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Karl Simon visits Highgate Cemetery to show us the importance of contrast in black-and-white painting on a tablet.
Splatterware, a ceramic tableware style that features irregular splashes and dots, is gaining traction as a fun alternative ...
The Rolling Stones released "Paint It Black" in 1966 and drew comparisons to The Beatles for their use of the sitar.
Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.
Today, thanks to modern chemistry, the smoke is unmistakable — thick black billows for inconclusive votes, or a bright white plume when a new pope is elected.
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals have made a decision, or black if they remain deadlocked.
The smoke’s color is dictated by the particle color, which means white and black colored smoke result from waste products other than carbon dioxide, which is colorless.
The Pokemon Trading Card Game will release two English sets based on Pokemon Black and White this summer: Black Bolt and White Flare.
The first new item is a black button-down shirt with the Rebel Starbird crest repeated in pink, blue, and green. The crests are painted in a spray paint style with splatter and drips around the edges.
Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service, launched a new black-and-white color palette that evokes the same aesthetics of HBO.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) issued a Tuesday statement suggesting the city may paint over the Black Lives Matter plaza near the White House.
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation that would force Mayor Muriel Bowser to rename Black Lives Matter Plaza or lose federal funding.