Adrian Dyer receives funding from The Australian Research Council. At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that ...

New research into the anatomy of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue colouration, but intriguingly, also suggests a potential ...

Blue matcha and green matcha appear almost the same to each other when considered from a distance because they look quite similar. But the truth is something else because blue matcha and green matcha ...

Blue Beyond the Basics: Exploring the Many Moods of Blue Colour Shades: By Sanskruti Vaja Given that blue is the most popular hue in many parts of the world, it is not unexpected that there are so ...

A navy-blue world orbiting a faraway star is the first exoplanet to have its colour directly measured. Discovered in 2005, HD 189733 b is one of the best-studied planets outside the Solar System, ...

You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. Eyes have a way of ...

Water is not pure in its pure form of scientific use; it is not completely colourless. In pure water, a slight tibation of blue colour is visible and can only be seen when the water is passed by a lot ...

Hydrangeas are among the most loved ornamental plants in gardens across the world, admired for their large, globe-shaped blooms and their fascinating ability to change colour. A single hydrangea plant ...

Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen volcano appears to glow electric blue at night. (Image: Canva) Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia glows blue at night due to burning sulphur gas. The blue glow is fire, not lava; ...

In many countries, short-acting β 2-agonist inhalers have traditionally been coloured blue. This inhaled therapy has also conventionally been known as a ‘reliever’ by patients and healthcare ...

When Isaac Newton wrote Opticks, published in 1704, he divided the colour spectrum into the now famous VIBGYOR, a set of seven colours (the decision was not, as such, scientific because Newton’s ...