Certain colors are strongly associated with certain adjectives (e.g. red is hot, blue is cold). Some of these associations are grounded in visual experiences such as seeing glowing red embers.

Blue is the color of the ocean and the sky, and considering blue's color symbolism, it makes sense why this color is associated with calmness. In fact, one survey found that blue is a favorite color ...

Think fast: What's your favorite color? If you said blue, you're probably not alone. A few years ago, the BBC reported that, after looking at non-scientific Crayola surveys of children and ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. For the past few weeks, we’ve been tackling queries on the theme of “blue.” What ...

Walk into any children's clothing store and you'll see it immediately: the great divide. Blues, greens, reds, and blacks flood the boys' section, while pink and purple dominate the girls' area. But is ...