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This book came about from a course I’ve taught for the Honors College at Oregon State University since 2020. The course is taught in a “colloquium” format with a goal of guiding students through a subject that lets you see the world from a different perspective through lectures, reading material, and lots of discussion. Most of the colloquium courses taught by my colleagues are focused on topics in the liberal arts and humanities, but I think color is a unique subject for a course of this type. Color is a critical aspect of our everyday lives, both subjectively and emotionally. As the book describes, the origins of color are often linked to invisible processes that yield insights about the universe around us. With a little knowledge about the physical and chemical mechanisms behind the colors we observe, we see the world a little differently. It is my hope that this book serves this purpose for the reader. The subject of color is probably one of the broadest topics in science in that it spans multiple disciplines from physics to chemistry to geology to biology to engineering and even human anatomy. As a material scientist, my 30+ years of research and teaching experience provides a useful frame of reference for writing this book. While a lot of the topics are outside my expertise, the overarching philosophy of materials science is focused on structure-property relationships. That is, how does the particular arrangement of atoms and molecules in material influence the properties were observe. This vantage point is extremely useful in discussing the many color mechanisms in this book. There is a nearly infinite amount of detail for each color mechanism, but the most interesting part is merely the linkage between the color we observe and atomic or microscopic structure of the material. The goal is not to be a textbook on color mechanisms, but a field guide for the reader that explains what goes on behind the scenes in our colorful world. Since I’ve spent my entire life as an academic, I often find it hard to gloss over details because often times the details matter. However, in writing a science book aimed at the general public, inserting countless caveats and qualifying statements into the narrative would result in boring the reader beyond all hope. Thus, in this book I will aim to stay true to the goal of explaining the fundamental scientific concepts without disrupting the flow. For that I am indebted to my editor and many colleagues that have helped me put this together.