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

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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