Colorfest

Colorfest was a two-month extravaganza celebrating color at the museum in the sumer of 2011.

Year:

2011

Links:

Past event website

Adapting to Color

Change your perception of color by flooding your eyes with colored light.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Aurora

A reflector stretches light from colored tiles into long bright ribbons.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Color Your Judgment

Your expectations may change your experience.

Where: Crossroads: Getting Started

Colored Circles

Overlapping pools of red, blue, and green create a Venn diagram of additive color.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Colored Shadows

Step in front of this wall, and you’ll make shadows of various colors—yellow, magenta, cyan, red, green, blue, and yes, even black—that wiggle, jump, and dance along with you.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Disagreeing About Color

Which of the outer dots best matches the center dot? Ask a few people and chances are you’ll get a few different answers.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Distilled Light

Split light apart and put it back together again.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Sit down in a cozy chair and bathe your brain in a bubble of color of your choosing, dialing up anything from amber to violet. As you spend a few moments with each color, you may feel a shift in your own emotional hue.

Where: Crossroads: Getting Started