The intense red color of classic lipstick traditionally comes from an unlikely source: crushed bugs that live on cactus plants in South America. It takes tens of thousands of the ground-up insects to make just a pound of the vivid red dye. Now, a biotech ...

Find out why some packages look bright red while others appear brownish (and if one color is safer or healthier than the other). When you head to your local butcher or the meat department at the grocery store these days, you certainly don’t have to ask ...

Fall is a great time in New Jersey to see a fantastic array of yellows, oranges, and reds on the leaves of trees and shrubs. This year the colors have been especially brilliant. There is one such very bright red shrub that is commonly found in many ...

The Food and Drug Administration has officially banned Red No. 3, an additive used for giving food and drinks a bright, cherry-red color. The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has amended its color additive regulations, no longer allowing the use of ...

At first glance, the color choice seems obvious. Warships are painted gray to blend in, while icebreakers are painted bright red so they can be seen in snow and fog. But the real reason is more complicated than that.