For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The ...

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling ...

I can't help but feel blue about the latest rumor that Apple's forthcoming iPhone 17 Air will take flight in a subtle, light-hued color called sky blue. Sky blue isn't a new color for Apple.

Moreover, an object’s color ... This variation in perception is perhaps most striking when viewing an object under different lighting, where a red apple could look green or blue.

So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue. In fact, there’s even a color ...

When I asked a neighbor about what I took to be a trend, she regaled me with the history of a color she called “haint blue”—a story about the violence of indigo production in the South ...

Such records are rare as hen’s teeth. Thus, on Jan. 4, the birding communication networks lit up with news of a lazuli bunting that was discovered by Moses Troyer in rural Meigs County.

Located in western North America, the lazuli bunting is a small and colorful bird. Males have a white wing bar, a rust-colored chest, and a brilliant blue back. The females have brown streaks. Small ...

The name lazuli derives from the stunningly blue mineral, lazurite, or blue stone called lapis lazuli. Seeing the small 5-inch-long lazuli bunting ... song is a variation of songs from older ...

"Five minutes later, this bright, iridescent blue bird flew into the small pond/water feature," Blackford told Chron. "I have never seen one before, but suspected it might be a type of bunting." ...