History provides an incredible perspective of color. As colors have made their mark in various time periods and socioeconomic environments, they tell the story of societies. The onset of trend ...

Pigments found on unearthed mammal fossils are now being used by researchers to determine what specific colors the extinct animals could have had during its time. An international team of scientists ...

Attention typography nerds: a new doodad called The Spector identifies fonts so you can stop getting it wrong. Among the millions of techie innovations that we didn't know we needed until we had it, ...

April 11 (UPI) --Scientists have successfully determined the color of an ancient butterfly wing. It's the first time scientists have identified the color of a 200-million-year-old insect. The ...

When baby animals such as ducklings are born, they begin to identify and follow their mother around through a process called imprinting. Scientists say a duckling can imprint on its mother in as ...

Wouldn’t it make life easier for designers and artists if they could identify the colors of surfaces and objects with precision? The Nix Mini Color Sensor V2 ($84, originally $94; store.cnn.com) can ...