Shortly afterward, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe began his own experiments with color. With extensive experience as a painter and artist, Goethe complemented Newton’s published work. However, he disagreed with Newton about perceiving darkness as the absence of light.In the 18th century, the German poet and amateur scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe did just that in his quest to formulate his own theory of colour in his book Zur Farbenlehre. Goethe’s The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair, 2016. Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1810. Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater The unit explores the history of how we understand color, the way color wheels have taken shape through history, and the mechanics of how our eyes perceive color. Figure 1: Color Wheel in which I map Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's allegorical color theories onto a variety of other understandings of color.
Zur Farbenlehre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1971, Van Nostrand Reinhold edition, in English Goethe's color theory. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 0 Ratings
Theorizing on color and psychological functioning has been present since Goethe (1810) penned his Theory of Colors, in which he linked color categories (e.g., the “plus” colors of yellow, red–yellow, yellow–red) to emotional responding (e.g., warmth, excitement). Goldstein (1942) expanded on Goethe’s intuitions, positing that certain
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