Chromapost

Today is Chromapost's 12th birthday.
4383 chromaposts. 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2021.
The background of the last image is the average color of all 4383 colors.

Retrospective 2020 Chromapost Calendar
chromapost.com/2020/
2020 chromaposts are arranged in 'week by week' layout.
Each day is connected by a line to the hue scale on the left, and to the relative lightness scale on the right.

Chapters:

1) Language
How language slices the visible spectrum into discrete units.
Language as a constituent part of our color perception.
2) Identity
Role of color in constructing social identities.
3) Commerce
Materiality of color.
Color as commodity, and its contribution to creating and selling commodities.
4) Theory
Ways of conceptualizing, classifying, and theorizing color.
Color harmonies, color systems, and color education.
5) Communication
Color as sign, and as an element in various processes of signification.
Color as language, as a means of communication, and as an active cultural and social agent.
6) Art
Color in visual arts, music, and film.
7) Science
Material conditions for the emergence and existence of color.
Physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, and memory.

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The background for "Why That Color?" book posts is made of chromaposts (88 colors each), beginning with 1 October 2017 when I started working on the book.
Chromaposts for this post: 26 Mar 2018 - 21 Jun 2018

Chromapost X.
Average colors of each year, and the average color of all ten years.
Full view at chromapost.com/10