For centuries, the study of color traveled across civilizations, from ancient dye masters in India, Persia, China to groundbreaking optical science in the Islamic Golden Age, to Renaissance Europe, and finally incorporated into modern color systems. What we now call “color analysis” is based on thousands of years of work on light, vision, pigments, textiles, and art. This is the story of how color knowledge and optics moved from East to West and shaped the way we understand p

I’m using quarantine time to get back in touch with my art/design roots. Today’s sketch: dancing Afghan kuchi girl. In a dress inspired...