Poisonous Pigments
In the past, wearing makeup and hanging wallpaper could have killed you Today we can express ourselves using products on…
Category: Art & Design
The Evolution of Pigments in Society
Pigments, paints and decoration. Using colours to express ourselves seems to be unique to humans. Other species of the Homo…
The Evolution of the Colour Brown in Society
Brown is essentially a dark orange. It is achieved by adding together orange and varying amounts of black. It is…
The Evolution of Orange in Society
Orange is the second colour of the rainbow, with reasonably long wavelengths, red having the longest. It is a secondary…
The Evolution of Yellow in Society
Yellow is the third colour in the rainbow with relatively long wavelengths. Red is the first with the longest wavelength…
The Evolution of the Colour White in Society
White is essentially all the colours put together, in terms of white light. The colour white used as a dye…
The Evolution of Red in Society
Red is the first colour that all cultures shared and the first colour to be named other than black and…
The Evolution of Purple in Society
Purple is rich warm colour, close to violet on the spectrum making it one of the last colours to be…
The Evolution of Colour in Society
The use of colour in decoration is the earliest examples we have of humans using colour intentionally. There has been…
The Evolution of Pink in Society
Pink is a lighter version of red. It is the only colour, maybe except grey, that has its own category…
The Evolution of Pink and Blue – Feminine or Masculine
Pink and blue today is quite distinct as colours for babies. The lines are blurring now however it is still…
The Evolution of Gold in Society
Gold is a chemical element, a transition metal and inert (doesn’t react with almost anything). Its atomic number is 79,…
The Evolution of Rococo
This style stemmed from the sumptuous styling of the baroque period. The palace of Versailles is a classic Baroque building,…
The Evolution of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Movements in art and design happen all the time, with the various events in society and the artists of the…
The Evolution of the Colour Black in Society
Black is the absence of colour. In the physical sense, it is when an object absorbs all the light waves…