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 ...

It is striking that English color words come from many sources. Some of the more exotic ones, like "vermilion" and "chartreuse," were borrowed from French, and are named after the color of a ...

Lots of fancy color words come from flowers or fruits: violet, periwinkle, lavender, lilac, olive, eggplant, pumpkin, and peach, to name a few. In English, pink used to refer exclusively to a flower ...

This segment discusses the importance of selecting rich and specific vocabulary to be able to best communicate ideas. Students analyze how language functions in different contexts. Students determine ...

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: ...