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Where did the phrase “Seeing The World Through Rose-Coloured Glasses” come from?
The phrase “seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses” means that a person can only see the good qualities of something.Continue Reading
Alternative Colour Matching Systems
Designers, production artists and other creative field types would use a printed colour match swatch book to make sure theContinue Reading
Mini Movie Marathon: Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow is an American film director who started her career in the late ’70s in television and then directedContinue Reading
A Rudimentary History of Turkey Red
Turkey Red is a dye first used for dyeing cotton. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the Rubia plant wasContinue Reading
Mini Movie Marathon: Kenneth Anger
This director has been creating experimental short films since 1937 when he filmed his first short. He focuses his filmContinue Reading
What is Canadian Thanksgiving?
Every second Monday in October, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving. We have a big roasted bird (your choice of turkey, chicken, duck,Continue Reading
Stranger Than Fiction: An Existential Rom-Com
A quirky romantic comedy with a dark twist of existential existence. It’s not only funny but a solid story aboutContinue Reading
If September, October, November and December were renamed
Opinion about month names When you think about it September, October, November and December are named weird. All of theContinue Reading
Documentaries about Building Crafts and Doing Art Projects
These documentary films are about making many art projects and crafts for political movements, culture reclaiming, social messages or forContinue Reading
Egyptian Blue: The “Lost” Colour Blue
The instructions and materials to make some colour compounds do get lost over time. Egyptian blue is one of thoseContinue Reading
True Story Movies about Writers
Here are some picks of biopic flicks about writers from literary elites to satirists. These films are mostly dramas basedContinue Reading
Baker-Miller Pink and Aggression
Pink is a weird colour with multiple different occurrences in history. Either for liberation movements, gender identity, classism and theContinue Reading
The Onion Field: A True Crime Drama
My first impression of The Onion Field was that it detailed the years during the murder investigation and life afterContinue Reading
Was Activated Charcoal A Good Trend To Bite Into?
In the summertime, some shops and ice cream vendors start to sell black ice cream made out of activated charcoal.Continue Reading
Pompadour Pink – The Porcelain Rose Pink Influenced By An 18th-Century Tastemaker
The story of pink has many tales but started as something very ambiguous. In the early years of the wordContinue Reading
Run Lola Run: A High Energy Film of Determinism and Punctuality
Run Lola Run is a high-energy film of time paradoxes for Lola to save her boyfriend, Manni. It is theContinue Reading
Pinkest Places on Earth
These are a collection of the pinkest places on Earth. All of them are real places you can visit thatContinue Reading
The Watermelon Woman: 90’s Film About Finding An Actress
The Watermelon Woman is an independent film from the ’90s that is about the search for a fictional actress fromContinue Reading
A Short History of Eye Makeup: From Kohl Black, Grease Makeup to Mascara
People have been using eyeliner longer than most people think. It’s a part of ancient history that had practical everydayContinue Reading
Naples Yellow: The Yellow Pigment from Ancient Rome
Naples Yellow is the oldest synthetic pigment from its discovery in antiquity used in paintings, ceramics and glassware. The pigmentContinue Reading
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