When you think of the color gold, images of grandeur inevitably come to mind. But why does the colour – and metal – have such mass appeal, across cultures and generations?

Color scientists already have a word for it: Dressgate. No surprise to those of us whose minds were collectively blown by the dress that’s blue and black to some, and white and gold to others ...

People who saw the dress as a white-gold color probably assumed it was lit by daylight, so their brains ignored shorter, ... Tanya was a staff writer for Live Science from 2013 to 2015, ...