What Color Is Rihanna's "Nude"?
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!
Easter Eggs So Cool Even a Design Nerd Could Love Them
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…
Stop Talking About How More Women Should Be Going Gray
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…
Once Upon a Time, the Color Blue Was Permissable for Baby Girls
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…
What Ever Happened To The Black Television Sitcom?
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…
Color Me Beautiful (Or Modest, Or Friendly, Or Cold...)
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]
True Colors
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,…
