(Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design, written and researched by Pegie Stark Adam, a Poynter affiliate in the Visual Journalism area, and designed and produced by Anne Conneen, design editor at ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become ...

Color contrast refers to the difference between the brightness of the background color and foreground color of digital content. It’s crucial in design, art and visual communication as it affects ...

Striking color contrasts are energizing interiors in Brooklyn and beyond. A Massachusetts kitchen by Reath Design zings with Delft blue, lavender, tomato, and daffodil. Shades of azure outline windows ...

Colors are a vital and aesthetically nourishing part of an object’s expression. But when creating sustainable design products that are meant to last and to be loved and maintained for years, decades, ...

I’ve written about developing color palettes before, but I want to focus more closely on color theory. Since I have been preparing for a presentation on color all week, it seemed like a good topic to ...

Because color is incredibly subjective, personal and situational, it is difficult to study scientifically. There is no conclusive evidence to fully support one color’s beneficial effects on the human ...

Some rooms are meticulously put together yet somehow still look and feel flat, and they often suffer from the same problem: they haven't considered how critical contrast in interior design is.