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Episode 79: Well, Sex Me Up and Color Me Bad!! A Kaleidoscopic Look at Colors

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In this episode, The Two Humans discuss COLORS and what happens when “our brains and the universe meet.” Oh, wow, man; like, far out!!

Episode 79: Well, Sex Me Up and Color Me Bad!! A Kaleidoscopic Look at Colors

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542

IG @introtoanthrowith2humans

Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011

Resources:

Brusatin, Manlio

1991 A History of Colors. Shambhala, Boston, MA.

Cleveland Clinic

2025 Synesthesia. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed June 9, 2025, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24995-synesthesia.

D’Andrade, R. and M. Egan

1974 The Colors of Emotion. American Ethnologist, Feb., 1974, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 49-63.

Deak, Megan

2024 Why Were Roman Citizens Punished for Wearing Purple? WorldAtlas.com (website), February 16, 2024, www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/why-were-roman-citizens-punished-for-wearing-purple.html.

Deutscher, Guy

2010 Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages. Picador, New York, NY.

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

2025 Kaleidoscope: Optical Device. Encyclopaedia Britannica (website), accessed July 11, 2025, www.britannica.com/technology/kaleidoscope.

Eriksen Translations

2025 How Translating Colors Across Cultures Can Help You Make a Positive Impact. Eriksen Translations (website), February 3, 2020, eriksen.com/marketing/ color_culture/.

Finlay, Victoria

2002 Color: A Natural History of the Palette. Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, NY.

Fox, James

2021 The World According to Color: A Cultural History. Penguin Books, London, UK.

Girard, Jeremy

2019 Visual Color Symbolism Chart by Culture. ThoughtCo, September 25, 2019, www.thoughtco.com/visual-color-symbolism-chart-by-culture-4062177.

Gloye, Eugene E.

1957 Why Are There Primary Colors? The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Critism, Sep., 1957, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Sep., 1957), pp. 128-131.

Gregonis, Linda M. and Victoria R. Evans

2025 The Hohokam and Their World: An Exploration of Art and Iconography. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride

2011 Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Ninth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.

Jones, Nicola

2022 Over the Rainbow: How Culture Shapes Color. Atmos (website), November 1, 2022, atmos.earth/over-the-rainbow-color-perception-science/.

Jones, Tim

2010 Unweaving the Rainbow. Communicate Science (website), February 28, 2010, communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2010/02/28/unweaving-the-rainbow/.

Josserand, Mathilde, Emma Meeussen, Asifa Majid, and Dan Dediu

2021 Environment and Culture Shape Both the Colour Lexicon and the Genetics of Colour Perception. Nature.com, September 27, 2021, www.nature.com/ articles/ s41598-021-98550-3.

Kareklas, Ioannis, Frederic F. Brunel, and Robin A. Coulter

2014 Judgment Is Not Color Blind. Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2014), pp. 87-95.

Kean, Sam

2022 Could Claude Monet See Like a Bee? Distillations Magazine, January 11, 2022, www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/could-claude-monet-see-like-a-bee/.

Keats, John

2025 Lamia. Part II. Poeticous (website), www.poeticous.com/keats/lamia-part-ii, accessed July 14, 2025.

Kottak, Conrad Phillip

2011 Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity, Fourteenth Addition. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Madden, Thomas J., Kelly Hewett, and Martin S. Roth

2000 Managing Images in Different Cultures: A Cross-National Study of Color Meanings and Preferences. Journal of International Marketing, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000), pp. 90-107.

Meyers, Harriet

2021 Can Dogs See Color? American Kennel Club (website), December 7, 2021, www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/can-dogs-see-color/.

Nostalgia Central

2025 X-Ray Specs. Nostalgia Central (website), nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/x-ray-specs/, accessed July 12, 2025.

Psychology Today

2025 Synesthesia. Psychology Today (website), accessed June 9, 2025 www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/synesthesia.

Qiblawi, Adnan

2024 Art Bites: Could Monet See into the Ultraviolet Spectrum. ArtNet, September 18, 2024, news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-could-monet-see-into-the-ultraviolet-spectrum-2538474.

Robinson, Jefferson

2022 Colour Semiotics and What They Mean in Other Cultures. Buzzword (website), February 27, 2022, buzzwordcreative.co.uk/colour-semiotics-and-what-they-mean-in-other-cultures/.

Shech, Elay and Michaeol Watkins

2025 Colors are objective, according to two philosophers—even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see. The Conversation, April 25, 2025, theconversation.com/colors-are-objective-according-to-two-philosophers-even-though-the-blue-you-see-doesnt-match-what-i-see-234467.

SmarterTravel

2016 What Colors Mean in Other Cultures. HuffPost.com, January 26, 2016, www.huffpost.com/entry/what-colors-mean-in-other_b_9078674.

St. Clair, Kassia

2016 The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, New York, NY.

Wikipedia.org

2025 I Wanna Sex You Up. Wikipedia.org (website), accessed July 11, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Sex_You_Up.

