I find it really amazing how we went down the process of figuring out how color works -- Goethe's work in particular is really interesting because it is a very

I find it really amazing how we went down the process of figuring out how color works -- Goethe's work in particular is really interesting because it is a very empirical approach based on the observation that afterimages exist. The limitation in so many cases, and the reason why there's a constant crossover in this history between textiles dying, artists, and researchers, is that producing substances which represent a given color and have good light-fastness are hard to come by unless there's a strong commercial reason to explore the space. At one point I was looking to see if I could buy paints for my kids to play with in the "true"-er primary colors, CMYK, and that led down a big rabbit hole (basic answer is "not easily", unfortunately) eventually leading me to [1] which is a fascinating look at our ability to span the gamut through some set of primaries. From personal experience, I always find it amazing when I see a color magazine in the light and note that some parts are reflective and some are more matte; and that this is not a function of intent of any sort -- those are just the incidental properties of the physical pigments selected for their saturation/brightness/fastness primarily. [1] https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color13.html https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color13.html