On the Multivalent Nature of Colors
                          Or ... what can Prussian blue tell us about color in the world?
Prussian blue has a winding history and a myriad of uses. Since discovery of the pigment in the early 18th century it has been improved, converted, adapted, substituted, and traded within a variety of platforms. It has been called the quintessential inorganic pigment. Its chemistry and physics were long misunderstood.
 
Join us for a discussion about the many ways colors may simultaneously inhabit nature, art, life, and the imagination, using Prussian blue as a reference point.
We're planning

  • a look into questions about the history, production, use, meaning, chemistry and physics of Prussian blue
  • a meeting with YOUR active participation. Help us by looking inito a question about aspect of Prussian blue in the sciences or in the world
  • a discussion of findings and what they might mean as s we try to understand color and coloring in their many forms.

More information here: https://bit.ly/4eMcPre
Look at or add to our bibliography about Prussian blue here: https://bit.ly/3ZckUQc
 
Organizer: Sarah Lowengard, with Sarah K. Rich and her team at the Center for Visual/Material Culture (Penn State University)