A personal studio journal exploring how colour shapes systems, emotion, and visual tone.https://www.writinlight.com/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260418-colour-harmony/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260418-colour-harmony/From Chevreul's harmonic pairs to Itten's seven contrasts to Albers' skepticism, what makes colours feel like they belong together and why the rules are always provisional.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260417-afterimages/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260417-afterimages/How staring at a colour fatigues the cones that detect it, leaving the opponent channel unmasked, and why surgeons wear blue-green scrubs.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260411-simultaneous-contrast/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260411-simultaneous-contrast/How surrounding colour changes the appearance of an enclosed colour, from Chevreul's tapestry workshops to Albers' paper squares to the produce aisle.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260409-colour-constancy-and-adaptation/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260409-colour-constancy-and-adaptation/How the brain rewrites what the eye receives, maintaining stable colour perception as illumination shifts from noon to golden hour.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260406-metamerism-when-colours-lie/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260406-metamerism-when-colours-lie/When two surfaces match under one light and fall apart under another, and why specifying illuminant matters as much as specifying hue.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260405-the-colour-wheel-is-a-lie/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20260405-the-colour-wheel-is-a-lie/Why even spacing on a colour wheel is a teaching fiction, and what perceptual spaces such as Munsell and CIELAB actually describe.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260404-gold-as-brand-colour/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260404-gold-as-brand-colour/Why gold replaced rose as the primary accent, what hex value was chosen, and how the arc colour system adapts.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-home-page-design-principles/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-home-page-design-principles/Why I moved away from a hero-and-tagline layout and let the arc structure lead. The design reasoning behind the new home page.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-navigation-redesign-principles/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-navigation-redesign-principles/Why I stripped the dynamic dropdown, flattened the nav, and moved Contact and Tools to the footer. The design reasoning behind the navigation redesign.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-reading-experience-principles/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260314-reading-experience-principles/Three changes to the post list and article templates: the design reasoning behind each one.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/diary/20260313-redundancy/https://www.writinlight.com/diary/20260313-redundancy/A difficult week marked by redundancy, reflection, and a quiet shift towards rebuilding with intention.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260312-components-template/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20260312-components-template/A reference for all available MDX components: typography, callouts, definitions, stats, timelines, comparisons, and tooltips.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/diary/20260303-a-short-break/https://www.writinlight.com/diary/20260303-a-short-break/A short break, reframing this project.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20251923-color-temperature-bias/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20251923-color-temperature-bias/The warmth and coolness of colour, and how contrast brings form to light.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250721-hue-saturation-lightness/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250721-hue-saturation-lightness/A foundational framework for how colour shifts, softens and deepens. The trinity of HSL.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250718-color-models-and-systems/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250718-color-models-and-systems/A visual and conceptual guide to RYB, RGB, CMYK, and LAB. How different systems define and construct colourFri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250714-three-axes-of-seeing/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250714-three-axes-of-seeing/An exploration of the three traits that define every colour: hue, value, and chroma. The axes of perception.Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250713-color-is-a-consequence/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250713-color-is-a-consequence/A foundational meditation on how colour is not a thing, but a result. It is an echo of light.Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250711-astro-selection/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250711-astro-selection/A note on the technical and creative reasoning behind building Writ in Light with Astro.Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250711-cusdis-comments/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250711-cusdis-comments/Notes on integrating a comment section with Astro, motion, and modular simplicity.Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250710-learning-plan/https://www.writinlight.com/learn/20250710-learning-plan/Filling my backlog of education requirements with the help of ChatGPTThu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/diary/20250709-first-post/https://www.writinlight.com/diary/20250709-first-post/Introducing a personal journal at the intersection of design, perception, and identity. Exploring how colour shapes the way we see the world and ourselves.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250709-image-mdx-example/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250709-image-mdx-example/A demonstration of how to inject images directly into MDX blog posts.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250703-finding-tone-through-structure/https://www.writinlight.com/notes/20250703-finding-tone-through-structure/How building a site to learn colour helped me rediscover the emotional side of design.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT