Colour as a Puzzling Guide to Our World
In a recent post on this blog, philosopher C. L. Hardin discusses why it is problematic to think of colour simply as a physical property, constituted by spectral power distributions. It is common knowledge that two pigments that appear to … Continue reading
Creating a Killer Zombie Color Palette
Turn on the TV. Go to movies. Check out the print ads. In the past few years we have been subjected to an expanded population of roving ZOMBIES! They all got out somehow and seemed to permeate into everything. … Continue reading
A 10th Grader Discovers Munsell to Help Identify Sources of Prehistoric Stone Tools
In the summer of 2014, I began a multidisciplinary research project to assess the potential for development of a non-destructive method of assessing the sources of prehistoric stone tools. The problem with existing assessment techniques is that they damage or … Continue reading
Colors of the Moon – Classifying Apollo Lunar Core Samples
Between July 1969 and December 1972, six two-man Apollo crews landed on the Moon, fulfilling President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the Moon before this decade is out, and returning him safely to Earth,” and opening a door … Continue reading
Saving Coastal Banksia from Invasive Coastal Tea Trees
Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria, Australia, nicknamed “The Prom”, is located on a peninsula at the southernmost tip of mainland Australia. Outdoor lovers enjoy the spectacular scenery, hiking and camping in a landscape of granite mountains, rainforest, beaches and … Continue reading
Bacon Color from Chewy to Extra Crispy
There are millions of searches done on the Internet each day. Many of them have something to do with bacon! Pictures of dogs eating bacon instantly go viral. Bacon science facts are everywhere. Some argue that bacon goes with anything, … Continue reading
The Science of Color & Light Therapy & Flow State: An Interview with Leanne Venier
Leanne Venier is an international award-winning artist who first started painting 8 years ago. Within the first few months of learning to paint, she discovered how to use color to consistently tap into Flow state during her painting process, and … Continue reading
Three Concepts of Color: A Philosopher’s Journey
Question: A tree falls in the forest when nobody is around to hear it. Does it make a sound? … Continue reading
Soil Excavations with the Maya Research Program
What is the Maya Research Program? The Maya Research Program (MRP) is a non-profit organization (501 C3) that sponsors archaeological and ethnographic research in Middle America. Each summer since 1992, MRP has supported archaeological research in northwestern Belize and ethnographic … Continue reading
Beyond Average Color Vision: An Interview with Tetrachromat Artist Concetta Antico Part 2
We continue our conversation with the world’s first tetrachromat artist, Concetta Antico, to find out what it’s like to see all the colors in skin tones, the effects of lighting and resisting the urge to stare at colorful things all … Continue reading
