All colour articles
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ResearchChemical analysis of Tartan questions cultural perceptions of 18th century Scotland
Anita Quye explains why the sciences and the humanities aren’t as disparate as we might think
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FeatureFashion to dye for
Can colouring clothing be environmentally sustainable? Victoria Atkinson looks at how dyes have come full circle from their natural origins
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ResearchContact lenses with gold nanoparticles can help correct colour blindness
Soft lenses can correct red–green colour vision deficiency
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CareersDeveloping colour-changing technologies
Lauren Bowker and Louise Anderson of The Unseen explain how they’re fusing materials chemistry and art
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ResearchDye-coated particles could finally bring colour to e-readers
Dispersion polymerisation method creates particles that can switch between coloured and white states
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FeatureStructural colour
From iridescent butterflies and beetles to fish-scales and petals – can nature show us how to make sustainable pigments and dyes? Angeli Mehta takes a look
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ResearchEarly colour photos reveal photographer's chemical craft
High power analysis unmasks chemicals used to create 19th century images
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ResearchTech red unmasked
An unusual oxide of radioactive technetium reveals its secrets after 50 years
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ResearchSelf-healing hydrogels glow with stable structural colour
Biocompatible, jelly-like materials that can repair themselves without losing their colour could find uses in photonics or biomedicine
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ResearchColour-changing graphene skin reveals hidden damage
A coating inspired by fish scales could highlight structural weakness in buildings and vehicles
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NewsAkzoNobel sponsors colour garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Display celebrates plants that have been used historically to make dyes, and highlights a new project to capture nature’s structural colours in paint
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ResearchPhosphorescent 'butterfly' molecules' glow tuned
Colours of dual light emissions can be controlled by design
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ResearchNanoparticle cats drawn at the flick of a switch
Researchers create colourful pictures using nanoparticles that self-assemble in response to light
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - February 2015
Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast
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PodcastDibromoindigo
Purple was once a colour only royalty could afford to wear. Hayley Birch investigates tyrian purple, or dibromoindigo, the original purple dye
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