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Featuring young performers of color in custom costumes and his own dub soundtrack, the short process film offers “another way to bridge that gap” between past and present, one culture and another, Cooks said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings out the score’s color and propulsion, and the excellent Met Opera chorus creates the seething world of the dead, occasionally playing kazoos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
My favorite trick for making mismatched serving pieces look intentional is to keep them loosely within one color story.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
At the other end of the color spectrum, the astronomers identified another extraordinary white dwarf that may be the reddest star ever documented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Danny picked up a book on space with color photos of planets and found a couch where he could read.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Unlike most Mastcam photographs, the images were processed without white balancing, allowing the scene to retain the distinctive colors and lighting of the Martian morning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Startups are using gene editing and sensors to make plants emit optical signals or change colors when they are under stress from pests or disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
However, scientists have now found that these stellar remnants can produce a much broader spectrum of colors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
On tabletops with less abstract design, such as one with a skull depicted, differences in glazing and firing mean there are variations in the hue and colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Although the fuel in the storage pools in the reactor buildings had become dangerously hot during the long ordeal, another onsite storage system had come through with flying colors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The skull had also been colored with cinnabar, a bright red pigment commonly used in ancient Peruvian funerary traditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Dutch Bros is also known for brightly colored energy drinks, offering a long list of flavors and add-ons, and for serving mostly cold drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Dots, however, were pitched as brightly colored cute cartoons meant to function as digital assistants for people with busy lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
During his decades-long career, Max created brightly colored graphic images and was credited with capturing the essence of the 1960s "summer of love" and psychedelia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Cat thought of the rainbow of colored pencils, the drawings of ships with their detail and power, the maps of imaginary places.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Cooler white dwarfs with atmospheres containing both hydrogen and helium can develop cyan or pale blue coloring.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Even down to the coloring, the branding — like orange and blue, going into that sunset-type vibe,” Ohwobete said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The grounds crew let the grass grow out more than usual to start to get the coloring to fade, an employee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Helen Guedez and her brother have chosen to disregard the ominous letter coloring the wall of the building that previously housed their dad, sister and grandmother.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair receding from the forehead and dark brown, almost black, eyes that suggested a cross between an eagle and a raven.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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