Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast

More background on competing histories of color harmony, and a reprise of episodes from Season 1, Color Theory Wars parts 1 and 2.Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color, Sacred Bones Records publisher Newton's Optiks, 1704, Project Gutenberg ebookGoethe's Theory of Colors, 1810 (1840 translated by Charles Lock Eastlake) Project Gutenberg ebookSchopenhauer's On Vision and Colors, 1816, AbeBooksSpinal Tap, Jazz Odyssey, 1984Send us a text

Guardian website: Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perceptionColour Literacy Project: ResourcesScience How Stuff Works: Earth's Oldest Color was PinkMartin Bricelj Baraga (cyanometer art installation): CyanometerColor categories in thought and language, edited by C. L. Hardin and Luisa Maffi. Cambridge University Press, New York: 1997Encyclopedia of Color Science and technology (UC Irvine): World Color SurveySpace.com: ParsecSend us a text

Sharing a project I designed based upon Mary Gartside and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel's color methodologies. Try it for yourself, or with a class.Link to project description (Google Doc):Color Project: Mary Gartside and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel Link to video of presentation on Gartside and Vanderpoel's methodologies (on Vimeo):MCAD 2022 Faculty Biennial Forum Presentation by Ed CharbonneauSend us a text

Color and Emotion, the topic of a 5-week online course I have  designed and will be teaching in March/April 2025 for the Continuing Education Department of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.Color and Emotion: Experience and Aesthetic AwarenessOnline course, five weeksWednesday eveningsMarch 5 - April 9 (off March 19)7-9:30 pm CTCourse websiteMark Rothko at MoMAMichelangelo Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Doni Tondo, Uffizi GalleriesCoca-Cola and Santa ClausCrane bathroom tiles and fixturesAuntie Mame, 1958 Movie TrailerThe Velvet Underground, Who Loves the Sun, Loaded, 1970 Send us a text

Dive into the intriguing world of camouflage, where nature's masterful disguises meet artistic innovation. Discover how optical illusions like the Confetti Illusion can alter our perception of color and fruit ripeness. Learn about the fascinating interplay between visual perception and circadian rhythms, shedding light on how our eyes react to different lighting. Explore the artistic insights from legends like Monet, revealing how context shapes color interpretation. It's a colorful journey through art, science, and the magic of visibility.

The final episode of Season 3. A reflection on the past three seasons.The Book of Colour Concepts, Alexandra Loske and Sarah Lowengard, Taschen 2024Color Theory: A Critical Introduction, Aaron Fine, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021Magenta + Green = Blue? Instagram video reelBlack Flag, TV Party, 1982Send us a text

Interview with Gamma Jeanne; a departure from our more in-depth discussions of color theory. Jeanne's career as an artist spans over nine decades and includes working with acrylic paints in the 1940s and being at the center of department store design in the 1950s. Our conversation is wide-ranging as it addresses an artist's inner drive to create and form connections with people.Relevant links:The Terrazzo JungleBy Malcolm GladwellThe New Yorker March 7, 2004Victor Gruen; Gruen AssociatesSouthdale CenterEdina, Minnesota, USAGruen (formerly The Gruen Transfer)Australian Broadcast CorporationSend us a text

CNN online article: Wear red and green to experience the Purkinje effect during the total solar eclipseSend us a text

Luanne Stovall is an artist and color theorist with an MFA in painting from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. She attended the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (New York City), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, Maine).Luanne is a member of the Steering Committee of the global Colour Literacy Project and a visiting lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas in Austin. Currently she is teaching Color Literacy as an upper level interdisciplinary course in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught color courses and workshops in many locations including UT Austin, The Contemporary Austin; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Wellesley College, MA; and MIT Sloan School of Business. Her paintings and works on paper have been exhibited widely, and are in private and public collections, including the Art Museum of South Texas; El Paso Museum of Art; Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; Moakley Cancer Care Center, Boston; and the Estee Lauder Collection.Luanne’s website: https://www.luannestovall.com/The Colour Literacy Project, Steering Committee member:https://colourliteracy.org/Inter-Society Color Council, Board of Directors member; Team leader, Fluorescent Fridayshttps://www.iscc.org/2023 International Colour Association (AIC), volume 33, Special issue on contributions by the Colour Literacy Project Team:https://aic-color.org/journal-issuesLuanne's contribution to the 2023 AIC volume 33:Prologue: one artist's journey from traditional colour theory to the Colour Literacy Project (PDF)University of Texas Color Literacy courseDesigned as four modules:Color PerceptionColor InteractionColor PsychologyColor Design / Portfolio Project.University website: AET Courses (Search under the Upper Division tab.) Flower Color Theory, by Darroch and Michael PutnamSend us a text

A conversation with artist, Suyao Tian exploring her process as a painter and her personal approaches to using color. Please find more information related to this episode here.Send us a text