I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...

Blue” has been one of the last colors to receive a name in nearly every culture, perhaps because of its rare occurrence in ...

Radiation within the visible spectrum can appear black if it is low in power – more specifically, lower in power than its ...

And it's a color that's associated with power, culturally speaking." Blue is also the color of the slave trade: Dyed indigo cloths in West Africa were traded for human life in the 16th century. But it ...

"Why are there so many songs about rainbows?" sings Kermit the Frog in a song (about rainbows) called "Rainbow Connection" from 1979's "The Muppet Movie." And it's not just songs that feature rainbows ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so blue,” “black and blue,” etc.), in music (the blues) and in history (from the ...

She joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the significance of the color from indigo cultivation, singing the blues, even how "Blue Lives Matter" was used to counteract "Black Lives Matter" protests.

In Black in Blues, Imani Perry reaches to the height of the sky and the depth of the ocean, casting the history of blue as ...

She joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the significance of the color from indigo cultivation, singing the blues, even how "Blue Lives Matter" was used to counteract "Black Lives Matter" protests.

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so blue,” “black and blue,” etc.), in music (the blues) and ...