Dogwood fall colours I attended a prospective student meeting at SCAD last night. They gave us a quick example class in color theory. While it comes from Josef Albers' work at the Bauhaus (and later Black Mountain NC) it isn't quite a theory in the sense that a STEM person would think. (It's actually a combination of physiology, psychology, and culture)

That doesn't mean it isn't interesting and worthwhile.

It blew my mind. I understand why the above image "works."  

Marcia Cohen, a new emeritus professor, gave a workshop in color theory.

First we made illusions like:

illusion1

Where you get a sense of transparency if you pick the hues and saturations just right. She then showed an example with an illusion of depth. I've tried to reproduce it, but it's not as good as Alber's example

illusion2

In any case, I was seriously impressed with the place, and going to give it a shot.