Since Flickr has a public API, people can create all sorts of fun applications to go play with the extensive photo website. The Multicolr Search Lab by Idée Inc lets you search the entire Flickr library by color. You can pick up to 10 colors. Above I did a search using primary colors: red, yellow, [...]
Houston & Broadway Pixels
Those of you who’ve strolled down Houston Street in New York City within the past month have probably noticed the new art installation on both sides of the traffic heavy street. The artists used standard chain linked fences and inserted bright plastic diamond cutouts into each mesh, creating a “pixel” look. I’m happy to see [...]
History Of The Color Wheel
The first color wheel has been attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, who in 1706 arranged red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet into a natural progression on a rotating disk. As the disk spins, the colors blur together so rapidly that the human eye sees white. From there the organization of color has taken [...]
