In “Color Walking” by Phia Bennin and Brenda McMullan observed an experiment while analyzing the Color Show. William Burroughs created a tool to allowing students to walk out the door and pick a color that catches your eye. He expected that the surroundings would pop when following the color from objects. For examples, if a man in a green shirt is spotted, you will see green grass, trees, book bags and etc. Bennin and McMullen attempted to flex the ability to jump from one color to another. The green grass leads to the concrete, which draws attention to a black mailbox.
They began at WNYC in Manhattan; through the revolving door they followed colors such as blues then pinks to violets. They saw a blue scarf, blue nail print, blue in the basketball court, then a purple shirt to sparkly items, and purple leopard legs. The purple lead to men in pink, all the color change occurred in a 25-minute period. The day they had with the color change experience, stick to their minds. There were many colors blooming and popping. Orange rooftop due to the sun, a man in a blue Mohawk and the blossoming green leaves brought an eye capturing attention.
The experience of Bennin and McMullan’s gave the ability to procure some advice. The first is to allow you to focus on eye time with no distractions. The second is to pick a color that captures your attention. The third is that if you get lost then pick another color but if not then you are right on track. The idea of conducting this experiment came from an article from Sal Randolph, which gave two inspiring quotes. The first quote talks about once a color is picked out then change the color and notice how that color pops out. Sometimes the colors help retrieve older memories associated with the color.
The second quote explains an experience about a walk down the streets of Paris. The walk is down a boulevard, which captures many colors of different items. After those colors, observation of big and popping things captured the mind. The diverse way of depicting creates an open mind for people to visualize the area. Bennin and McMullan’s experiment broadens one’s view of how they visualize every object they see. It allows one to deeply think about the architectural colors being displayed. William Burrough’s tool for color picking encourages people to look beyond and think about the objects. This experiment is simple and powerful because it allows hacking one’s mind and lets it embrace the true nature of the colors. People can use this tool to illustrate the environment in their mind through the depicting of the colors.