Category: Topics
The Colour of Corona
When I was a kid, I’d stare at images of stars and galaxies and molecules in the National...
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Filling in the Blanks: A Prehistory of the Adult Colouring Craze
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over. Many...
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Classic Blue – the Colour of 2020
Pantone’s colour of the year announcement is always met with interest – some derision, plenty of...
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Everyday Synaesthesia
When I was about 10 years old I remember asking my classmates (in anticipation of later doctoral...
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These Are Not Blue Eyes
Blue eyes aren’t blue, it’s just a trick of the (scattered) light. Take a look at those baby...
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GIFs for Grownups
Ah, the animated GIF (alliterative with ‘jerk’ rather than ‘get’...
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Code Blue: Australia’s Chromatically-Challenged Fire Warning System
Australia’s reworked systems of fire danger signs has a peculiar and inconsistent colour code...
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Tabula Colorum and Other Stories
We at CWtF have recently uncovered a collection of stunning charts and diagrams representing...
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The Colour of Now
Ultra Violent Violet Every year the Pantone people pick their ‘colour of the year’ which is...
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Why We Can’t See Light
Despite the apparent oxymoron, we humans can’t see light. We can only see objects that are...
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Understanding Histograms
Just about every photography app from Photoshop to iPhone freebies uses a histogram to represent...
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A Dictionary of Colour
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