Holiday The Dark Irony of Black Friday "Black Friday" (the shopping day) may have inadvertedly borrowed its name from another Black Friday (November 22, 1963).
Turquoise The True Meaning of Turkey The Turkey (fowl) was named after the color of Turquoise (stone) whose name predated any connection to Türkiye (country).
Birds Why is teal considered a shade of blue? The color "teal" comes from the "teal" species of ducks.
Music A new way to use color to understand music. Using the musical chromatic scales to create beautiful chromatic scales of color.
Color Musical Scales and Color Spectra A reexamination of Newton's connection between the music and color.
Citrus Misunderstanding Portuguese Shepherds The art of being completely lost in translation of citrus fruits.
Shakespeare Much a-blue about nothing An incomplete newsletter about William Shakespeare and the color blue.
sunflowers A Flower by Any Other Name Wouldn't Be As Golden A follow-up to last week's newsletter about Vincent van Gogh and sunflowers.