White is often treated as a shortcut to calm. But designers and wellness experts say how a space feels has less to do with ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

By harnessing electron-beam patterning to control the swelling and contraction of a soft polymer, researchers created a material that can change both color and texture on demand.

Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering potential applications in camouflage, art, robotics, and even nanoscale ...

The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ways that create various colors. When the polymer swells to varying extents in ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

Lately, home decorators are painting walls, trim, and ceilings in one bold hue. This technique, called color drenching, came ...