The Deadly Colors

At the first glance, orange may seem like a harmless color – radiant, warm, sweet. Though – when the shine gets too shiny and the glow too glowy, it is not the familiar orange we know anymore.  It is poison.…

When we think of the color green, words like “nature”, “life” or “fertility” often cross our minds. Yet in the past, it once carried a deadly secret. Not only is green associated with the poison of the mind – jealousy,…

Long held as a token of innocence and purity, white bears itself a history that quite contradicts its current manifestation in popular culture. White once had a rather gory past, charming humankind  through the form of a tantalizing pigment called…