Tag: Colorful

I set out to paint the town red When someone stopped me. Warned me, grass is greener on the other side. I turned blue and cursed the person “You’re a yellow dirty fellow Who should be sitting on a buffalo.” Website

It’s that time of the year: Carnival! The official start date is the 11th of November, falling on a Friday this year. So, what is Carnival? In short, it’s the day when the concept of “normal” goes out the window. In my youth, my introduction to Carnival was through Braz...

The London Daily Mail had a £1,000 prize for the first airplane flight across the Channel, a competition French aviator Louis Blériot won in 1909. In doing this, Blériot bested rival pilots including Charles de Lambert. Lambert had received his training from Wilbur Wright of t...

Our Sun is classified as a yellow dwarf star, yet if you glance at it from the International Space Station, it’s white. It appears yellow because the shorter wavelengths (blue and violet) get scattered by the atmosphere. In fact, next time you’re in a plane with a window seat at alt...

Color plays a significant role in Indian culture. The symbolism of color controls many aspect in Indian culture, from traditions to cooking spices, from clothes to room decors. The meanings of colors in Indian culture is rooted deep in religions, but it continues to influence people’s consciou...

Like all great cities in the world, Istanbul is not a single city. It is a great confluence of neighborhoods. Each of these local communities, like villages coming together to form a great metropolis, have their own distinctive cultural flavor. So, an attempt to write a single overarching account of...

How could I not respond to the August monthly challenge after walking the colorful streets of Colombia? Vibrant, bright and cheerful, Colombian houses present their best façade to the world. The paint, the patterns, the contrasting trim and the simple motifs are charming and unpr...