Does This Come in Pink Margarine? A Surprising History of Color Names.

The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s “True Color” is a sneakily insightful philosophical treatise on what it means to define ...
NPR

A kids' book travels through history to ask: Where does 'Blue' come from?

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond was reading the Bible one day, and she got to a part about the Temple of Solomon that made her pause. There were some drapes in the temple that were blue. "And I was wondering ...
KPBS

A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history

What do Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, jazz and the middle passage all have in common? Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color ...
The Atlantic

A Revelatory Way of Understanding the Black Experience

When I was living in West Philadelphia during graduate school, I noticed that my neighborhood abounded with ornately decorated Victorian-style porches, many of which featured ceilings painted in a ...