Sunday Brunch: Celebrities in Conversation—Also Available as a Podcast
Every Sunday, interesting guests join Katja Henkel and Stephan Bischof to share fascinating stories about their lives. Just talking candidly, chatting with celebrities about everything under the sun—entertaining and surprising.
Axel Buether as a guest in conversation with Stephan Bischof. Premieres Sunday
Hopefully, you haven’t been black with anger or seen red today—but maybe you’ve daydreamed a bit, put on your rose-colored glasses every now and then, or enjoyed the green outside your window? Everything has some kind of color, and all colors have an effect on us—but what exactly? Prof. Axel Buether, a color researcher and psychologist—Germany’s preeminent “color guru”—knows the answer.
“Colors have become nature’s greatest means of communication. […] Our language of color is much faster and much more comprehensive than what we can express with words.” Prof. Axel Buether
How Colors Influence Our Perception
He started out as a stonemason and sculptor working with Saxon sandstone, but then became curious about why we’re drawn to the colors around us as if by invisible threads. This happens, for example, when we’re shopping and trying to gauge whether a tomato tastes good or a cucumber is fresh; or when we look in our closet in the morning: Why do we reach for exactly these pants or that jacket?
“We have a great instinct for the quality of food, and that instinct is based on colors. […] We humans are very susceptible to manipulation when it comes to the colors of products.” Prof. Axel Buether
“Color is an experience”
We have been beings of light and color since the dawn of life. We delight in lush greenery, the blue sky, the yellow light of the sun, and the vibrant red of flowers. Before it gets gray and dark outside, we enjoy a lavishly colorful Sunday brunch with a man who knows all there is to experience with and through colors.
“All the colors of this world are reborn every day. They aren’t out there; they’re inside us, seen through our eyes. They have to do with evolution, with us as human beings.” .” Prof. Axel Buether
You can find the podcast for the show on MDR Sachsen
Premiere | September 29, 2024 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
