Ever look at your closet and think, "Wow, I only own black clothing!"? Well, you're not alone. Many people gravitate to black, white, and gray pieces, because they aren't exactly sure how to style a ...

Artists work with real paint by mixing groups of colors on a palette, making for natural blending and color combinations. That's a far cry from Photoshop-type color pickers, which let you grab ...

In painting apps, color gradients are calculated within abstract color models, apparently without any particular care for how humans see or what humans expect. If you've ever felt you could see ...

How do two colors mix to make a new color? Answer: Think of light as a wave travelling from one place to another, with different colors produced by variation in the distance between peaks of the wave ...

This summer is all about mixing and matching bright colors that you never imagined would go together. Although it may look like anything goes, there are actually a few guidelines you should stick to ...

Digital color theory can be a tricky concept to wrap one’s mind around – particularly if you don’t have experience with digital art. The RGB color model is about as straightforward as digital color ...

You might not have noticed if you’re not a digital artist, but most painting and image apps still get color mixing wrong. As we all learned in kindergarten, blue paint and yellow paint makes green ...

Earthy tones and muted hues may be having a moment (just look at 2025's colors of the year so far!), but bright colors are always a timeless choice for interiors. Zesty oranges, vibrant teals, sunny ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Conventional pigments produce colors by selectively absorbing light of different wavelengths. Red ink, for example, appears red because it absorbs strongly in the blue and green ...