The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s “True Color” is a sneakily insightful philosophical treatise on what it means to define ...

Color is so fundamental to how we describe the world that we learn its vocabulary almost as early as the alphabet. Yet from the start, the lesson is misleading. Colors that appear straightforward—red, ...

During a 2019 Interview article, Lauper discussed the origin of her song “Boy Blue.” “At that time, there was a popular song called ‘That’s What Friends Are For,’ and one of my closest friends, ...

The bets music is honest. Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” is one of the best pop ballads ever written. Lauper didn’t write the song, but she said it came from an earnest place in her life. The tune was ...