One of the most colorful accidents in history, malaria, and...genetically engineered bacteria?! These are all part of the story behind the color purple. Maren Hunsberger travels through time in London ...

As temperatures rise, we're compelled to shed the bulkier all-black layers that carried us through winter to make space for a few brighter shades. It's only natural to be curious about effortless ways ...

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. University of Copenhagen researchers ...

Have you noticed that your once bright blonde or polished gray hair has become dull and brassy? There's an easy way to fix it: Say hello to purple shampoo, the secret weapon relied upon by those with ...

From early childhood, we’ve been taught to recognize the colors of the rainbow—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—using the iconic acronym ROYGBIV. We see them in nature, on color ...