What do the spectra of stars look like, and what can they tell us\nabout stellar properties? This lecture introduces the idea of stellar\ncolor, gives a brief overview of the history of stellar spectroscopy,\nand introduces spectral classification and the main stellar spectral\ntypes OBAFGKMLT. \nRecorded 2006 January 13 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus\nof The Ohio State University.