This podcast centers on my research and understanding of color, color usage, and optics as they relate to theories of human color perception in the making of vi...
Color and Emotion, the topic of a 5-week online course I have designed and will be teaching in March/April 2025 for the Continuing Education Department of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.Color and Emotion: Experience and Aesthetic AwarenessOnline course, five weeksWednesday eveningsMarch 5 - April 9 (off March 19)7-9:30 pm CTCourse websiteMark Rothko at MoMAMichelangelo Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Doni Tondo, Uffizi GalleriesCoca-Cola and Santa ClausCrane bathroom tiles and fixturesAuntie Mame, 1958 Movie TrailerThe Velvet Underground, Who Loves the Sun, Loaded, 1970 Send us a textPodcast website with access to all episodes also at Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
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Camouflage
Welcome to Season 4! Lost and Found: Abbott Thayer and The Study of Camouflage. Martin Stevens Dazzle Camouflage. WikipediaNeuroanatomy, Retina. Navid Mahabadi and Yasir Al Khalil, NIH, Aug. 8, 2023The Confetti Illusion: This optical illusion tricks you into seeing different colors. How does it work? Nicoletta Lanse, Live Science, May 19, 2021The ‘Confetti Illusion’ Makes Fruit Appear Riper Than It Really Is. Katharina Menne, Scientific American, Aug. 19, 2024 Send us a textPodcast website with access to all episodes also at Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
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TV Party Tonight
The final episode of Season 3. A reflection on the past three seasons.The Book of Colour Concepts, Alexandra Loske and Sarah Lowengard, Taschen 2024Color Theory: A Critical Introduction, Aaron Fine, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021Magenta + Green = Blue? Instagram video reelBlack Flag, TV Party, 1982Send us a textPodcast website with access to all episodes also at Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
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Interview with Gamma Jeanne: I Love Blue
Interview with Gamma Jeanne; a departure from our more in-depth discussions of color theory. Jeanne's career as an artist spans over nine decades and includes working with acrylic paints in the 1940s and being at the center of department store design in the 1950s. Our conversation is wide-ranging as it addresses an artist's inner drive to create and form connections with people.Relevant links:The Terrazzo JungleBy Malcolm GladwellThe New Yorker March 7, 2004Victor Gruen; Gruen AssociatesSouthdale CenterEdina, Minnesota, USAGruen (formerly The Gruen Transfer)Australian Broadcast CorporationSend us a textPodcast website with access to all episodes also at Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
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The Eclipse: Purkinje Shift Reprise
CNN online article: Wear red and green to experience the Purkinje effect during the total solar eclipseSend us a textPodcast website with access to all episodes also at Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
This podcast centers on my research and understanding of color, color usage, and optics as they relate to theories of human color perception in the making of visual art and design. By Ed Charbonneau, an artist (drawing & painting focus), and an adjunct faculty member in the Foundation, Fine Arts, and Creative Entrepreneurship Departments at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. (Content expressed does not reflect the views of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design)
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