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Colour

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Pantone Period

Pantone launches a Period colour (and people are seeing red)

By Daniel Piper

It's "active and adventurous" – but is it accurate?

Pantone Ultra Black

Nas and Pantone partner to create new Ultra Black colour

By Georgia Coggan

Colour experts collaborate with hip hop legend, Nas.

Colour in illustration

How to use colour to make your illustrations pop

By Hazel P Mason

Inject emotion and vitality with strong colours.

Pantone colour trends

Pantone reveals must-have colours for 2020 (and they're not what we were expecting)

By Daniel Piper

"Misty Jade", anyone?

Pain Tone

These are Pantone's most uncomfortable colour tones

By Daniel Piper

'Pain Tone' pays tribute to black lives lost.

best monitor calibrator

The best monitor calibrator tools for designers in 2020

By Dan Grabham

We round up the best monitor calibrator tools you can buy.

Pantone Color Match Card

Pantone's new Color Match Card is a total game-changer

By Daniel Piper

It's like Shazam for colours.

Facebook profiles

Facebook tests customisable profile colours, and it looks BAD

By Daniel Piper

Dull burgundy, anyone?

color.lol colour palette

Ridiculously named colour palettes will make you smile

By Rosie Hilder

Who wants to use grumpiest vivid purple in their next project?

The Simpsons

This surprising fact about The Simpsons' living room will make your day

By Rosie Hilder

TV family are bang on trend.

Pantone Super Bowl

Super Bowl teams have super-similar Pantones

By Rosie Hilder

Sporting event is set to be more colourful than ever.

Pantone Color of the Year 2020 announced

By Ruth Hamilton

Pantone chooses Classic Blue as its trending shade.

Colour theory

Colour theory: A jargon-free designer's guide

By Sam Hampton-Smith

Everything you need to know about colour theory.

New Pantone colours

Pantone launches a whopping 294 'trend relevant' colours

By Dom Carter

Its comes to 2,161 colours.

MIT black

Move over, Vantablack, MIT has made the blackest black

By Dom Carter

MIT engineers have created the blackest material to date.

BMW black paint

BMW takes the world's blackest paint out for a spin

By Dom Carter

This car's coat of paint absorbs over 99 per cent of light.

Primary colour wheel with shapes

QUIZ: Can you match colours with shapes like a Bauhaus master?

By Dom Carter

Test your design intuition.

Use colour to shape UX

How to use colour to shape UX

By Joshua Garity

Explore how to use colours to build trust and increase revenue.

Colour quiz sample question [Image: Lenstore]

You probably won't get 100% on this colour quiz

By Dom Carter

Less than 1 per cent of players ace every single question.