A Buddhist hangs colourful lanterns in preparation for the birthday of Buddha. Photo by Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun. If someone describes something as being all the colours of the rainbow, it means it ...

A plane drops water to put out a huge fire. Photo: Nick Ut/ AP Photo If you do something - especially a test or exam - with flying colours, you do it easily and with great success. Examples: She ...

Subject 046M, two years old, was seated nervously across from me at the table, his hands clasped tightly together in his lap. He appeared to have caught an incurable case of the squirms. I resisted ...

People perceive colors categorically. But what is the role of the environment (or nature)--specifically, language--in color perception? The effects of language on the way people categorize and ...