Wells Castonguay
Assistant Director - Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Associations
Dean of the Faculty's Office
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2025
Beyond the Rainbow: Exploring the Language (and the Science, Art, and Culture) of Color
What color will the leaves on Maine trees turn this fall? Red? Orange? Brown? It depends on what languages you use, what cultures you know, and how you do or do not perceive certain colors. Oh. It also depends on whether anyone actually sees these trees; color is just a construction of the human bra…