I think it was my first week at my new job at the college when I called Dianne Suschil to ask about some mundane office supply. “No problem, I’ll walk it to your office in a few minutes,” she said. I ...

OMAHA, OUR LITTLE WORKS OF ART WITH THE MESSAGE. IT’S A GIFT OF INSPIRATION FROM A NORTH OMAHA NATIVE AND IT’S TONIGHT’S PROJECT COMMUNITY REPORT. I AM VERY BOLD AND COLORFUL HER SELF-PORTRAIT HAS ...

It is striking that English color words come from many sources. Some of the more exotic ones, like "vermilion" and "chartreuse," were borrowed from French, and are named after the color of a ...

People with standard vision can see millions of distinct colors. But human language categorizes these into a small set of words. In an industrialized culture, most people get by with 11 color words: ...