How many times have you been to an online store and you don’t need a whole yard or even a half, but maybe just 1/3 of yard? How many times did you get confused when they talk by centimeters or inches? Do you know the correct fractions you can use to order just that amount? […]

People with standard vision can see millions of distinct colors. But human language categorizes these into a small set of words. In an industrialized culture, most people get by with 11 color words: black, white, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, orange, pink, purple and gray. Maybe if you’re an experienced tailor or designer, you know