Explore the World of Color

Motifs and Ornamentations: Inspirations Behind the Colors of Africa Traditional Architecture
Paul Yakubu for ArchDailyAugust 11, 2023

10 Questions for an Artist Who Grows Her Own Pigments
Lakshmi Rivera Amin for HyperallergicAugust 7, 2023

Tar-like Pavilion Created to Challenge Notions of Blackness in Design
Ben Dreith for dezeenAugust 4, 2023

The Myth of Pure White Architecture: How Architects of Modernity Used Color
Maria-Cristina Florian for ArchDailyAugust 3, 2023

Natural Pigments in Architecture: Sources, Applications and Why to Use Them
Helena Tourinho for ArchDailyAugust 3, 2023

Exploring the Influence of Barbie Pink in Contemporary Architecture: 6 Commercial Projects that Scream Barbiecore
Nour Fakharany for ArchDailyJuly 31, 2023

17 Projects with Colorful Cabinets and Built-In Furniture
Giovana Martino for ArchDailyJuly 30, 2023

MSCHF Collaborates with Crocs to Create Jumbo Yellow Boots
Jane Englefield for dezeenJuly 26, 2023

Le Corbusier’s Color Theory: Embracing Polychromy in Architecture
Eduardo Souza for ArchDailyJuly 18, 2023

Intersecting Coloured Blocks “Celebrate Creativity” in Chinese School
Katie Last for dezeenJune 24, 2023

How to Combine Colors to Enhance Architectural Design?
Camilia Prieto for ArchDailyJune 20, 2023

Eight Cherry Red Interiors That Make Colour Their Primary Focus
Camilia Prieto for dezeenJune 4, 2023

Ten Living Spaces That Are Punctuated by Saturated Primary Colours
Alice Laycock for dezeenApril 15, 2023

Shreesh Design Studio Builds Indian Preschool "as colourful as the minds of its users"
Amy Peacock for dezeenMarch 17, 2023

Demountable Electric-blue Grid Engulfs On-Off Store Interior in Milan
Natasha Levy for dezeenMarch 16, 2023

Is the World Less Colorful? Highlighting the Color Evolution of Objects and Spaces
Giovana Martino for ArchDailyMarch 11, 2023

Gluck+ Places Colorful Facades on Affordable Housing Block in Brooklyn
Jenna McKnight for dezeenMarch 7, 2023

Eight Bathrooms with Colourful Toilets and Sinks
Cajsa Carlson for dezeenMarch 5, 2023

Making it Pop: 24 Residential Interiors that Embrace Color Blocking
Claire Brodka for ArchDailyFebruary 22, 2023

Design Options - Color | Morin Corporation
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Architektura Draws on “Children’s Spontaneity” for Větrník Kindergarten in Czech Republic
Katie Last for dezeenFebruary 12, 2023

Rotating Fluorescent Panels Define Zones in “co-being space” by Ab Rogers Design
Alyn Griffiths for dezeenFebruary 9, 2023

Golem Creates "Pleasure-driven" Pink Interior for Superzoom Gallery
Alyn Griffiths for dezeenFebruary 2, 2023

Playing with Hues and Shades: The Power of Color in Building Facades
Valeria Montjoy for ArchDailyFebruary 1, 2023

Lucas y Hernández-Gil Uses Extreme Colour Blocking in Naked and Famous Bar
Amy Frearson for dezeenJanuary 22, 2023

PILOT OFFICE Store / maumstudio
Hana Abdel for ArchDailyJanuary 15, 2023

Eight Hotel Interiors Enriched by Decadent Jewel Tones
Jennifer Hahn for dezeenJanuary 15, 2023

How to Use Color to Accentuate Architectural Designs
Camilia Prieto for ArchDailyJanuary 8, 2023

BMW Launches Concept Car That Changes Into 32 Different Colours
Rima Sabina for dezeenJanuary 6, 2023

Selvedge Magaine: "Issue 110 To Dye For" with a focus on Colour
SELVEDGE MAGAZINE: A Textile and Creative Interest Publication from The UKJanuary / February 2023

The Sunflower Houses / Arenas Basabe Palacios + Buschina & Partner
Augustina Coulleri for ArchDailyDecember 29, 2022

Color Guide For Water and Wastewater Pipes
Published by TNEMECThe ANSI/ASME Standards for Water Treatment
Colorful, Demountable stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar
Lizzie Crook for dezeenNovember 24, 2021


Color Code: McEvoy Arts’ fifth anniversary exhibition celebrates the many ways that color is used to convey meaning and elicit emotion.
On view at McEvoy Foundation for the ArtsSeptember 23, 2022–Jan 21, 2023

Using Colored Glass to Enhance Design: 20 Contemporary Examples
Valeria Montjoy for ArchDailySeptember 1, 2022

Artist Olafur Eliasson has Created the Vertical Panorama Pavilion for a Sonoma Winery
James Parks for dezeenAugust 2, 2022

“I use colour as a way of starting a conversation.” —architect and designer Yinka Ilori
Jane Englefield for dezeenMay 13, 2022

How Color Affects Architecture
Lilly Cao for ArchDailyJanuary 12, 2022



The Accidental Invention of the Color Mauve
Matthew Wills for JSTOR DailySeptember 28, 2021


Tiffany Blue is Finally Unlocked
Culture Hustle by Stuart Semple
The First New Shade of Blue in Centuries
Hakim Bishara for HyperallergicJanuary 26, 2021

Unearthing the Secrets of Color: Sandy Rodriguez
Kim N. Richter for the Getty NewsJanuary 13, 2021

Andrew Northop for Hyperallergic
April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020

Paul Klee’s Bauhaus Notebook is Now Online
Niall Patrick Walsh for ArchDaily
May 28, 2019

Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color
Cooper HewittPermanent Archive of 2019 Exhibition

Color Served Daily
The RISD Color Lab is a multiplatform space where faculty and students can engage with the one aspect of art and design that draws us all together : COLOR
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The RISD Color Lab is a multiplatform space where faculty and students can engage with the one aspect of art and design that draws us all together : COLOR
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Visit the Color Lab
Our exhibition space is viewable from the street at 30 North Main. Our physical materials collection may be requested through the Visual + Material Resource Center at Fleet Library.
colorlab@risd.edu
Our exhibition space is viewable from the street at 30 North Main. Our physical materials collection may be requested through the Visual + Material Resource Center at Fleet Library.
colorlab@risd.edu