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In this episode, The Two Humans discuss COLORS and what happens when “our brains and the universe meet.” Oh, wow, man; like, far out!!

Episode 79: Well, Sex Me Up and Color Me Bad!! A Kaleidoscopic Look at Colors

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542

IG @introtoanthrowith2humans

Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011

Resources:

Brusatin, Manlio

1991 A History of Colors. Shambhala, Boston, MA.

Cleveland Clinic

2025 Synesthesia. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed June 9, 2025, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24995-synesthesia.

D’Andrade, R. and M. Egan

1974 The Colors of Emotion. American Ethnologist, Feb., 1974, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 49-63.

Deak, Megan

2024 Why Were Roman Citizens Punished for Wearing Purple? WorldAtlas.com (website), February 16, 2024, www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/why-were-roman-citizens-punished-for-wearing-purple.html.

Deutscher, Guy

2010 Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages. Picador, New York, NY.

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

2025 Kaleidoscope: Optical Device. Encyclopaedia Britannica (website), accessed July 11, 2025, www.britannica.com/technology/kaleidoscope.

Eriksen Translations

2025 How Translating Colors Across Cultures Can Help You Make a Positive Impact. Eriksen Translations (website), February 3, 2020, eriksen.com/marketing/ color_culture/.

Finlay, Victoria

2002 Color: A Natural History of the Palette. Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, NY.

Fox, James

2021 The World According to Color: A Cultural History. Penguin Books, London, UK.

Girard, Jeremy

2019 Visual Color Symbolism Chart by Culture. ThoughtCo, September 25, 2019, www.thoughtco.com/visual-color-symbolism-chart-by-culture-4062177.

Gloye, Eugene E.

1957 Why Are There Primary Colors? The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Critism, Sep., 1957, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Sep., 1957), pp. 128-131.

Gregonis, Linda M. and Victoria R. Evans

2025 The Hohokam and Their World: An Exploration of Art and Iconography. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride

2011 Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Ninth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.

Jones, Nicola

2022 Over the Rainbow: How Culture Shapes Color. Atmos (website), November 1, 2022, atmos.earth/over-the-rainbow-color-perception-science/.

Jones, Tim

2010 Unweaving the Rainbow. Communicate Science (website), February 28, 2010, communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2010/02/28/unweaving-the-rainbow/.

Josserand, Mathilde, Emma Meeussen, Asifa Majid, and Dan Dediu

2021 Environment and Culture Shape Both the Colour Lexicon and the Genetics of Colour Perception. Nature.com, September 27, 2021, www.nature.com/ articles/ s41598-021-98550-3.

Kareklas, Ioannis, Frederic F. Brunel, and Robin A. Coulter

2014 Judgment Is Not Color Blind. Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2014), pp. 87-95.

Kean, Sam

2022 Could Claude Monet See Like a Bee? Distillations Magazine, January 11, 2022, www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/could-claude-monet-see-like-a-bee/.

Keats, John

2025 Lamia. Part II. Poeticous (website), www.poeticous.com/keats/lamia-part-ii, accessed July 14, 2025.

Kottak, Conrad Phillip

2011 Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity, Fourteenth Addition. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Madden, Thomas J., Kelly Hewett, and Martin S. Roth

2000 Managing Images in Different Cultures: A Cross-National Study of Color Meanings and Preferences. Journal of International Marketing, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000), pp. 90-107.

Meyers, Harriet

2021 Can Dogs See Color? American Kennel Club (website), December 7, 2021, www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/can-dogs-see-color/.

Nostalgia Central

2025 X-Ray Specs. Nostalgia Central (website), nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/x-ray-specs/, accessed July 12, 2025.

Psychology Today

2025 Synesthesia. Psychology Today (website), accessed June 9, 2025 www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/synesthesia.

Qiblawi, Adnan

2024 Art Bites: Could Monet See into the Ultraviolet Spectrum. ArtNet, September 18, 2024, news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-could-monet-see-into-the-ultraviolet-spectrum-2538474.

Robinson, Jefferson

2022 Colour Semiotics and What They Mean in Other Cultures. Buzzword (website), February 27, 2022, buzzwordcreative.co.uk/colour-semiotics-and-what-they-mean-in-other-cultures/.

Shech, Elay and Michaeol Watkins

2025 Colors are objective, according to two philosophers—even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see. The Conversation, April 25, 2025, theconversation.com/colors-are-objective-according-to-two-philosophers-even-though-the-blue-you-see-doesnt-match-what-i-see-234467.

SmarterTravel

2016 What Colors Mean in Other Cultures. HuffPost.com, January 26, 2016, www.huffpost.com/entry/what-colors-mean-in-other_b_9078674.

St. Clair, Kassia

2016 The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, New York, NY.

Wikipedia.org

2025 I Wanna Sex You Up. Wikipedia.org (website), accessed July 11, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Sex_You_Up.

  continue reading

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