Comments on: History of the Color Wheel

History of the Color Wheel

nickyskye — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:31:39 -0800

The History of the Color Wheel l Using text from Sarah Lowengard's The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe we're taking a look at the progression of color organization systems and how the color wheel came to be. l The Wonderful Color Wheel l All about color.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:49:46 -0800

I loved to chromatically rearrange my box of 64 crayolas when I was a kid.

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:02:29 -0800

For some reason, the system I am on comes up in 256-color mode. This is not the post to look at in 256 colors. [changes to 32-bit color] Much better.

By: fermezporte

fermezporte — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:15:34 -0800

I am offically in love with the idea of Ignaz Schiffermüller, the Viennese butterfly expert who drew a double rainbow on his color chart.

By: marginaliana

marginaliana — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:27:03 -0800

Favorited but also felt moved to say: Great post!

By: Abbril

Abbril — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:50:07 -0800

Colours are so pretty.

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:59:44 -0800

Fun. The 18th century paint-chip charts remind me of being knee deep in an excavation trench trying to figure out the Munsell charts for the first time. But the 'spectrum' part itself would be more interesting if it went pre-Newton; I have been interested but haven't found much on earlier color theory since encountering it in Pastoureau's 'Black' - he states the medieval color spectrum was more value based than hue based, leading to a color order putting red and green next to each other.

By: Mcable

Mcable — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:07:57 -0800

I want to officially change my name to Ignaz Schiffermüller.

By: charlie don't surf

charlie don't surf — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:24:12 -0800

...Pastoreau's 'Black'... Wow, thanks for that citation, I am going to have to check that book out. In art school, I studied color theory intensely, but ironically, I ended up working in black pigments pretty much exclusively. So that is right up my alley.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:25:01 -0800

I just happened upon that blog post, and came here to post it. It's fabulous. And I'm colorblind!