Imagine yourself as a graphic designer for New Age musician Enya, tasked with creating her next album cover. Which two or three colors from the grid below do you think would “go best” with her music?

Would they be the same ones you’d pick for an album cover or music video for the heavy metal band Metallica? Probably not. For years, my collaborators and I have been studying music-to-color ...

Purple Rain, Paint it Black, Red Red Wine — some of the most iconic songs of all time are intrinsically linked to color. And, in my mind at least, yellow belongs to Coldplay — sorry to The Beatles and ...

Colors are seen everywhere, and people usually use them to reflect emotions or apply symbolism. Whether red indicates passion or purple represents royalty, colors have different meanings. Musicians ...