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

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 ...

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

There’s a time and a place for minimalism, but if you’re more inspired by the bright-patterned, plant-filled palaces that Justina Blakeney publishes on The Jungalow than stark, less-is-more design, ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

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 ...

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 ...

A panel of seven images with a scale of 100 μm shows a surface gradually changing from solid orange through pink, purple with pink dots, and green with purple dots to a final pattern of green dots on ...