It’s a gimmick. Yet I always fall for it. Every year at this time, paint companies announce their (cue the drumroll) Color of the Year, or COTY, as insiders call it. They roll out the paint color they ...

In 1966, artist Gerhard Richter began painting simple, uniform grids of colored rectangles or squares on a white background. With just one exception, 1966’s Ema (Nude on a Staircase), the color charts ...

Marcel Duchamp’s last painting has influenced artists for a century. Kelly Grovier looks at how it inspired the modern colour chart – and at its 17th-Century predecessor. This year marks the centenary ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter What does colour mean to you? "Little boxes all the same/ There's a green one and a pink one/ And a blue one and a yellow one/ And ...