What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

KOCO 5 Meteorologist Sabrina Bates explains the chemistry behind the vibrant colors of Fourth of July fireworks.

Blue sharks possess a secret hidden in their skin: a sophisticated arrangement of microscopic crystals and pigments that ...

The mind-bending science of color. Science and philosophy explain why color is objectively real, even when people see the same shade differently. April 22, 2025. 6 min. Summary ...

Excerpted from The Universe in 100 Colors: Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature by Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge. September 24, 2024, Sasquatch Books. Published with permission.

The color “olo” can’t be found on a Pantone color chart. It can be experienced only in a cramped 9-by-13 room in Northern California. That small space, in a lab on the UC Berkeley campus ...