34 episodes

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 and Fine Arts 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)

Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast Ed Charbonneau

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 25 Ratings

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 and Fine Arts 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)

    The Eclipse: Purkinje Shift Reprise

    The Eclipse: Purkinje Shift Reprise

    CNN online article: Wear red and green to experience the Purkinje effect during the total solar eclipse
    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 27 min
    Interview with Luanne Stovall: A New 21st Century Color Literacy Paradigm

    Interview with Luanne Stovall: A New 21st Century Color Literacy Paradigm

    Luanne Stovall is an artist and color theorist with an MFA in painting from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. She attended the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (New York City), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, Maine).

    Luanne is a member of the Steering Committee of the global Colour Literacy Project and a visiting lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas in Austin. Currently she is teaching Color Literacy as an upper level interdisciplinary course in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas at Austin. 

    She has taught color courses and workshops in many locations including UT Austin, The Contemporary Austin; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Wellesley College, MA; and MIT Sloan School of Business. Her paintings and works on paper have been exhibited widely, and are in private and public collections, including the Art Museum of South Texas; El Paso Museum of Art; Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; Moakley Cancer Care Center, Boston; and the Estee Lauder Collection.
    Luanne’s website:
    https://www.luannestovall.com/
    The Colour Literacy Project, Steering Committee member:
    https://colourliteracy.org/
    Inter-Society Color Council, Board of Directors member; Team leader, Fluorescent Fridays
    https://www.iscc.org/
    2023 International Colour Association (AIC), volume 33,
    Special issue on contributions by the Colour Literacy Project Team:
    https://aic-color.org/journal-issues
    Luanne's contribution to the 2023 AIC volume 33:
    Prologue: one artist's journey from traditional colour theory to the Colour Literacy Project (PDF)
    University of Texas Color Literacy course
    Designed as four modules:
    Color PerceptionColor InteractionColor PsychologyColor Design / Portfolio Project.University website: AET Courses (Search under the Upper Division tab.)

    Flower Color Theory, by Darroch and Michael Putnam
    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Interview with Suyao Tian: A Journey into Color

    Interview with Suyao Tian: A Journey into Color

    A conversation with artist, Suyao Tian exploring her process as a painter and her personal approaches to using color. Please find more information related to this episode here.


    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 45 min
    Interview with Jon Reischl: Memory, Perception, and Experience

    Interview with Jon Reischl: Memory, Perception, and Experience

    A conversation with Jon Rieschl. Please find additional resources to this episode here.

    Jon Reischl is a visual artist and designer specializing in mixed-media and oil painting. He has shown work locally in the Twin Cities and the greater metro area as well as regionally at venues throughout the Midwest. 
    A graduate of St. Paul’s College of Visual Arts (RIP), He works out of Rock 9 Art Studio, located in the heart of the Creative Enterprise Zone. Jon lives on St. Paul’s East Side with his lovely wife Debra and their trusty beagle.




    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Interview with Sebastián Wilson: The Mystery of Color

    Interview with Sebastián Wilson: The Mystery of Color

    Sebastián Wilson is a photographer living in Santiago, Chile. He studied architecture which has a clear influence on his work both on the graphic sense, and on the way he observes and portrays light. For links and resources related to this episode, please see the Chromosphere episode webpage.
    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Interview with Dr. David Briggs: Understanding and Applying Colour

    Interview with Dr. David Briggs: Understanding and Applying Colour

    Dr. David Briggs has been teaching classes on colour for more than 20 years, and currently teaches colour, drawing and painting at the National Art School and the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.  For links and resources related to this episode, please see the Chromosphere episode webpage.
    Please find more information to each episode on the Chromosphere website.

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

stitchXavi ,

Not an artist, but I love color

Not an artist in the classical sense, but I love inks and colors. This is such a great podcast about color. Super interesting and informative!!!

GladysHell ,

What a find!

Thanks for making this podcast Ed Charbonneau! Bound to be a classic resource, so interesting and full of valuable information.

JulietMermaid8 ,

The podcast of my dreams

I am binging and then I’m going to listen again because there’s so much to learn! Thanks you for sharing your knowledge, Ed!

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