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^{"Unpretentious" Mocha Mousse named Pantone's colour of the year 2025.}

Jane Englefield for Dezeen
December 5, 2024

^{Liz West designs neon Christmas tree "as a beacon that radiates colour".}

Starr Charles for Dezeen
November 26, 2024

^{K+M Arquitectura y Urbanismo slots red pergola behind historic building in Peru.}

Ella Jessel for Dezeen
November 23, 2024

^{Van Gogh’s “Irises” Were Never Supposed to Be Blue.}

Isa Farfan for Hyperallergic
November 18, 2024

^{Nesting tables by Mikolášková&Drobná change colour as they're combined.}

Alyn Griffiths for Dezeen
November 18, 2024

^{Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert.}

Jenna McKnight for Dezeen
September 25, 2024

MVRDV Unveils Design for a Colorful Office Building Clad in Pretty Plastic Shingles in Germany

Maria-Cristina Florian for ArchDaily
September 27, 2024

Is this going to work at all? My summer exploring the non-invasive analysis of organic colors.

Bobbi Hinton for Library of Congress Blogs
September 26, 2024

True Joy Named Dulux Color of the Year 2025

Amy Peacock for dezeen
September 10, 2024

In Venice, Jeffrey Gibson Envelops the U.S. Pavilion in Kaleidoscopic Color and Flawed Promises

Grace Ebert for Colossal
April 19, 2024

Colors of the Favela: The Transformative Impact of Painting on Communities

Camilla Ghisleni for ArchDaily
March 20, 2024

Art Bites: How the Color Orange Got Its Name

Verity Babbs for Artnet
February 19, 2024

The Woman Who Can See 100 Million Colors

Brian Klaas for The Garden of Forking Paths
January 23, 2024

A Color-Infused Meditation with Dora Kamau’

Dora Kamau for MoMa
January 17, 2024

Artist Pamela Rosenkranz: ‘The color pink does not exist’

Emily McDermott for Art Basel
November 29, 2023

Color and Form

Jennifer Farrell for The Met - Art Explained
Nov 17, 2023

Anish Kapoor’s Controversial Vantablack Works Finally Make Their U.S. Debut

Sarah Cascone for Artnet
November 9, 2023

2024 Color of the Year Picks Unveiled by Paint Leaders

Maria-Cristina Florian for ArchDaily
October 26, 2023

Before Technicolor: Early Color on Film

Exhibition at MoMA
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

Studio Bright Wraps Extension in Australia with Pale Pink Breeze Blocks

Jon Astbury for dezeen
September 24, 2023

Different Ways of Applying Color to Furniture

Helena Tourinho for ArchDaily
September 07, 2023

Motifs and Ornamentations: Inspirations Behind the Colors of Africa Traditional Architecture

Paul Yakubu for ArchDaily
August 11, 2023

The Symbolic Use of Color in Islamic Architecture

Nour Fakharany for ArchDaily
August 7, 2023

10 Questions for an Artist Who Grows Her Own Pigments

Lakshmi Rivera Amin for Hyperallergic
August 7, 2023

Tar-like Pavilion Created to Challenge Notions of Blackness in Design

Ben Dreith for dezeen
August 4, 2023

The Myth of Pure White Architecture: How Architects of Modernity Used Color

Maria-Cristina Florian for ArchDaily
August 3, 2023

Natural Pigments in Architecture: Sources, Applications and Why to Use Them

Helena Tourinho for ArchDaily
August 3, 2023

Infants and Adults Prefer van Gogh’s Vibrant Color Palettes, New Study Finds

Francesca Aton for ARTnews
August 3, 2023

Exploring the Influence of Barbie Pink in Contemporary Architecture: 6 Commercial Projects that Scream Barbiecore

Nour Fakharany for ArchDaily
July 31, 2023

17 Projects with Colorful Cabinets and Built-In Furniture

Giovana Martino for ArchDaily
July 30, 2023

McEachern Art Center presents ‘PROOF – From the Archive of ABSOLUTE COLOR’ by Gretchen Wagner

Julia Morrison the Den
July 27, 2023

Le Corbusier’s Color Theory: Embracing Polychromy in Architecture

Eduardo Souza for ArchDaily
July 18, 2023

Artist Stuart Semple Is Releasing a ‘Barbiest,’ Ultra-Fluorescent Pink Paint to Protest Mattel’s Trademark on the Color

Sarah Cascone for Artnet
July 17, 2023

10 Tips and Tricks for Using Colored Ink to Create Stunning Illustrations

Jessica Stewart for My Modern Met
July 12, 2023

MoCA Westport latest exhibit explores color, texture

Katrina Koerting for CT Insider
July 6, 2023

Intersecting Coloured Blocks “Celebrate Creativity” in Chinese School

Katie Last for dezeen
June 24, 2023

How to Combine Colors to Enhance Architectural Design?

