When you take the sky and the ocean out of the equation, blue is surprisingly rare in nature. Less than one in ten plants have blue flowers, and it isn't common in animals, either. One reason is that ...

Think fast: What's your favorite color? If you said blue, you're probably not alone. A few years ago, the BBC reported that, after looking at non-scientific Crayola surveys of children and ...

The colour of 2022 will be “bright skies”, according to paint manufacturer Dulux. This mellow light blue may certainly seem familiar. Depending on where and at what time of the day you look at the sky ...

Colors have the power to influence the moods of humans, they can either calm you down or excite you. People usually find ...

At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that humans are so fond of blue? And why does it seem to be so rare in ...

Most animals cannot make blue pigments, but these ones have found a few workarounds. The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) produces melanin, a black pigment, meaning that its feathers should appear black ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most-read leadership articles of 2013. Click here to see the full list. Why is Facebook blue? According to The New Yorker, the reason is simple. It’s because Mark ...