After women of color called them out online, Dictionary.com is changing their definition of the word "black." (Credit: Dictionary.com) What is the definition of the word “black?” According to ...

Today, naturalists who want to capture the precise color of a certain specimen can rely on color photography, safe in the knowledge that the hues can be preserved for exact recreation or reference.

At first thought, a color dictionary seems about as useful as a deer carcass to a vegan chef. In my usual fashion, after further investigation this device proved to be a bit more useful than I ...

Over at the Smithsonian, Daniel Lewis has a fascinating article up about 19th Century color dictionaries, which were use by scientists to standardize descriptions. Color, Lewis notes, is very ...

COLOR DICTIONARY OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS FOR HOME AND GARDEN BY ROY HAY AND PATRICK M SYNGE AMERICAN CONSULTANT: GEORGE KALMBACHER ...

This book is a collection of 348 color combinations originated by Sanzo Wada(1883-1967) who, in that time of increasingly avant-grade and diversified use of color, was quick to focus on the importance ...