In fall 2006, Hue Angles began as a column for the ISCC News, devoted to tidbits of interesting lore shared by ISCC members in short-essay form. In its first year, the topics spanned color in wetland preservation, spinning disks under colored lights, personal recollections of selling color-matching systems, green in the fashion industry, how to measure color using a beer cooler, and color contextual effects. Almost any color-related topic is fair game. As of fall 2007, Hue Angles is also being posted here to facilitate lively discussion. As always, you can submit ideas or contributions for the column itself to Michael H. Brill.
Hue Angles Supplement (June 2010)
Several people have recently demanded to know whether I am a “color realist”— as if they were choosing up sides for Armageddon. It seems a popular topic now. One episode (with arguments not seen since George “to be is to be perceived” Berkeley in the 18th Century) drove me to verse that reveals my true colors:
World and Mind (with apologies to Robert Frost) Some say that color’s in the world, Some say in mind. From optics bench with light pipes furled I hold with those who favor world. But since you bug me for advice — I think I know enough of dreams To know that there the hues are nice, And Berkeley schemes A modest price.