David Coles | An In-Depth History of Color

David Coles joins Craig Bundren for Episode 03 of The Chromatic Podcast. David is the founder and master paint-maker at Langridge Artist Colours in Victoria, Australia - one of the world's most respected makers of artists' oil paints.

He is also the author Chromatopia, an origin story of history’s most vivid color pigments. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic color and used it to create the famous blue crown of Queen Nefertiti? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? We didn't either. Be sure to check out David's book, and enjoy the show!

JOIN DAVID COLES AND CRAIG BUNDREN AS THEY DISCUSS:

• 01:55 What made David decide to write a book about color?
  
• 05:40 On asking: ‘Where does the color come from?'
  
• 06:50 Was Chromatopia a difficult book to write?
  
• 09:00 Mummy Brown and the names of colors.
  
• 13:00 Restoring paintings (Did we ever get to see historic art in its true beauty?)
  
• 16:20 The expense of Art and how today’s artist can obtain materials with far greater ease than historic painters.
  
• 19:18 The Guild of Saint Luke.
  
• 23:10 What is David’s favorite color, and the difference between a pigment and a dye.
  
• 27:38 Colors or Recipes? - What vapors have to do with the color of paint and the history of the creation of lead paints.
  
• 33:30 Synthetics.
  
• 40:34 David talks about the recipes in his book.
  
• 42:00 Once an artist, always an artist (even during COVID-19)
  
• 43:52: Setting up the company.
  
• 53:00 Book Talk.

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