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Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast

by Ed Charbonneau
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  • Yellow

    November 29, 2025 · 41 min

    An episode devoted to the color yellow. Resources: The St. Olaf Choir Looney Tunes: Elmer Fudd - Kill the Wabbit Day Glo Company David Briggs. Beyond Colour Theory: Understanding and Applying Colour, National Art School, Sydney, Australia…

  • Reflections

    October 14, 2025 · 29 min

    A reflection on the past 4 years of the podcast. Matthew Midwood - Website Ed Charbonneau - Website Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, USA - Website Thomas Young - Bakerian Lecture, January 1, 1802, page 20 Barry B. Lee. 2008. The evolution of…

  • A Sherlock Holmes Color Theory Odyssey

    April 21, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min

    More background on competing histories of color harmony, and a reprise of episodes from Season 1, Color Theory Wars parts 1 and 2. Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color, Sacred Bones…

  • Turquoise and Yellow: Measuring the Gap in My Knowledge in Parsecs

    March 19, 2025 · 40 min

    Guardian website: Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception Colour Literacy Project: Resources Science How Stuff Works: Earth's Oldest Color was Pink Martin Bricelj Baraga (cyanometer art installation)…

  • A Mary Gartside and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel Project

    February 17, 2025 · 44 min

    Sharing a project I designed based upon Mary Gartside and Emily Noyes Vanderpoel's color methodologies. Try it for yourself, or with a class. Link to project description (Google Doc): Color Project: Mary Gartside and Emily Noyes…

  • Color and Emotion

    January 20, 2025 · 46 min

    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…

  • Camouflage

    December 16, 2024 · 51 min

    Welcome to Season 4! Lost and Found: Abbott Thayer and The Study of Camouflage. Martin Stevens  Dazzle Camouflage. Wikipedia Neuroanatomy, Retina. Navid Mahabadi and Yasir Al Khalil, NIH, Aug. 8, 2023 The Confetti Illusion: This optical…

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About the show

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)