If you want to understand society, look at the way it talks about hue, suggests a new tome from art historian Alexandra Loske. In the shadow of World War II, modern capitalism was beginning to take ...

Michel Pastoureau's new book tackles the complicated history of the color red, from regal hue of kings to scandalous shade of harlots. Pages from Red: The History of a Color (photo of the book for ...

This collection of papers from the 2012 Arts & Letters Conference, hosted by the University of North Georgia, explores how color can provide clues to the interpretation of history and politics, works ...

Manganese black: Art in the Ice Age -- Red ocher: The sacred and dangerous in Australia -- Egyptian blue: King Tut's infrared transmitter -- Greek white: The myth of the white city -- Yellow ocher: ...

An exhibition at the Museum of Natural History is the sum of all lessons on hue. By Jason Farago The days have turned gray, the future feels black. We’re all seeing red, we’re all feeling blue.

Elvis Presley’s iconic 1955 Cadillac, Marilyn Monroe in a figure-hugging dress in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the sea of “pussyhats” that swarmed the Women’s March in Washington DC earlier this ...