When Easter approaches each spring, it’s hard to miss the burst of pastel decor and elaborately painted Easter eggs. Even if you’re not Christian or don’t observe the holiday religiously, you may ...

Unsurprisingly, red is associated with sacrifice, blood, martyrdom, and fire. These images of destruction are also signifiers of a new start on the horizon. Red is the color of Palm Sunday, reports ...

The Easter season is all about egg painting, spring-breezy Sunday dresses, and pastels, pastels, pastels. But the most popular candy hues in your Easter basket (and all over your bunny decorations) ...

Imagine if you could see the pen Beethoven used to write his Symphony No. 5. Or the chisel Michelangelo used to sculpt his David. Art lovers find endless fascination in the materials of artists — a ...

Many people may think of pastels as a medium for kids in art class. But at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the "Touch of Color" exhibition celebrates the history of pastel from the ...

LAST MONTH, as stylist Brian Coats was prepping Jimmy Fallon to host “Saturday Night Live,” the two pondered sprucing up Mr. Fallon’s look with pastels. With spring and Easter in the air, Mr. Coats ...