An interdisciplinary look at color, art, cognition and the things that make us human.
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Pigment Guide #8: sumac
In the the 8th installment of the Pigment Guide, we enter new territory: dyeing with natural plants.
Sumac (from ‘sumaga’, which means red in Syriac) is an umbrella term for several plants in the Rhus family, native to temperate and subtro...
2 years of Pigments, Colors & Other Stories 🎊
I forgot the anniversary last year, and I almost forget this year, but suddenly remembered my first post came out in October 28th. It was this one:
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When I wrote this post, I was in the middle of thinking of PhD proposals, so...
Moonmilk: the most mysterious substance of prehistoric caves
In 2003, two friends were exploring an underground cave in the Valley of Azarna, the Basque Country (Spain), when they found a strange white river flowing among black stone walls.
In 2003, two friends were exploring an underground cave in...
🌈 Color challenge: 2026 edition
Another year, another color challenge with new interesting topics.
Remember last summer when I asked my Substack readers to give me a topic about history or culture, and promised I'd find a connection to color? I’ve decided to make it into...
The importance of effort in the human experience, and why AI and social media can never replace it
*There is a surprise offer at the end for teachers and educators who want to fight AI in their classroom.
The Swiss Alps. Photo by Oskar Gross
I have spent a lot of time thinking about effort in connection to pigments.
It might n...
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Art historian and pigments/color researcher. I write about material research 🧱 archeology 🏺prehistory 🦬 and human cognition 🧠
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