colours

  • Today I Discovered Humans Couldn’t See Blue Until Modern Times

    chrisjager

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    Until relatively recently in human history, the colour blue didn’t exist. It is conspicuously absent from most ancient languages, including Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Hindustani, Icelandic and Hebrew. It’s as if our ancestors were all colour blind, but only when it came to shades of blue. Today I discovered why.

  • Learn The Basics Of Colour Theory To Know What Looks Good

    Learn The Basics Of Colour Theory To Know What Looks Good

    Mihir Patkar

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    Colours are important to making things look good, whether it’s the clothes you wear or the presentation you give at work. But not everyone instinctively knows that orange and blue is a perfect combination. If you can’t trust your own judgement, understand and rely on the basics of colour theory to always pick the right…

  • Colorapi Provides Photo-Inspired Colour Swatches

    Matthew Rogers

    Colorapi is a slick web app that serves one purpose: to help people choose colour palettes according to general ideas by using photos. Using the web app is as simple as entering a search term for whatever you want the colour schemes to be inspired by, like summer.