Research
On Vegetable Dyes and Knitting Patterns
Did the starving and exhausted survivors of the shipwrecked 16th century El Gran Grifón teach the Fair Isle islanders how to knit?
Ezra Butler
Purple
In Memory of Purple Prose
One day, I noticed the phrase "purple prose" and thought to explore its meaning.
Wine
Snow White Wine
Some light research about the color of wine in antiquity.
Urbino
Of Saints and Dragons
Slaying dragons seemed to be a popular pastime for Christian saints.
Urbino
The Color of Alexandrian Peacocks
or "The Case of the Missing Dye"
Busses
Colorful Transportation
Including a link to Hue9: Color Sudoku, a fun iOS app which is a colorful way to play sudoku.
Web Colors
The Thought of Gold
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Web Colors
Borrowed Colors
Scroll down for a lot of color.
Web Colors
On the Origins of Web Colors
The case for intelligent design
Indigo
How did indigo become violet?
Indigo became violet in the 1990s because of Netscape's co-founder.
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.