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Color Decoded

Color Decoded

CLD&J

This colorful podcast sits at the intersection of art, history, science, and technology. Hosted by Erin Anne, a librarian and hobbyist in the arts and sciences, this podcast features the history of pigments, dyes, and colorants; the science of color; digital color tools; and art accessibility as they relate to pieces that have been shown in the Community Library of DeWitt and Jamesville's Art Gallery and activities. All art images are used with permission.
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Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! What are Art Education for the Blind's guidelines for describing art? Erin will explain the Guidelines that she uses in the Color Decoded episodes that feature specific art works to describe the works for an audience of listeners. The Guidelines advocate touching artworks and art analogs to learn about them and Erin suggests some places you might be able to find 3D models of art.

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Color Decoded - Favorite or Over It: Bright Neon Orange
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12/10/19 • 5 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! This week, Erin asks Tom Yoshikami from the Tang Teaching Museum if he has a favorite color. The pair talk about a cool discussion that the Tang hosted about pigment creation. They finish with a run-down of events the Tang will be presenting for their 20th anniversary in 2020.

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Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! This week Erin gushes about one of her favorite YouTube artists, a veritable color wizard. Erin uses Colorkuler to generate a palette for the Library and talks about how she feels about it: spoiler, not great. Check out this latest episode and if you want more, tweet @cldandj on Twitter and tell us so!

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Color Decoded - Favorite or Over It: Royal Blue
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02/11/20 • 4 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! Erin is back with Eboni Jones from the Memorial Art Gallery and Library in Rochester to talk about her favorite colors. The pair talk about the similarities between libraries and museums and Eboni's recommendations for the best times to visit the MAG.

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Color Decoded - Hue News: The New Blackest Black
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02/04/20 • 4 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! Vantablack is no longer the "blackest black" substance on Earth. Erin reviews the two substances that unseated Vantablack for this auspicious title and discusses some uses for the blackest substance on Earth.

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Color Decoded - Field Trip: The MAG

Field Trip: The MAG

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01/28/20 • 7 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! This week Erin goes west to Rochester, NY to visit the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester. She meets with Eboni Jones, the Curator of Interpretive Resources about how interactives help to make their exhibits and collections accessible.

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Color Decoded - Tint Lingo: Colorizing Space Images
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01/21/20 • 6 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! Today we will learn about how scientists color pictures of stuff from space. The Hubble Space Telescope has taken breathtaking images of distant regions of space for much of the 30 years it has been in operation. One of the reasons these images can be so moving is that scientists generate beautiful colors alongside the data they collect when making observations. We will explore the kinds of images astronomers, physicists, and cosmologists can create with the information they collect!

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Color Decoded - Stick Together: Reusing Wayward Sticker Squares
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01/14/20 • 5 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! In this episode, Erin discusses Stick Together, collaborative art projects that resemble large-scale pixel art creations. Sometimes there are stickers left over after a project is complete and Erin discusses how she intends to use up these stickers on an original project, explaining her process for creating pixel arts.

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Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! Just a day before our long-format, 11th episode was released, Vox released a video on a topic briefly covered in the episode. Join Erin for this dive into chromatic history as she explains Vox explaining that Augustus of Prima Porta statue, you know the one, that one from Episode 11. Watch the video here! https://bit.ly/vidrec3

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Color Decoded - Hue News: Colors of the Year - 2020
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12/31/19 • 5 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! Pantone and other color-centric companies release Color of the Year picks and 2020 is no exception. Erin will reveal the 2020 Color of the Year from Pantone, paint companies, and the Color Marketing Group, an international association of color design professionals. Will they all spot the same trend or choose many different hues?

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FAQ

How many episodes does Color Decoded have?

Color Decoded currently has 20 episodes available.

What topics does Color Decoded cover?

The podcast is about Visual Arts, Podcasts and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Color Decoded?

The episode title 'Art in the Library: Rock Rainbow' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Color Decoded?

The average episode length on Color Decoded is 8 minutes.

How often are episodes of Color Decoded released?

Episodes of Color Decoded are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Color Decoded?

The first episode of Color Decoded was released on Oct 29, 2019.

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