Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast

The conclusion of Season 5. A follow up to a webinar I gave titled, "Regarding Racism in Color Theory", hosted by the Colour Society of Australia, April 19, 2026 (April 18 USA time zones).

Link to recording of the webinar on YouTube: link

"Regarding Racism in Color Theory" with Edward Charbonneau (MCAD USA)

The Colour Society of Australia (website)

International Color Association (AIC website) 

Colour for Future: 16th Congress of the AIC (website)

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Guest podcaster Moira Wigderson discusses their weather/color research.

National Weather Service: What Do Those Map Colors Mean?

National Weather Service: Hazards Map

National Weather Service: Point Forecast Headline Shading Decision Logic

National Weather Service: Severe Thunderstorm Safety Rules

National Weather Service (History): Hoist a flag for cold waves and other weather conditions 

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Promo episode sharing that I will give an online webinar presentation titled, "Regarding Racism in Color Theory." 

This webinar will be hosted by the Colour Society of Australia.

April 19, 2026 / 11:00AM AEST (Sydney time zone)

April 18, 2026 / 7:00PM CT USA (Minneapolis time zone)

Free; preregistration is required. To register, please visit:

https://coloursociety.org.au/event-6635187

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"The Mushroom Color Atlas: A Guide to Dyes and Pigments Made from Fungi"

By Julie Beeler

The book: Chronicle Books

The website: Mushroom Color Atlas

"An overview of the contribution of the textiles sector to climate change." Leal Filho W, Perry P, Heim H, Dinis MAP, Moda H, Ebhuoma E and Paço A (2022) Frontiers in Environmental Science (Link to download PDF)

"The Food Scientists Working to Change the Colors You Eat." Shayla Love (August 8, 2025) New Yorker Magazine (Link to article)

The Mushroom and Lichen Dyers United, Facebook Group

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An episode promoting the online Minneapolis College of Art and Design Continuing Education course I will teach Wednesdays, March 25-April 22, 2026 / meeting 7:00-9:30pm CT USA. Please see MCAD CE website for details.

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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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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 ebook

Goethe's Theory of Colors, 1810 (1840 translated by Charles Lock Eastlake) Project Gutenberg ebook

Schopenhauer's On Vision and Colors, 1816, AbeBooks

Spinal Tap, Jazz Odyssey, 1984

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Guardian website: Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception

Colour Literacy Project: Resources

Science How Stuff Works: Earth's Oldest Color was Pink

Martin Bricelj Baraga (cyanometer art installation): Cyanometer

Color categories in thought and language, edited by C. L. Hardin and Luisa Maffi. Cambridge University Press, New York: 1997

Encyclopedia of Color Science and technology (UC Irvine): World Color Survey

Space.com: Parsec

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