Sparkle & Shine!

Sparkle & Shine!

December is Shimmery All Over… Metallic colors are ones that appear like shiny, polished metal. A metallic cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color because the shiny effect is due to the material’s brightness varying with the surface angle to the light...
Glitter & Shimmer & Shine…Oh My!

Glitter & Shimmer & Shine…Oh My!

Metallic colors are ones that appear like shiny, polished metal. A metallic cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color because the shine effect is due to the material’s brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source. In addition, there is no...
Brown Gets Around!

Brown Gets Around!

This November,Brown Goes Au Naturel… This year we thought we’d go “au naturel” and celebrate you some of the many (many) things in nature that are brown. Take this deep dive into the warm and cozy world of All Things Brown. Check it out! UArt...
BLACK is BACK!

BLACK is BACK!

Get ready for October’s True Color…spooky, mysterious, powerful… BLACK! Black is a color, the perception of which is created by the total absence of light that stimulates any of the three types of color-sensitive cone cells in the human eye and with...
September Reveals…Turquoise & Teal

September Reveals…Turquoise & Teal

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...
Orange You Glad it’s Summer?

Orange You Glad it’s Summer?

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...