If Halloween is your favorite holiday, then you’re probably counting the days down to Oct. 31. As you put the finishing touches on this year’s costume and hang up the last of the Halloween decorations ...

Each March in the U.S. and elsewhere, we honor the role women have played in society with Women’s History Month. “Feminists in the 1970s critiqued the exclusion and lack of recognition of women’s ...

Traditionally, the colors used in Holi came from flowers and herbs, but today they’re often synthetic. Tarun Chhabra, Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Archives In India, the colors of Holi carry meaning.

People with standard vision can see millions of distinct colors. But human language categorizes these into a small set of words. In an industrialized culture, most people get by with 11 color words: ...

In 2017, the British R&B singer Mahalia flew to Berlin to record a song for a YouTube channel called COLORS Studios. The experience was a daze: “I flew in, did two takes, had some food, fell down the ...

Red and green aren't just a pretty pair—these Christmas colors have been associated with winter holidays for centuries Christmas is a magical time bursting with beloved traditions like caroling, ...

Depending on the survey, it may be blue, teal or anything in between. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Roses are red, violets are ...

People can be made to see reddish green and yellowish blue—colors forbidden by theories of color perception. These and other hallucinations provide a window into the phenomenon of visual opponency ...

The aurora, also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a breathtaking natural phenomenon that has captivated humans for millennia. This remarkable ...