Short-Form Writing and Media

The Captivating Invention of Color

TEDx Naperville, 2019

Selected Writing on Color

Other Selected Writing

  • Illustration by Vincent Tsui

    Psychology Today

    “Making Sense” — a blog that uses the past to make sense of perception today.

  • Apartment Therapy

    Interior design articles and house tours—real people, real homes.

  • Illustration by Vincent Tsui

    Wall Street Journal

    “Using All Our Senses in an Age Obsessed with Sight”

“There is red, and then there is red, the color of vixen lips and midlife crisis.”

Catamaran Magazine, Summer 2020

Selected Media

  • The Doctors

    “How Color Can Shape Your Perceptions and Mood,” CBS, March 5, 2021

  • Stories & Strategies

    “The Invention of Color”
    April 2021

  • History Hack

    “A History of Colours”
    March 2021