Lexicographer Kory Stamper’s ‘True Color’ (Knopf, Mar.) profiles early-20th-century scientists Margaret and I.H. Godlove, who ...

Cymbolism lets you vote on the color you most associate with a given word, giving designers data on which colors best convey feelings. What color is the word “music?” How about the colors of words ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human eye can perceive about 1 million colors, but languages have far fewer words to describe those colors. So-called basic color terms, single color words used frequently by ...