Larded with color misconceptions, color falsehoods, handwaving about "color experts" and a ripe selection of nonsense color platitudes from the likes of Johannes Itten and Johann Goethe, the most remarkable lesson in this book is that many artists simply cannot accept that 18th century "color theory" is completely useless and must be discarded.
Zur Farbenlehre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1967, Cass edition, in English - [1st ed.], Goethe's color theory. 1971, Van Nostrand Reinhold The Author Book Goethe's Theory of Colours and the author of 316 another books. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science.Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe Non-design professionals and design students can learn about different varieties of colours and general characteristics of each colour, and physical pigments.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The seed of color analysis was planted when German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) realized the connections between different colors and created “color psychology”. But that was just a beginning, there was no mention yet of the connection and reaction between the color of clothes and skin tone . 176 188 153 247 44 327 133 174 143