Long a companion for artists, the color wheel can also be a handy tool for gardeners. Gardening author Sydney Eddison created a wheel that has 252 colors instead of the usual 12. That’s because nature ...

Color is one of the building blocks of art. Imagine all the new art that could be created if artists had a radically expanded palette at their disposal. That’s what crossed my mind when I first saw ...

Turn your garden into a work of art.

Artists work with real paint by mixing groups of colors on a palette, making for natural blending and color combinations. That's a far cry from Photoshop-type color pickers, which let you grab ...

When Captain Peter Mærsk Møller acquired his first steamship, he made sure it would be noticed far and wide by painting its chimney the color of the sky. What was initially whimsy – breaking with the ...