BOOK REVIEW: “The Secret Lives of Color” by Kassia St. Clair – Episode 110 - a podcast by Brandi Sea

This episode we do a quick run-down of the things we loved and found most interesting about this book “The Secret Lives of Color” by Kassia St. Clair.



Michelle’s week:

Michelle took a stay-cation this week which was really nice and much needed. Though she is still a mom and that’s a full-time job on its own. It is the last week of summer before her daughter starts kindergarten, so this week was a chance for Michelle to spend time with her daughter before school starts. However, it still is very challenging. Michelle let her daughter watch TV while she took a nap, and sadly her daughter found the scissors and chose that to be the time of a haircut for herself. 

Joelle’s week: 

Joelle has been running and training to run a 10k in October, so that has been taking up a lot of time. Still in the beginning stages of the training, but she’s getting there. Besides that, it’s just been outside work with the little baby plants.

Brandi’s week:

Brandi took her kids to Santa Fe to visit her parents and she was able to play tourist in her home town. They took the train and made a fun day of it. She went to Sky Coffee who, Jason Munn, did their design work, and they had amazing coffee!

Takeaways from this episode:



* If you want to hear more about this book, the podcast 99% Invisible, has an episode where Roman Mars interviews Kassia St. Clair. It is episode 340 -The Secret Lives of Color.

* The meanings that we get from colors and even the names of colors are there for a reason

* We advise having something to take notes, or just have a willingness to write in this book.



“You kind of have to be in a good space to be able to sit down cause it’s like you’re reading science, you’re reading geology, you’re reading history and you’re reading like psychology, like every two pages for every single color.” -Brandi Sea



* A fun mention is colormen, “Those who produced and trained in colors”. Similar to Leatris Eisman who we have an interview with. Episode 021 of Design Speaks

* Fun fact, Baker-Miller pink was the color that they painted a lot of prisons and insane asylums because it is such a calming color. They stopped using it because it affected everyone including workers. Why does red increase a person’s heart rate but light red calm them down? 

* The majority of the quotes in this book come from artists. You will quickly learn that you are not alone in your love of color.

* Blue is most likely the most popular favorite color because it is always there. It is the most trusted; the most constant of colors. 



Joelle’s song: See Through by The Band Camino 

Brandi’s song: Game of Survival by Ruelle

 

THIS QUARTER, we finished reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. We had a ton of things to say about this super fun book!



 

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