How the Munsell Book of Color Revolutionized Linguistics Part 2
Rivers, Train Crashes, Beer: The Pros and Cons of Pre-Munsell Experiments There is only so much one can get out of reading old texts, if one is interested in the universality of something. At some point someone has to go … Continue reading
How the Munsell Book of Color Revolutionized Linguistics
Why are Linguists Interested in Color? If you speak Greek, Japanese or Russian, the English language must seem rather poor when it comes to describing shades of blue. All of these languages have two words for blue, where English only … Continue reading
End Notes… Why That Color?
“Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” – Oscar Wilde … Continue reading
Munsell Color in Books 2014 Roundup
In the second part of the Munsell’s “Color in Books Series,” we look at new releases in the field of color. When the season of gifting rolls around and you are looking for ideas, books never disappoint. From color history … Continue reading
Neil Harbisson Interview – Part 6: Life as a Human Cyborg
This is the last of our 6 part series from our interview with Neil Harbisson, the first human cyborg. The camera attached to the antenna embedded in his skull identifies color using sound to compensate for his complete colorblindness. … Continue reading
Emotions… Why that Color?
“Because I like it,” could be an answer to the question from the title of this blog series and it wouldn’t be any less valid than any other answer. In previous posts I tried to analyze what influences our color … Continue reading
Soil Formation, Archaeology, Color… Munsell
Archaeologists, soil scientists, geoscientists and geoarchaeologists are much indebted to Munsell for their Soil Color Charts. The first time I saw them I was a first-year undergraduate student doing archaeological fieldwork somewhere in Italy. … Continue reading
Neil Harbisson Interview – Part 5: Beyond Hearing Color
Neil Harbisson has never seen color. Born with achromatopsia he lives in a grayscale world. Technology has allowed him to detect color through sound. The camera on the end of the antenna permanently attached to his head reads the color … Continue reading
Neil Harbisson Interview – Part 4: Colorblind Artist & Cyborg
As the world’s first cyborg, Neil Harbisson hears color instead of seeing it via a camera attached to an antenna which leads to a chip implanted in his skull. Being born with achromatopsia, he is completely color blind and only … Continue reading
Using the Munsell System for Assessing Human Skin Color
Almost 10 years ago, I was the primary supervisor of a PhD student (now Dr Caradee Wright at the CSIR in Pretoria, South Africa) who was researching skin cancer primary prevention opportunities in primary schools. … Continue reading
