color
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How Nanoscale Optics Create Nature’s Most Dazzling Colours
What do a butterfly’s shimmering wings, a fish’s opalescent scales, and a peacock’s brilliant feathers have in common? Yes, their colours are beautifully iridescent. But they are also produced by the physical interaction of light with sophisticated nanoscale architecture that we are only just beginning to understand.
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Remembering The Designer Who Made Cities More Colourful
The graphic designer Deborah Sussman died at the age of 83 this week, leaving behind a technicolor legacy. She was perhaps most famous for designing the graphics and signage for the 1984 Summer Olympics, which transformed Los Angeles into a dazzling playground of magenta and teal. But Sussman also left her mark on cities around…
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How A Simple Fabric Pattern Uplifted A Post-War Finland
In the years after World War II, most of Europe was devastated, both physically and financially. From this drab reality, one country began producing bright, technicolour textiles, including a print which bolstered its economy, created national pride, and ended up becoming one of the most beloved and recognisable patterns in the world.
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A Blind Man Tries To Guess The Colour Of Scented Markers
Tommy Edison, our favourite blind-since-birth YouTube-er, is back to give us yet another glimpse into a world where the mere concept of light is unfathomable. And this time, he’s doing it while sniffing markers.