The World’s First Tetrachromat Artist
To artist, Concetta Antico of California, art and life have always been one in the same. Meet the worlds 1st tetrachromat artist. Why is white a color?
DetailsVision Problems Guide Artists
Many artists leveraged their disabilities, using them as tools to guide their distinct style and career, “Most artists who found out they were color blind just switched to printmaking or sculpture.” When you look at a piece of artwork, do you wonder if the artist had a vision disability?
Details
Can You Be Taught to Read in Color?
There are some individuals who read in color — these people have grapheme-color synesthesia. With grapheme-color synesthesia, each letter appears as a certain color. Researchers are studying whether or not this type of synesthesia can be taught.
Details
How Well Do You Know Your Colors?
Have you ever wondered how we go about distinguishing color? Have you ever considered why we call a color by a certain name? The world we live in is saturated with color. All throughout the day our eyes work to distinguish the various hues of color we come in contact with. The human eye can…
Details
The Importance of Color Vision and Art
“Art without color would lose much of its purpose.” ~ Andrew Loomi Did you know some humans have the ability to see 7,000,000 colors? Even though contrasting shades of similar colors are not always evident, artist use millions of colors to create intriguing works of art. Unfortunately, hundreds of millions of people are colorblind. This…
Details