one definition of 'nude' as 'the color of a white person's flesh." Does not compute! » 10/22/12 10:00pm 10/22/12 10:00pm

If you have an obsession with simple beauty of Pantone chips—which, why wouldn't you—then these are the Easter eggs for you. They were created by designer Jessica Jones of How About Orange, and they look so good that it almost seems a shame to crack ‘em open and eat them. True, they might be a little high-minded for… » 4/08/12 9:00pm 4/08/12 9:00pm

Well, ladies and gentleman, we seem to have reached that special time that comes once ever two years or so when we again become aware that having gray hair is a "thing." A silly trend piece is written about how some women have made the bold decision not to hide the deeply shameful sign that they are basically decrepit… » 4/03/12 12:00pm 4/03/12 12:00pm

American Studies professor Jo B. Paoletti has announced the publication of her book, Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America. I've been eagerly anticipating getting my hands on a copy. It was from Paoletti that I learned that the idea that pink was a feminine and blue a masculine color was a… » 2/04/12 2:30pm 2/04/12 2:30pm

First we found out that we should be eating everything in extremely small bowls and teeny tiny plates in order to trick our brains into eating smaller portions. Now it turns out the color of the dishes we eat off of might also be causing us to overeat. » 1/19/12 11:55pm 1/19/12 11:55pm

One of my favorite sitcoms of all time is "A Different World," the "Cosby Show" spin-off series that followed the lives of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college located in Virginia. Though the series had a slow first season, "A Different World" ultimately managed to captivate audiences… » 5/26/11 6:05pm 5/26/11 6:05pm

Is the "dumb blonde" stereotype more dye-ist than color-ist? » 10/05/10 7:19pm 10/05/10 7:19pm

This handy-dandy chart of what different colors indicate within different cultures shows that, well, colors mean a lot of things. And are really pretty. Information really is beautiful! Click to enlarge. [InformationIsBeautiful via Daily Dish] » 5/03/10 6:30pm 5/03/10 6:30pm

Some British moms are complaining that there is a "pink-plague" in products for girls, but scientists can't agree whether girls' preference for the color is in-bred or the result of social conditioning. » 1/02/09 2:45pm 1/02/09 2:45pm

Men's faces tend to be more reddish and women have more greenish skin, according to new research. Brown University scientists analyzed 200 images of Caucasian male and female faces under the same lighting conditions and with no makeup. First a computer program analyzed the amount of red and green pigment in the faces,… » 12/08/08 2:40pm 12/08/08 2:40pm