Hacker News with Generative AI: Color

Show HN: My terminal learned a new trick (Colors in Zig) (github.com/NishantJoshi00)
Color Show is a Zig utility that renders solid-color rectangles directly in the terminal using the Kitty graphics protocol. Simply pass hexadecimal color codes as command-line arguments to display vibrant color blocks.
Programming, Terminal Emulators, Color, Zig
10 points by cat-whisperer 24 days ago | 1 comments
Brazilian velvet ant is ultrablack (nytimes.com)
Scientists found that the dark markings on a species of fluffy wasp reflected less than 1 percent of light.
Science, Biology, Animals, Color, Nature
41 points by bookofjoe 24 days ago | 26 comments
'Maya blue': The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost (aljazeera.com)
A ceramicist in Mexico retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment for the first time in more than two centuries.
Art, History, Mexico, Color, Ancient Civilizations
5 points by mooreds 47 days ago | 1 comments
Mushroom Color Atlas (mushroomcoloratlas.com)
Explore the chromatic universe of fungi through the spectrum of colors naturally produced by dye mushrooms.
Mushrooms, Fungi, Color, Art, Science
339 points by gaws 72 days ago | 30 comments
Colors in Japan (nandakke.jp)
Japan, Culture, Color
6 points by thecosas 169 days ago | 2 comments
Polychromatic Pixels (compoundsemiconductor.net)
Polychromatics, Semiconductor, Color
203 points by bluehat974 184 days ago | 142 comments
All-in-one polychromatic LEDs replace RGB for sharper screens (newatlas.com)
Displays, Technology, LED Lighting, Color, Innovation
12 points by mulle_nat 210 days ago | 2 comments
RAL Color Standard (wikipedia.org)
Color, Standards, Wikipedia
48 points by elsewhen 248 days ago | 39 comments