(Credit: Shutterstock) Paint a room in light colors to make it look bigger. Wear black to look slimmer. These are well known facts about how color influences our perception—but it's not all black and ...

An appealing photo of a pizza or other menu item can help a restaurant increase sales – especially if the right filter is used, a new study suggests. Photos high in color saturation make food look ...

The psychology of color—and its power of persuasion—are critical aspects in marketing, where competition is steep and both consumer attention and product cycles are short. New research on color theory ...

Two folds from an Astrolin Color Card pamphlet by Établissement Georget Fils Peintures Laquées et Vernis, Chantenay-Lès-Nantes (c. 1906), 6 3/10 x 3 3/4 inches (image courtesy Bibliothèque Forney, ...

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents “Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color,” an exhibition on view May 11 through Jan. 13 that explores the elusive, complex phenomenon of color ...

Koket, Layered and Patterson Flynn are launching rug collections that pay homage to art with unusual shapes and colors. Find out more in this week’s Rug Report. Designed by Sophia Silva, artistic ...

One of the things I like the best about fashion is that the rules are always changing (does that mean they aren’t rules anymore?). One of those rules — only wear suede in the winter — has been broken ...