“Color, it turns out, was tactical,” writes Stamper. “Thousands and thousands of yards of camouflage covers needed to be dyed ...

1. Eburnean — If you love a good off-white or ivory color, then eburnean will certainly make your list. This name is derived from the Latin "eburneus," which means "of ivory." 2. Incarnadine — Used by ...

It’s no secret that picking the perfect name for your son or daughter can be hard. No wonder parents often turn to the world around them, down to the gorgeous colors that pop up in their everyday ...

From Abidji to English to Zapoteco, the perception and naming of color is remarkably consistent in the world's languages. Across cultures, people tend to classify hundreds of different chromatic ...

Baby names are funny. Each person has a tale of the way a name was selected. In some cases it is the name of a grandparent.

Have you ever found yourself standing in the paint section of a home improvement store perplexed by the array of options and especially the names? Each one was thoughtfully created by an expert to ...

If you've ever tried to pick a color to paint a room, you know paint colors have some of the strangest names. There's a lot of paint colors out there, and eventually all the normal color names are ...

Choosing a car's color these days presents a veritable menagerie of options: Anaconda Green, New Sable and Truffle Mica, to name a few. But those names aren't simply the whim of a back-office designer ...