I’ve always wanted to make art, but in a way have always believed I couldn’t. That I lacked the innate talent to ever create a masterpiece. As I grew older I began to understand there was a certain level of … Continue reading
Photodegradation is when energy from the sun destroys the chemical composition of substances. When pigments go through photodegradation, they are bleached. Photons are particles of light. When they are absorbed in the wavelength range of 290-700 (at surface of the … Continue reading
It was really interesting to learn about how color vision is so different in shrimps! As Professor Conway explained in class last week, human color perception is the result of lights absorbed in three different cone photoreceptors in the retina. These … Continue reading
Six years ago, a couple discovered a possible cure for colorblindness. Typically, colorblindness is genetic, so gene therapy is a possible cure for it. Eight percent of men are affected by it, while only 0.5% of women are. What happens is, … Continue reading
This week we learned about a concept that our readings call “color constancy.” I find this absolutely fascinating, because it changes the way we define color completely. Normally, one might claim that an object’s color can be measured by the … Continue reading
While doing this week’s reading, I came across mention of the artist Joseph Albers and how he developed his theory on the perception of color and artistically portrayed it. I found his artwork to be both fascinating and hard to … Continue reading
Interested in researching how artists can use light, I came upon the kinetic light sculptures of Paul Friedlander. Friedlander is both a light sculptor and a physicist who studied under Nobel-Prize winning physicist Sir Anthony Legett. His works are a … Continue reading
I am once again astonished how fast light is. 3×108m/second. Then, I started wondering what it would be like if people were able to be as fast as light. Using the equation of time=distance/speed I calculated how long it will … Continue reading
This week we learned that light exists as a photon particle and that the colors we see are products of absorption and reflection of certain photons. This was especially interesting to observe in the gummy bear experiment that we performed … Continue reading
I’ve heard of light therapy being used to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is a kind of depression that recurs in late fall and winter. During these seasons, there are fewer hours of light per day. Lower exposure to daylight … Continue reading