General Interest
Colour sites for everyone.
National Gallery, London. 2025. Podcast series: Stories in Colour.
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The National Gallery in London produced a fabulous podcast series Stories in Colour, where colour experts were interviewed about various aspects of colour and pigments, while highlighting paintings from their collection. Particularly notable interviews include Anya Hurlbert on How we see colour, Zeynep Sagir on Why we feel what we feel about colour, and David Batchelor on Chromaphobia. Available wherever you get your podcats, and also on their youtube channel.
Westland, S. (Interview by Times Radio host Alexis Conran). 2024. Does brown exist?
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University of Leeds Professor Stephen Westland debunks common colour misconceptions in this interview on Does brown exist? by Times Radio host Alexis Conran.
Eagleman, D. 2025. Inner Cosmos Podcast What is color? Part 1: Why hunters wear orange
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All-encompassing podcast that gives an excellent overview of colour perception. Continues in “What is Color? Part 2: Why royals wear purple”.
R. Beau Lotto. Colour perception illusions
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These stunning illusions, created by R. Beau Lotto, are hosted by echalk (online resource site for teachers).
Waring, Sophie. 2018. Mauve Mania
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A short article on the work of William Henry Perkin, the UK chemist whose discovery of mauvine started the synthetic dye industry.
Lipscher, J. ColourLex.
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Excellent site that discusses pigments and their use in specific paintings. From website: “The idea of ColourLex is centered around the common ground between science and art. To appreciate a work of art in all its implications, one has to understand the technique of the painter and to know the materials used in its creation.”
