Books
The Delightfully Saturated History of Color Charts
Three tomes give new meaning to “full color” by chronicling the visual history of color charts, swatches, palettes, and more.
color theory
Books
Revisiting Emily Vanderpoel’s Color Theory Book 117 Years After Its First Release
In addition to being a watercolorist, Emily Noyes Vanderpoel was also the author of Color Problems, widely overlooked, yet staggering turn-of-the-century book on color theory.
Art
A Blue Gallery Tour of Chelsea
There is a special opportunity right now in Chelsea to explore the color blue.
Opinion
“What Do You Have in Lavender Blush?" A New Tool to Buy Art by Color
Collectors choose to buy art based on their interest in the work itself, not whether it matches the color of their living room drapes, right?
Opinion
How Many Colors Can Most of Us Actually See?
In the last few days, a LinkedIn article about differences in individual color vision by Diana Derval, President and Research Director of DervalResearch and self-professed “Expert in Neuromarketing,” has made rounds on the internet.
News
Dress Color Controversy Engulfs the Internet
Perhaps it doesn’t take Kim Kardashian’s bare bottom to #BreaktheInternet. An image of a perfectly innocent lace sheath dress has made its way around the internet — no bare bottoms or exposed skin in sight — as its colors have become the subject of heated debate.
Interview
Olafur Eliasson on Turning Light into Color
For the past six years, the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has been working with a color chemist to produce paint pigments that correspond to each nanometer of the visible light spectrum.