Well, it sounds like the color thing might turn into something really cool (possibly). As I think about this a little I wonder whether I have taken all an 'infinite' project. There are so many tangents to color from tones, shade, to rgb vs. cmyk to emotional aspects of color to the history of color to pure pigments. I could pick ONE color and do a whole project. Such as RED.

I recently read a book called COLOR: A Natural History of the Palette, Victoria Finlay, Random House, 2004. It follows the author as she crosses the world searching for the origins of color. Part travelogue, part adventure story, part art & regional history, part journal. I've briefly read/studied the origins of dyes and pigments in school (as a precursor to making color wheels, value & graduation triangles, etc.), but the way these stories are presented, it is easy to see that value, history and religious/political/cultural importance of color.

For example, red, crimson, comes from an insect (cochineal). These animals are still harvested for their blood to tint paint, cosmetic products, and according the author cherry coke.

Gives new meaning to blood red, hmm?