colors

What Color Is Donald Trump's Face?

Sam Biddle · 02/10/16 02:45PM

If there’s anything more erratic than what Donald Trump says or thinks, it’s the hues of the flesh surrounding his mouth and brain, that fluorescent, noxious stink-maker known as his face. In New Hampshire last night, the only question more compelling than “can he really win?” was “what color will his face be?”

What Colors Are Your ABCs?

Tom Scocca · 09/26/13 02:58PM

The six-year-old had to have brought it up, because I can't imagine how I would have. But the argument flared so fast I don't really remember how it started. A is red, he was saying, and B is blue.

Room for Debate: What Color Is Best?

Gawker Staff · 12/20/11 05:05PM

All year long, we've been entranced by the New York Times feature "Room for Debate," in which six people each share short opinion essays on a controversial topic—important and relevant questions from "If store-bought donations at the school fund-raiser are so wrong, what's the solution?" to "Is Anti-White Bias a Problem?" to "Rising Wealth Inequality: Should We Care?" In that spirit, we've decided to host a small "Room for Debate" amongst the Gawker staff, around the topic: "Which Color Is Best?"

Pinks to High Heaven

Max Read · 10/06/10 03:06AM

[The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was lit up in pink on Tuesday to raise awareness of the Pink Panther movies. No, wait, breast cancer. To raise awareness of breast cancer. Pic via AP.]

Scientists Create Incredibly Black Material

Max Read · 06/14/10 01:12AM

Scientists have formed a "metamaterial"—made of components smaller than certain wavelengths of light—so black it reflects almost no light. How much more black could this be? The answer is none. None more black. [New Scientist]

New York Times Subtly Bans Creativity

Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/09 10:27AM

Colors aren't just for looking at. They're also for making your brain do things! Science has produced a breakthrough new study about how colors can make reporters stop screwing around and get to work:

WaMu Changes Stance On Grey

Hamilton Nolan · 09/30/08 12:42PM

"Most banks are grey," read the colorful little tagline on Washington Mutual's website last week. "That's just not our style." Then WaMu catastrophically collapsed, ha. After the jump, their new homepage ad now, which is just so perfect that I demand you click through to see it: