Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

WHY, INDEED, HAVE writers been so drawn to the color? According to surveys, blue is by far the world’s most popular hue, regardless of geography or gender — mostly owing to our favorable ...

The infamous white and gold or blue and black dress that went viral turns 10. TODAY looks back at this pop culture moment and asks what color do you see?

Sorry white and gold people, 'the dress' is actually blue and black. There is a definitive answer to the color question. The retailer of the dress, Roman Originals, confirmed that the dress is ...

This color, Williams added, is something closer to “Amanda Carver blue.” A version of this article appears in print on , Section AR , Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Using ...

Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, begins with a memory of blue: A missing dropped-ceiling tile in her grandmother’s bedroom reveals a glimpse of ...