Camilia Prieto for ArchDaily
June 20, 2023

Eight Cherry Red Interiors That Make Colour Their Primary Focus

Camilia Prieto for dezeen
June 4, 2023

Ten Living Spaces That Are Punctuated by Saturated Primary Colours

Alice Laycock for dezeen
April 15, 2023

Shreesh Design Studio Builds Indian Preschool "as colourful as the minds of its users"

Amy Peacock for dezeen
March 17, 2023

Demountable Electric-blue Grid Engulfs On-Off Store Interior in Milan

Natasha Levy for dezeen
March 16, 2023

Is the World Less Colorful? Highlighting the Color Evolution of Objects and Spaces

Giovana Martino for ArchDaily
March 11, 2023

Gluck+ Places Colorful Facades on Affordable Housing Block in Brooklyn

Jenna McKnight for dezeen
March 7, 2023

Eight Bathrooms with Colourful Toilets and Sinks

Cajsa Carlson for dezeen
March 5, 2023

Making it Pop: 24 Residential Interiors that Embrace Color Blocking

Claire Brodka for ArchDaily
February 22, 2023

The book on color that never fades

Eric Gershon for YaleNews
February 17, 2023

Design Options - Color | Morin Corporation

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ongoing

Architektura Draws on “Children’s Spontaneity” for Větrník Kindergarten in Czech Republic

Katie Last for dezeen
February 12, 2023

Rotating Fluorescent Panels Define Zones in “co-being space” by Ab Rogers Design

Alyn Griffiths for dezeen
February 9, 2023

Golem Creates "Pleasure-driven" Pink Interior for Superzoom Gallery

Alyn Griffiths for dezeen
February 2, 2023

Playing with Hues and Shades: The Power of Color in Building Facades

Valeria Montjoy for ArchDaily
February 1, 2023

Lucas y Hernández-Gil Uses Extreme Colour Blocking in Naked and Famous Bar

Amy Frearson for dezeen
January 22, 2023

PILOT OFFICE Store / maumstudio

Hana Abdel for ArchDaily
January 15, 2023

Eight Hotel Interiors Enriched by Decadent Jewel Tones

Jennifer Hahn for dezeen
January 15, 2023

How to Use Color to Accentuate Architectural Designs

Camilia Prieto for ArchDaily
January 8, 2023

BMW Launches Concept Car That Changes Into 32 Different Colours

Rima Sabina for dezeen
January 6, 2023

Selvedge Magaine: "Issue 110 To Dye For" with a focus on Colour

SELVEDGE MAGAZINE: A Textile and Creative Interest Publication from The UK
January / February 2023

The Sunflower Houses/ Arenas Basabe Palacios + Buschina & Partner

Augustina Coulleri for ArchDaily
December 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 dezeen
November 24, 2021

Terreal's Terracotta Baguettes in Vork Center

On view at ArchDaily
October 4, 2022

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 Arts
September 23, 2022–Jan 21, 2023

Using Colored Glass to Enhance Design: 20 Contemporary Examples

Valeria Montjoy for ArchDaily
September 1, 2022

Artist Olafur Eliasson has Created the Vertical Panorama Pavilion for a Sonoma Winery

James Parks for dezeen
August 2, 2022

“I use colour as a way of starting a conversation.” —architect and designer Yinka Ilori

Jane Englefield for dezeen
May 13, 2022

Clever’s Guide to Color Trends Through the Decades

Sydney Hirsch for Clever
April 27, 2022

How Color Affects Architecture

Lilly Cao for ArchDaily
January 12, 2022

Did You Miss The Biggest Color Innovations of the Past Decade? Here Are Five Astounding New Hues That Never Existed Before

Artnet News
December 23, 2021

COP26: The ancient origins of the colour green

James Fox for BBC Culture
November 8th, 2021

The Accidental Invention of the Color Mauve

Matthew Wills for JSTOR Daily
September 28, 2021

The Origins of Indigo, That Bluest Blue

Rohini Kejriwal for Hyperallergic
August 30, 2021

Tiffany Blue is Finally Unlocked

Culture Hustle by Stuart Semple

The First New Shade of Blue in Centuries

Hakim Bishara for Hyperallergic
January 26, 2021

Unearthing the Secrets of Color: Sandy Rodriguez

Kim N. Richter for the Getty News
January 13, 2021

Orsoni Venezia: The Color Library

Ongoing

The Film Industry’s Fascination With Color

Andrew Northop for Hyperallergic
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 Hewitt
Permanent Archive of 2019 Exhibition

Color in A New Light

Smithsonian Libraries
Permanent Archive; updated regularly

Color Served Daily
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