Museums & GalleriesUpper East Side

Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color

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Cooper Hewitt presents this exhibition celebrating color and how it is viewed and used through various mediums. Highlighting the “elusive, complex phenomenon of color perception” and how color has influenced and charmed scientists, artists and philosophers, the show includes more than 190 objects from the past to the present, showing how designers have used color to bring “order and excitement to the visual world.”

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Type
Museums
Decorative & Folk Art
Seasonal
Summer
Accessibility
Large Print
Open and/or Closed Captioned
Wheelchair Accessible
Audio Description
Neurodiverse Programming
Sign Language Interpretation

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