Part 1 | Pigments
Select 3 natural pigments from the Forbes Pigment Collection website. First review the Forbes Pigment Collection Audio Tour homepage
(https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/a-history-of-color-an-audio-tour-of-the-forbes-pigment-collection/slide/11146) and then, beginning with the slide on
Indigo (https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/a-history-of-color-an-audio-tour-of-the-forbes-pigment-collection/slide/11150), click forward to listen to the
audio and read the transcriipts for your 3 selected pigments.
Next read Chapter 24 of:
Abel, A. (2017). “The history of dyes and pigments: From natural dyes to high performance pigments.” In J. Best (Ed.) Colour Design: Theories and
Applications. Elsevier Science and Technology. [ PDF ]
Summarize in one paragraph for each pigment the origin of the pigment and how it is used as a color.
Part 2 | Structural Color
Read the article “Structural Coloration in Nature”:
Sun, Jiyu, Bhushan, Bharat, & Tong, Jin. (2013). “Structural Coloration in Nature”. RSC Advances, 3(35), 14862. [ PDF]
To investigate structural color, select one animal or plant described in the article. Describe how structural color enhances that animal or plant. How does the
structural color influence the plant or animal? Is the color of the plant or animal iridescent or non-iridescent? For a selected animal, what kind of color vision
does it have? Summarize this section in one or two paragraphs.