Color Advances Science
color and science belonged next to each other? Does it surprise you to know that colors actually advance science, and makes new discoveries possible? It is
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color and science belonged next to each other? Does it surprise you to know that colors actually advance science, and makes new discoveries possible? It is
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DetailsDuPont recently held their 2011 Annual Trend Show, this year dubbed “A Sense of Color.” The show aims itself at describing some of the emotions and dynamics behind color choices and how they represent individuals and groups in thought provoking new ways.
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DetailsGeorges Seurat was one of the most famous artists to explore Pointillism. His painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (shown above), is a prime example of Pointillism. When viewing the painting at this size, you can’t tell that it is made up of millions of colored dots. But when viewed up-close, like Seurat’s close-up below (from another painting of his, Circus Sideshow), you can see that the images are created from many colored dots painted next to each other and on top of one another.
DetailsDoes anyone remember a time before color photographs? When photography began to flourish in the early 1900s, the camera produced only black and white images. However, a desire stirred inside many people, like physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who wrote about the first technique used to color photographs in 1855. Through his work, other photography enthusiasts were able…
DetailsWhat is beautiful? The term is a bit subjective, don’t you think? After all, isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder? It most certainly is, but one undeniable quality about color is its ability to make all things beautiful! This is why color-field painting, with its abstract merging of vivid colors, is responsible for some beautiful…
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