Indigo
How did indigo become violet?
Indigo became violet in the 1990s because of Netscape's co-founder.
Ezra Butler
Flags
The Vexing Evolution of Flags
Tracking the color blue on flags through the centuries.
Statues
Insulting a Colorful Emperor
What a 21st century art historian and Jesus each thought about a colorful statue of Augustus Caesar.
Red
Pulling at Red Threads
Celebrating two years of the Colorphilia Newsletter.
Lincoln Green
Chasing the Blue-Green Dragon
From Raphael's Saint George and the Dragon, through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and past Robin Hood, and back again.
Cuttlefish
"Why do I use my paper, pen and ink?"
How attending a lecture about church music in 16th century England led me to better appreciate the academic research of the first Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Fabric
Why Corduroy Matters
Remember the artisans forgotten because of the Industrial Revolution.