A reflection on teaching primary color concepts; thoughts on persuasion and the Pantone Color of the Year.

Resources:

Aristotle, On Sense and the Sensible, MIT website

Da Vinci, A Treatise on Painting, e-book website (see pages 141 and 147; also 178-79)

Ogden Rood, Modern Chromatics, Internet Archive, website

Berlin and Kay, Basic Color Terms, Wikipedia (Search UC Irvine for PDF)

Pantone website

David Batchelor, Chromophobia, University of Chicago Press, website

Mitchell Johnson on Color, Albers versus Itten, website

Jenn White, The enduring legacy of Jane Austen, WAMU / NPR, 1A, Listen

Jane Austen, Persuasion, 2007, IMBD website

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An episode devoted to the color yellow.

Resources:

The St. Olaf Choir

Looney Tunes: Elmer Fudd - Kill the Wabbit

Day Glo Company

David Briggs. Beyond Colour Theory: Understanding and Applying Colour, National Art School, Sydney, Australia, Online course

Lauren Welbourne. Why we see things differently in winter compared with summer, Phys Org, Aug. 5, 2015

Lauren Welbourne, et al. Human colour perception changes between seasons, Current Biology, Aug. 3, 2015

Mike Webster. Environmental Influences on Color Vision, July 3, 2020

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Cold Play: Yellow

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A reflection on the past 4 years of the podcast.

Matthew Midwood - Website

Ed Charbonneau - Website

Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, USA - Website

Thomas Young - Bakerian Lecture, January 1, 1802, page 20

Barry B. Lee. 2008. The evolution of concepts of color vision. Neurociencias.

David Witt - Colormxr color mixing tool

International Colour Association - AIC 2025 Taipei: Color for Future

Colour Society of Australia - Colour Matrix Sydney 2025

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