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by Craig Kirkwood | History
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over. Many...
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Top RatedTraditional Colour Theory
by Craig Kirkwood | Jun 17, 2018 | Colour Theory, Scrapbook
Traditional colour theory is based on the largely Newtonian idea of three primary colours operating in two distinct modes or spaces: RGB for the additive space and CMY for the subtractive space.
Filling in the Blanks: A Prehistory of the Adult Coloring Craze
by Craig Kirkwood | History
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over. Many...
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Graphic Arts Handbook by Craig Kirkwood
Read MoreThe Red and Green Specialists: Why Human Colour Vision is so Odd
Most mammals rely on scent rather than sight. Look at a dog’s eyes, for example: they’re usually on the sides of its face, not close together and forward-facing like ours. Having eyes on the side is good for creating a broad...
Read MoreThe Colours of Jupiter
The swirling, toxic clouds of Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt are captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft which has been on the case since it was launched in 2011 – reaching Jupiter’s orbit about 5 years...
Read MoreMeet the Eyeborg
Artist Neil Harbisson was born completely color blind, but these days a device attached to his...
Read MoreYInMn Blue – Birth of a New Colour
When the last blue pigment was discovered, Thomas Jefferson was in the White House. The recent...
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