Aug 28, 2022
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green color derived from a mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum. The mineral is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. In...
Jul 11, 2022
August Celebrates the Color Orange The term ‘orange’, first used in the early 1500s, was taken directly from the Old French word ‘orenge’ in reference to the fruit of the same colour and name, while previously the colour was known as ‘ġeolurēad‘ which literally meant...
Jun 30, 2022
Blue is the color of the sky and water, making blue one of the most widely seen colors on the planet. It’s no wonder that blue has been a perennially favorite color. Even so, much of the science and history of blue is surprising. Sight is integral to the human...
May 28, 2022
This June is all Purples & Violets and every hue in between. Every UArt store has displays showcasing products, information and art supplies featuring this celebrated color range in different ways: pens, pencils, oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastels,...
Apr 25, 2022
Pink has always been a spectacular contradiction. It’s simultaneously fresh-faced and sophisticated, alien (a 17th-century Chinese word for pink meant “foreign color”) and internal (from our mouths to musculature), and at home in both high and low culture. In Japan,...