The latest research into the emergence of printmaking technology in early modern Europe is challenging accepted thinking about the development of...
Illuminated manuscripts are revealing their secret histories thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories...
Unique blue fruit’s colour does not fade even after a century
Scientists discover why buttercups reflect yellow on chins – and it doesn’t have anything to do with whether you like butter. The new research sheds...
The conventional colours of Christmas – red and green – are not, as many might suppose, a legacy of the Victorians. Instead, they hark back to the...
Beetles use it, birds use it. Plants use it too. Iridescence is the shimmery colour effect that makes things eye-catching.
Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.
