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A black and white photo of four spoons

Can you spot the red spoon in this perplexing TikTok?

By Amelia Bamsey last updated

Errr, we're totally stumped.

Optical Illusions
Santa Claus

We now know the exact colour of Santa Claus

By Daniel Piper published

What’s Father Christmas’ true hue?

Graphic Design
A photo of the French Flag.

We bet you didn't spot that France has changed its flag design

By Amelia Bamsey last updated

Oui had no idea.

Graphic Design
Pantone colour of the year frame on a gradient purple and blue background.

Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2022 revealed

By Amelia Bamsey published

Knock knock, it's the 90s.

Creative Inspiration
Selection of images, all containing green

Revealed: the colour that's most likely to engage people online

By Tom May published

Shutterstock says this colour is more engaging than any other.

Web Design
Two photos of a hat that are seemingly different colours.

Colour-changing hat illusion is hurting our heads

By Amelia Bamsey published

This will make outfit planning very tough.

Optical Illusions
Colour trends: Lucy Hardcastle

3 huge colour trends for 2018

By FranklinTill last updated

Creative consultancy FranklinTill reveals the hottest colour palettes to know this year.

Illustration
Three pantone colours - Sun Glare, Sun Orange and Sun Kiss.

The colour of the sun isn't yellow (and everyone's totally confused)

By Amelia Bamsey published

It's actually far less exciting

Creative Inspiration
Cadbury

20 outstanding uses of colour in branding

By Nick Carson last updated

How a series of top brands have successfully 'owned' a colour.

Branding
Colour in illustration

How to use colour to make your illustrations pop

By Hazel P Mason last updated

Inject emotion and vitality with strong colours.

Illustration
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