How do we see color in the first place? What color is a banana? Duh, it’s yellow. But what is yellow? Now that you mention it, how do we see color in the first place? That’s the series of questions ...

Pantone has chosen its “Colors of the Year” for 2020, and they are a study in contrasts: “Illuminating,” a sunshine-y yellow; and “Ultimate Gray,” which is... pretty gray. The New York Times posits ...

Try to imagine reddish green — not the dull brown you get when you mix the two pigments together, but rather a color that is somewhat like red and somewhat like green. Or, instead, try to picture ...